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The shopping complex that sits atop Asakusa's Tobu line station was restored to its early ...

It's the British pub chain everybody loves to loathe, but even the most ardent Hub haters may ...

Flanking both sides of the Sumida River, this park offers a welcoming retreat after you've worn ...

The oldest member in Khaosan's mini-empire of Asakusa backpacker hostels boasts the most ...

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

An attractively converted old family house provides the setting for this intimate Asakusa ...

Tokyo's largest backpacker hostel is as functional as you would expect. Fluent English speakers ...

This renovated backpackers hostel sits just around the corner from the creaky old Asakusa ...

Other Tokyo backpacker hostels should probably start taking notes. Khaosan Tokyo Kabuki has an ...

This Asakusa ryokan started life as a traditional Japanese house, and it's kept the inner ...

Run by the same group behind Iriya's Toco. Tokyo Heritage Hostel, this friendly Kuramae hostel ...

Keep wandering past Asakusa's moribund Hanayashiki amusement park and you might stumble across ...

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

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

You might find yourself falling in love with the art of writing again after a visit to this ...

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

The maneki-neko, that distinctive 'beckoning cat' figurine beloved of Japanese shops and ...

In the heart of Asakusa's Kappabashi 'Kitchen Town' district, you'll find this shrine to all ...

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