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Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Asakusa
This page indexes, contains corrections and has additions to the Asakusa chapter of Tokyo Stroll.For information on Tokyo Stroll and this web supplement see Tokyo Stroll Supplement home page
For users of the Organic Maps, Maps.Me and Google Maps apps the items below have bookmarks you can import into those apps to make navigation easier. Adachiya: Tokyo Stroll page 99 Amezaiku Ameshin (Asakusa main workshop) / Amezaiku Ameshin (Asakusa honten kōbō): Tokyo Stroll page 88 Amisei: Tokyo Stroll page 99 Arai Bunsendō (aka Bunsendō): Tokyo Stroll page 78 Asakusa Chōchin Monaka: Tokyo Stroll page 83 Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center: Tokyo Stroll page 73 Asakusa Engei Hall: Tokyo Stroll page 104 Asakusa Hanayashiki: Tokyo Stroll page 98 Asakusa Imahan: Tokyo Stroll page 110 Asakusa Jinja [aka Sanja Sama, Shrine of the Three Guardians]: Tokyo Stroll page 88 Asakusa Kagetsudō: Tokyo Stroll page 91 Asakusa Menchi: Tokyo Stroll page 82" Asakusa Mokubakan: Tokyo Stroll page 90 Asakusa Morigin: Tokyo Stroll page 80 Asakusa Public Hall / Asakusa Kōkaidō: Tokyo Stroll page 82 Asakusa Sōshū: Tokyo Stroll page 113 Asakusa Sukeroku: Tokyo Stroll page 84 Asakusa Underground Shopping Street / Asakusa Chika Shōtengai: Tokyo Stroll page 101 Awashimadō: Tokyo Stroll page 91 Bairindō: Tokyo Stroll page 78 Bandai head office building: Tokyo Stroll page 110 Bentendō and Bentenyama: Tokyo Stroll page 85 Bujitomi Inari Jinja: Tokyo Stroll page 105 Bunsendō: Tokyo Stroll page 78 Butsudan Dōri: Tokyo Stroll page 106 Chin-ya: Tokyo Stroll page 76 Chingodō: Tokyo Stroll page 102 Denpōin: Tokyo Stroll page 84 Dojō Iidaya: Tokyo Stroll page 109 Drum Museum / Taikokan: Tokyo Stroll page 108 Edo Taitō Traditional Crafts Museum / Edo Taitō Dentō Kōgei Kan: Tokyo Stroll page 98
Edo-te Togi Senmon (江戸手研ぎ専門) A small knife sharpening shop that does work by hand using traditional methods. The space also has a small art gallery that sells original, paintings, wall scrolls, painted fans, and postcards of some of the art. EKIMISE: Tokyo Stroll page 102 Fujiya: Tokyo Stroll page 83 Fukuzendō Sakai Kanbanten: Tokyo Stroll page 109 Funawa: Tokyo Stroll page 73 Hanakawado Park / Hanakawado Kōen: Tokyo Stroll page 88 Hikan Inari Jinja: Tokyo Stroll page 89 Honzan Higashi Honganji: Tokyo Stroll page 106 Hoppī Dōri: Tokyo Stroll page 89 Hōzōmon: Tokyo Stroll page 85 HUB Asakusa shop / HUB Asakusa Ten / HUB: Tokyo Stroll page 105 Hyakusuke: Tokyo Stroll page 84 Ichikawa Danjūrō IX ‘Shibaraku’ bronze statue: Tokyo Stroll page 98 Ikenami Shōtarō Memorial Museum / Ikenami Shōtarō Kinen Bunko: Tokyo Stroll page 108 Isekan: Tokyo Stroll page 81 Kama-asa: Tokyo Stroll page 109 Kamameshi Haru: Tokyo Stroll page 105 Kamata Hakensha: Tokyo Stroll page 108 Kaminari Issa: Tokyo Stroll page 88 Kaminarimon: Tokyo Stroll page 77–78 Kamiya Bar: Tokyo Stroll page 99 Kanmidokoro Nishiyama: Tokyo Stroll page 99 Kappabashi Street / Kappabashi Dōgugai: Tokyo Stroll page 106 Kappadera: Tokyo Stroll page 108 Kikuya: Tokyo Stroll page 79 Kimuraya Honten: Tokyo Stroll page 84 Komakata Dozeu: Tokyo Stroll page 112 Komakatadō: Tokyo Stroll page 113 Kurodaya: Tokyo Stroll page 77 Maekawa: Tokyo Stroll page 113 Mizuguchi Shokudō: Tokyo Stroll page 104 Mokuhankan: Tokyo Stroll page 103 Nakamise Shōtengai: Tokyo Stroll page 79 Nakaya: Tokyo Stroll page 85
Namiki Yabusoba (並木藪蕎麦)
This famous soba restaurant (sobaya) is easy to spot—just look for an old-fashioned white two-story building with a large wooden sign with the kanji "Yabu" 藪 on it. Seating is both traditional and Western. Their selection has many different soba dishes, so you can visit more than once and never eat the same thing twice. If you are not familiar with soba, a simple choice is one of the soup-based dishes. Or if you prefer cold noodles, try the zarusoba. For soba with a dipping sauce, they will bring a small pot of sobayu. They have been in the business since 1913. Nitenmon: Tokyo Stroll page 87 Obigen: Tokyo Stroll page 79 Oimoyasan Kōshin: Tokyo Stroll page 80 Ōshimaya Onda: Tokyo Stroll page 111 Rokkakudō: Tokyo Stroll page 91 Rokku: Tokyo Stroll page 104 Sake no Daimasu Kaminarimon Branch: Tokyo Stroll page 78 Sanbidō: Tokyo Stroll page 82 Sanja Sama, Shrine of the Three Guardians: Tokyo Stroll page 88 Seikyōji: Tokyo Stroll page 114 Sensōji: Tokyo Stroll page 86
Shitaya Jinja (下谷神社)
Originally constructed in Ueno in 730, this Inari shrine was relocated several times before ending up in the present location in 1928 after the Great Kantō Earthquake, the current building dates from 1934 having survived WWII. A landmark is the large red torii on the East side of Asakusa Dōri just West of Inarichō station, immediately before the shrine is a large stone torii followed by a large wooden gate.
The main festival is held on the weekend closest to May 11. The monthly festival is held on the 1st, 11th, and 15th of every month starting at 7am. Some no Anbō: Tokyo Stroll page 78 Sumida Park / Sumida Kōen: Tokyo Stroll page 101 Sushihatsu: Tokyo Stroll page 104
A famous chain selling new and used kimono and yukata. They describe themselves as a kimono recycle store. Frankly looking at the recycled kimono they are in great shape, not surprising as the Japanese tend to take good care of their stuff. There are many shops in Tokyo, I am adding them to these supplement pages when I have a page for the area they are in. In Asakusa the stores are: MEGA Tansuya (MEGAたんす屋) in the EKIMISE building 7th floor [Asakusa Detail 5 map] Tansuya Asakusaten (たんす屋浅草店) [Near the junction of Asakusa Detail maps 1, 2, and 5] Tansuya Asakusa Kōkaidōmae Shop (たんす屋 浅草公会堂前店) [Just east of the Detail 7 map] Tanuki Dōri: Tokyo Stroll page 106 Tempura Nakasei: Tokyo Stroll page 102 Tokiwadō Kaminari Okoshi Honpo: Tokyo Stroll page 77
Tosaku (東作本店)
In 1783, a former samurai went into business making bamboo fishing rods. The store still handcrafts traditional bamboo rods which break down into segments for easy transport. A variety of sizes are available, some so small they almost seem like toys but are actual rods. They also handle handcrafted traditional and modern accessories used in fishing such as floats, needle removers, containers to hold fish, bamboo pole nets, and much more. Toyofuku: Tokyo Stroll page 83 Tsujiya: Tokyo Stroll page 82 Umezono: Tokyo Stroll page 80 Wasendō: Tokyo Stroll page 89 Water Bus / Suijō Basu: Tokyo Stroll page 101 World Bags and Luggage Museum / Sekai no Kaban Hakubutsukan: Tokyo Stroll page 113 Yagenbori Nakajima Shōten: Tokyo Stroll page 80,: Tokyo Stroll page 106
Yayoiken Asakusa Tawaramachi (やよい軒 浅草田原町店)
The local branch of the restaurant chain Yayoi. I include it here as this is an excellent place to get a Japanese style breakfast at very reasonable prices. As you enter there is a machine where you can order and pay for your meal. This is a touch screen device and has an English menu option for easy selection. Pay for your meal, collect your ticket and change then seat yourself. You don't need to be able to speak Japanese as the ticket has your selection. Refills on rice and tea are free, just help yourself. Yonoya Kushiho: Tokyo Stroll page 82 Back to the Tokyo Stroll Supplement home page - Privacy Notice - Back to Gilles' home page Created July 10, 2019 | Content last updated August 23, 2023 |