Best around Asakusa Spot List

Jakotsuyu is a sento (public bathhouse) that dates from the Edo Period. Its convenient location in Asakusa make it an excellent stop after a day of sightseeing. Enjoy the natural hot spring and open-air baths.

The oldest amusement park in Japan, built in 1853. Discover the atmosphere of a traditional festival at the ennichi corner in the park!

A hall that holds rakugo (comic storytelling) performances throughout the year. It also holds a variety of other performances, such as manzai (a two-man comedy act), that are worth seeing.

It is a shopping district specializing in food-related specialty shops, and the district stretches about 800 meters from north to south between the Asakusa and Ueno areas.

Puffy yet crispy. A popular store for Agemanju (deep-fried manju, or bun stuffed with azuki bean paste), which is an Asakusa specialty, always with a line of people.

Amuse Museum is an art complex where a museum of the textile culture and ukiyoe (paintings of everyday life in the Edo period 1603 – 1868), a select shop of Japanese-style products, and an event hall are combined.

The Matsuchiyama Shoden Honryu-in Temple close to Senso-ji Temple, is recognized as a ”power spot” by the common people. On this spot they pray for the material benefits in this world. With Y-shaped daikon radishes and kinchaku (Japanese traditional style pouch) people pray for finding a suitable marriage partner and for matrimonial happiness.

A shrine that has a beautiful vermilion-lacquered shrine pavilion from the Edo period. It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May is one of the Three Great Festivals of Edo (now Tokyo).

Wearing the hunting dress of Kamakura samurai, this a traditional event from ancient times in which archers on galloping horses try to hit three targets using bows and arrows.

Enjoy staying at the alluring Grand Tree Hotel, notable among LIVE JAPAN readers, with its SKYTREE VIEW rooftop mere moments from Tokyo's iconic landmark. Gaze at the iconic Skytree from up close, and enjoy convenient access to Asakusa and Ueno, making it an ideal launchpad for Tokyo explorations. Begin your memorable journey from the Grand Tree Hotel.

A fashion retail building with more than 100 shops.

A rickshaw service with flexible routes

Funawa Honten (Main Store) is a store selling sweet‐potato pastes since 1902. It also has a cafe where you can enjoy the sweets.

This is a sweets cafe that has been carrying on traditions for 160 years in downtown Asakusa. Its specialty is awa zenzai bean paste soup, the cafe's unchanged flavor.

The main gate of Sensoji Temple. Its huge, impressive paper lantern with ”Kaminarimon” written in kanji is a landmark of Asakusa.

A Must-See Performance with Colorful Costumes and Spectacular Dancing

A park built along the river, five-minutes away from Asakusa. In the spring, you can enjoy walking along the path while enjoying the approximately 1,000 cherry blossom trees.

A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.

Hozomon Gate houses Nio statues on each side (one called Agyo and the other called Ungyo). The 4.5-meter long giant waraji sandals ward off evil

This is the third (and oldest existing) underground mall in Japan.