Held since the Edo period, the Asakusa Tori no Ichi (open-air market) is traditionally seen as ...
Tokyo's biggest and best traditional festival celebrated its 700th birthday in 2012, though ...
The New Year tradition of playing hanetsuki – a badminton-esque game popular among girls during ...
The New Year tradition of playing hanetsuki – a badminton-esque game popular among girls during ...
Tokyo's biggest and best traditional festival celebrated its 700th birthday in 2012, though ...
The New Year tradition of playing hanetsuki – a badminton-esque game popular among girls during ...
Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Dougu Matsuri is an annual festival held in ...
Making Tokyo's traditional downtown area a cheerier place since 2008, 'Shitacome' is one of the ...
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Large convention centre taking up four storeys in Asakusa. Fully renovated in 2015.
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An Edo-era legend holds that paying one's respects at a temple dedicated to the bodhisattva ...
First held at the 1946 'Festival of Recovery', the hauntingly beautiful Toro Nagashi lantern ...
Asakusa Hanayashiki's yearly spring beer garden is opening just in time to enjoy the sakura. ...
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Asakusa's charmingly decrepit Hanayashiki amusement park celebrates the new year with this ...
The Tori no Ichi festival, celebrated in order to pray for wealth and good fortune, has been ...
Commemorating half a century since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the associated start of bullet ...
56 restaurants, including both traditional eateries and trendy newcomers, from Asakusa, Ueno, ...
Back for its 31st edition this year, Dogu Matsuri is an annual festival held in Kappabashi, the ...
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