Best around Asakusa Spot List

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.

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

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

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 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).

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.

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.

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 fashion retail building with more than 100 shops.

A rickshaw service with flexible routes

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.

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.

Built in 1950 and renovated in 2011, the completely non-smoking Taito Ryokan offers simple accommodation in a traditional Japanese style just a 6-minute walk from Asakusa’s Sensoji Temple. Free Wi-Fi is available at the entire building. Tawaramachi Subway Station’s exit 3 is 300 metres away. Rooms at Ryokan Taito are air-conditioned, with shared showers and toilets. Towels can be rented for a small fee, and plug adapters are available. Guests sleep on tatami (woven-straw) flooring in Japanese futon bedding. Hanayashiki Amusement Park is a 5-minute walk away. Nearby Tawaramachi Subway Station is 2 stops from Ueno Station and a 15-minute ride from the Ginza shopping district. The Asakusa Tsukuba Express Train Station is a 4-minute walk away. A limited number of free-use bicycles are provided. Described by its owner as a “ryokan-style hostel,” the property includes a lounge with free coffee/tea, an English book library and classic Nintendo video games. In cold weather, you can try the Kotatsu leg-warming table. A coin-operated washing machine and chargeable internet PC are on site. No meals are served. Plentiful meal options are within a 5-minute walk.

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

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

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

A Must-See Performance with Colorful Costumes and Spectacular Dancing