Best around Asakusa Spot List

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.

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.

Watch Tokyo’s Downtown Area Lit Up by Fireworks at Night

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.

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).

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.

Komagata Bridge on the Sumida River is 150 meters long and has over 80 years of history.

The museum houses 900 drums, including Japanese drums and others from all over the world. Visitors can touch and play the drums.

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.

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.

A modern hostel incorporating Japanese elements. A base for travelers who want to enjoy Japanese-style design while keeping costs down.

A fashion retail building with more than 100 shops.

A rickshaw service with flexible routes

A Must-See Performance with Colorful Costumes and Spectacular Dancing

A soaring five-story pagoda at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa with magnificent nighttime illumination.

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

Just near Kaminarimon Gate,sightseeing spot in Asakusa.Medicine, Cosmetics, etc. in store.

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

Main priests' residence of Senso-ji complex where the Three Buddha Statues of Amitabha are enshrined. The temple also houses ancestral tablets of Tokugawa Shoguns.