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Juzaisan Chokokuji

Museums & Attractions  |  Oct 23 2013

Built in 1630 in the early years of the Edo period, this shrine moved to its present location ...

Umemura

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Jul 25 2013

For an introduction to Japanese-style desserts, this unpretentious Asakusa sweet shop is the ...

Khaosan Tokyo Laboratory

Hotels  |  May 14 2013

If you were having trouble distinguishing between Khaosan's multiple Asakusa backpacker ...

The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon Restaurant & Bar

Bars , Restaurants & Cafés  |  Dec 14 2012

It's taken a surprisingly long time for word to spread about the 13th floor restaurant at ...

The Gate Hotel Kaminarimon

Hotels  |  Dec 14 2012

The once-scruffy downtown district of Asakusa seems to be going upmarket these days – no more ...

Yonoya Kushiho

Shops  |  Oct 30 2012

One of the many attractions on the Denboin-dori traditional shopping street in Asakusa, Yonoya ...

Asakusa Shrine

Museums & Attractions  |  May 10 2012

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu commissioned this famous Asakusa shrine in 1647, enshrining the three ...

Heisei Nakamura-za Theatre

Performing Arts  |  Apr 18 2012

Acclaimed stage actor Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII oversees this temporary kabuki theatre, whose ...

Sometaro

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Sep 17 2009

Comfort food in a funky wooden shack, within easy walking distance of Asakusa’s tourist sights. ...

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Major venue
Museums & Attractions  |  Sep 17 2009

This large museum’s outlandish architectural style may not appeal to everyone, but the building ...

Ryokan Shigetsu

Hotels  |  Sep 17 2009

Barely 30 seconds from Asakusa’s market and temple complex, yet surprisingly peaceful, the ...

Izakaya Koji

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Dec 24 2013

This pub is located on the backstreets of Asakusa's Denbouin-dori, popularly known as Hoppy ...

Taishu-Sakaba Tanuki

Restaurants & Cafés  |  Dec 24 2013

Located right by Asakusa's off-track betting halls, this pub is easily recognised by the vats ...

Asakusa Engei Hall

Performing Arts  |  Oct 10 2009

Right by Sensoji Temple, a major tourist attraction, you’ll find the Koen Rokku entertainment ...

Gallery Éf

Art  |  Sep 17 2009

The beamed ceilings and lacquered floors of this extremely rare example of a 19th-century ...

Nakamise Dori

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Shops  |  Sep 17 2009

This avenue of stalls and tiny shops leading up to the entrance to Senso-ji in Asakusa is the ...

Asakusa Kannon Onsen

Museums & Attractions  |  Sep 17 2009

One of the many faded relics that crowd around Asakusa’s famous Sensoji, this bathhouse offers ...

M+

Shops  |  Aug 04 2015

Both as a studio and a retail store, this leather shop stands out from the rest. Leather ...

Bar Six

Art , Restaurants & Cafés  |  Apr 24 2015

Just a few steps away from the centre of tourist-filled Asakusa lies the Amuse Museum, a ...

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