A wholesale district with a variety of specialty shops selling everything from traditional Japanese dolls, to displays for shop windows, toys and stationery.
This is a cable-stayed bridge over the Sumida River. Its 32 cables stage the presence of this beautiful bridge.
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.
Various marsh plants grow in the marsh plant community in the Sengokuhara area. It was designated as a National Natural Treasure because its value in phytogeography was recognized.
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.
Watch 100 Portable Shrines Being Carried Around Asakusa
Pick up your items at the airport counter upon arrival in Japan.
You can learn, experience, and enjoy anime in this museum, which is totally devoted to animation. You can also take part in the creation of a flip animation.
Nippon Camera Hakubutsu-kan or the JCII Camera Museum is a museum operated by the Japan Camera Industry Institute, and you can have fun learning and familiarizing yourself with cameras by looking at and touching cameras. There are more than 300 cameras on display.
The Perry Memorial Hall is a museum that illustrates the Perry Expedition (1853-1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical documents.
The bridge is called Kuramae (”front of warehouse”) since rice was stored in the area during the Edo period. Painted in bright yellow, the bridge reminds us of rice grains.
It is the Buddhist temple which is said to be the origin of maneki-neko or a luck-inviting cat figurine, beckoning with its right front paw. In its temple grounds, a number of historical assets still remain.
Takarazuka is a revue composed solely of unmarried women, and it has been popular since its first performance in 1914. This theater acts as its base in Tokyo.
Hijiri-bashi is a bridge over the Kanda River. Its three-dimensional piers are beautiful.
Harbor View Park, or Minato-no-mieru-oka Koen is located on the hillside of the city, overlooking Yokohama Harbor and the Bay Bridge. It is a popular sightseeing course in Yokohama.
It is the main street of Ura-Harajuku (the Harajuku back street) along which stylish stores stand. There are cafes and some general stores on the street, so taking a stroll on the back street is fun as well.
The ideal starting point for Mt. Fuji sightseeing and for enjoying historic landmarks and majestic views.
Hikawa Maru, an ocean liner of Nippon Yusen (NYK Line or Japan Mail Shipping Line), is one of the historical cargo-passenger ships and was built in 1930 for the purpose of running a regular route to Seattle. Today, the liner is open to the public and the visitors can enter the guestroom, the dining room, wheelhouse, the engine room, and other areas.
This is an art and cultural facility that possesses a pipe organ of the world's largest class. You can appreciate various artworks throughout the year.