Located in the Asakusa district, Sensoji is Tokyo’s most famous Buddhist temple, and undoubtedly deserves a spot on the itinerary of any first-time visitor to the city. It’s particularly popular with ...

they seem to enjoy telling lies with their friends and family as a kind of hobby,' the event's organiser says On a busy afternoon in Tokyo's Asakusa district, a tour guide leads a small group to a ...

An organized crime syndicate in Tokyo with roots dating to around a ... The Anegasaki-kai, based in the old downtown Asakusa district of the capital, survived primarily by scalping tickets ...

Crowds packed into the streets of Tokyo's Asakusa district from May 19 to 21 for the Sanja Matsuri festival, an annual summer event famous for a procession of three mikoshi portable shrines ...

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.

TOKYO: Female rickshaw pullers are drawing attention in Tokyo’s Asakusa area, a site to which tourists flock from all over the world. Because it requires so much physical power and endurance ...

From the calm of Asakusa to the hustle of Akihabara ... Narita Airport offers easy train access. Marunouchi is Tokyo’s prime ...

Design studio AtMa has converted an old shoe store into a unique souvenir shop located in Asakusa, Japan. Formerly a shoe store, the historic two-storey building is located in a corner of Asakusa ...