A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district. The ...

Decorations to celebrate the new year are seen on the shops of the Nakamise commercial street in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 19, 2023. The yearend event, also named Hagoita Fair, is held at Asakusa, ...

As one of Japan's representative tourist destinations, the Asakusa district never ceases to attract people looking for a taste of traditional downtown Tokyo. The 30 million visitors it draws each year ...

ASAKUSA, Taito City — In a place like Tokyo, where there is no shortage of historic and amazing sites to see, tour guide Masaharu Nozawa said there’s one place he takes everyone. "This is probably the ...

Subscribe for more food and travel videos: <a href=" Chasing a Plate is in Tokyo Japan! Today we explore Asakusa. Asakusa is famous for it's Sensojii Temple as well as being one of the most ...

Eastern Tokyo has certainly seen rapid development in the past half a decade or so: before the Skytree was opened, this traditional side of the capital saw relatively few tourists, bar the masses ...

Tokyo’s temple and shrine district is Asakusa, definitely one of the must-visit parts in Tokyo. Although most of the region was destroyed by mass bombing during World War II, the entire area was rebui ...

Popular tourist destinations are gearing up for a return to pre-pandemic times in line with the June 10 resumption of procedures to finally allow inbound visitors after a two-year lull on entry. While ...