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Asakusa Area

About Asakusa Area

A town where you can feel Japanese tradition and culture

It is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Tokyo, with Sensoji Temple, Nakamise Street, and Kaminarimon Gate, and is famous as one of the areas that make up the downtown area of Edo/Tokyo.

Asakusa has been a prosperous downtown area since the Edo period, with Japan's first amusement park and the largest Yose theater in Tokyo, where you can enjoy rakugo, manzai, magic tricks, and other entertainment, giving it a downtown atmosphere that has not changed.

History

Kaminarimon

Kaminarimon

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Sensoji

Sensoji

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Asakusa Shrine

Asakusa Shrine

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Shopping

Nakamise Dori(Street)

Nakamise Dori(Street)

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Tokyo