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Asakusa
You can enjoy the traditional atomosphere of Edo era strolling through a row
of small souvenir / handcraft shops to the shrine complex.
Also, check out a cruise down Sumida river!
Senso-ji temple / Kaminari mon (gate)
03-3842-0181
main temple open 6:00-17:00( 6:30- Oct.-Mar)
Charge: free
A huge paper lantern
at the main gate (Kaminari mon) welcomes
you to the oldest temple in Tokyo, Senso-ji.
There is a five storeyed pagoda(Gojuno-to), Kannon-do, Dembo-in (temple),
Asakusa shrine.
There are events held every year inside.
Ho-zuki Ich(Ground Cherry fair)on Jul. Hagoita Ichi (Battledore fair)
on Dec.
Access: 6-7 minute from Asakusa station(Toei Asakusa, Ginza lines)
(1 minute to Kaminari mon).
Click here to see the map!
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of the battledore fare! |
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Nakamise
03-3844-3350
4-5-6 Higashi-Ueno Taito-ku Tokyo
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It is a row of more than 100 shops which bring you to
Senso-ji Temple.
Japanese candies, rice crackers, Kimono, Fans,
Japanese traditional sandals,some other cute stuff.
It's the perfect place for souvenir shopping!
Access: 5 minute from Asakusa station(Toei Asakusa,
Ginza lines). Click here to see the map!
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Nakamise Dori(St.)
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Jidaiya (Rickshaw service / Traditional entertainment service)
TEL: 03-3873-0290
FAX: 03-3873-7080
3-26-8 Asakusa Taitou-ku Tokyo (Store / Rickshaw Morgue)
10:00-18:00 (Subject to change)
Open every day of the year (Closed on rainy days)
Charge: four courses- 2.000 yen/10min., 6.000 yen/30min.,
12.000 yen/hr., 36.000 yen/3hr. ( these charges are for 2 people).
*Special give-away post card / a discount ticket for affiliated stores
Why don't you look
around Asakusa town on a rickshaw?
Their Rickshaw men are ready at Kaminarimon. Ask them!
Other services:
*A Rickshaw Information Center is open at their
store
which replicates a real rickshaw store from the late '20S to '40S.
*Costume service (reservation required)
-- Experience in a historical Japanese costume with antique
house holds
and have memorial pictures taken(feel free to take pictures
of your own)! You can also go sightseeing around Asakusa town
on their Rickshaw in the costume! (Charge: 6.000 yen - including dressing)
*Experience of apprentice Geisha(Hangyoku) (reservation required)
-- They offer an experience of apprentice Geisha in a
real Geisha costume
at a real Geisha house.(Charge: from 30.000 yen/person - )
*Japanese traditional entertainment(including Shamisen, Japanese drum
etc)
(they can take requests/orders from all over Japan - they
travel!)
*Rickshaw sales
*All charges listed are including tax.
Access: 10 minutes walk to the store, 3 minutes walk
to Kaminarimon Gate where the Rickshaws can be caught
from Asakusa station (Toei Asakusa, Ginza lines).
Click here to see the map!
The Shitamachi Museum
03-3823-7451/7461
2-1 Ueno-Koen Taito-ku Tokyo
Open 9:30-16:30
Closed Mondays(or Tuesdays when a holiday falls on the preceding Mon.),
29th of Dec. through 3rd of Jan.
Charge: 200 yen for
Adults, 100 yen for students under high school
(It is possible to be changed in the future. Call ahead to check)
This
museum displays items which are related with
the daily life in Edo to Taisho('12-'25) eras including
the manners and customs, social relations and cultural
history of a typical "Shitamachi - Neighbortown of Tokyo-"
in these times.
On the first floor, the display which recreates a real
tenant house, a cheap sweet shop, a marchant's shop,
a copper boiler craftsman's house bring you back in the
Meiji(1868-1912) and Taisho(1912-1925) eras and show
the people's life in the times.
On the second floor, it shows the people's life in these
eras, various goods which were used in the daily life
such as children's games/amusment, kitchen utensils,
craftsman's tools etc.
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A Cheap Sweet Shop on
the left,
A room on the right
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Access: 5 minutes
from Ueno station(JR, Ginza, Keisei, lines).
Go through between the cinemas to Shinobazuno Ike(pound),
then turn left. Click here to see the map!
International Arcade
Part1(Uchisaiwasicho side): 1-7-23 Uchisaiwaicho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
Part2(Yurakucho side): 2-1-1 Yurakucho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo
International Arcade was built in 1960 to improve the image
of the area under the JR line in Yurakucho and to welcome people
from other countries visiting Japan for the Olympics in 1964.
Most of the shops inside are duty free. Japanese handcrafts,
Paper lanterns, Fans, Kimono, T-shirts designed with Japanese
motifs etc are sold. You will find the best souvenir here!
Check out HAYASHI KIMONO and S.I.BROTHERS.
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HAYASHI KIMONO--TEL: 03-3591-9826 (No.1),
03-3501-4012 (no.2) / FAX: 03-3501-4014
S.I.BROTHERS--TEL / FAX: 03-3501-4016 |
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All
items in this photo are by HAYASHI KIMONO
Sushi T-shirts from 1.250 yen (various sizes are
available)
Caps-from 1.350 yen, Barbecue apron-1.800 yen
Head band(on the right)- 200 yen
Happi coat(on the left)-blue one with crane pattern 3.600 yen,
red one with Kanji letter 4.900 yen
Kimono(on the middle)-blue green one 5.000 yen,
white one with flower pattern 4.800 yen |
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the photo to enlarge the view |
Access: 5 minutes walk from Yurakucho (JR line), Hibiya (Hibiya line) stations,
6-7 minutes walk from Shinbashi (JR, Ginza lines), Ginza (Hibiya, Ginza
lines) stations.
It is under the JR line bridge. Look for Imperial Tower or Imperial
Hotel.
Click here to see the map!
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