Best around Asakusa Spot List

The facade of the Asahi Group's headquarter building was designed in the image of a beer mug.

Watch 100 Portable Shrines Being Carried Around Asakusa

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.

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

The bridge carrying traffic from Kasuga-dori Street over the Sumida River. One of the viewing areas for the fireworks festival is near this bridge.

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

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.

The Kototoi Bridge with its beautiful rectilinear shape is built over the Sumida River. It is a perfect place to see cherry blossom trees lined up at the banks of the river.

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

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

Opening on July 19, 2025! Just a 4-minute walk from Asakusa Station. Enjoy Hokkaido’s famous sweets and tax-free shopping at LAOX with all five senses!

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.

View the spring cherry blossoms in full bloom from the Azuma-bashi bridge, or board the Waterbus for some sightseeing along the Sumida river.

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

Kakimori is a shop that doesn’t only specialize in high-quality fountain pens but all kinds of stationery items, including pen cases, business card holders, and notebooks. Among those items is a great number of genuinely unique goods, with one of the most popular and representative being the refillable ink ball pen. As the name suggests, this ingenuous pen can be filled with ink of various different colors, refillable as many times as you like. This is the perfect gift for friends, family, or just for yourself!

It takes about 10 minutes by bus to Tokyo Skytree. A 5-minute walk to the Senso-ji Temple grounds. It is truly convenient for sightseeing. All rooms are Japanese style room with a bathroom and relaxing tatami mats. Two public bath rooms with time slots for male and female guests are available to use through the night.