Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu commissioned this famous Asakusa shrine in 1647, enshrining the three ...
Though it's five minutes' walk from Asakusa Station, on an alley just off Kokusai-dori, ...
The atmosphere of Tokyo's traditional shitamachi (downtown) area lives on at this compact onsen ...
The retro exterior looks like something straight out of the Showa era, but the Tsuru no Yu ...
Just across the road from Ariake Coliseum and Tennis Forest Park, the warehouse-esque Differ ...
With over 30 million visitors a year, Senso-ji holds a special place in local hearts. Otherwise ...
Amuse Museum opened in Asakusa, one of Tokyo’s most visited tourist spots, in November 2009 – ...
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Newer than Shinagawa Aquarium and located on the other side of Tokyo Bay, this place was built ...
Japan’s oldest zoo, established in 1882, is also Tokyo’s most popular, thanks mainly to its ...
At this museum inside Ueno Park, the exhibits of fossils, specimens and asteroids are now ...
Located on the waterfront at the eastern edge of the city, close to Tokyo Disney Resort, this ...
Following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, some 40,000 people who had fled their homes ...
One of the many faded relics that crowd around Asakusa’s famous Sensoji, this bathhouse offers ...
Hanayashiki has been in business since 1883 and still draws crowds. There are around 20 rides, ...
Toshogu is dedicated to the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and its style is similar to the ...
This large museum’s outlandish architectural style may not appeal to everyone, but the building ...
Exhibits range from flints and a tablet from Mesopotamia through Egyptian papyrus to abacuses ...
Daimyo feudal lords were the only people who could afford the clocks displayed here. Before ...
This medium-sized Kunsthalle in the woods of Ueno Park holds the annual VOCA exhibition of ...
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