Asakusa, an area of Tokyo with a long history, is still brimming with tradition. It's a popular tourist spot with Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji, drawing over 30 million visitors a year.

Asakusa is a historic neighborhood in eastern Tokyo famous for the temple Sensōji, founded some 1,400 years ago, that attracts tourists from around the world. It was also a thriving center of ...

well past its prime. The Anegasaki-kai, based in the old downtown Asakusa district of the capital, survived primarily by scalping tickets for concerts and running stalls at summer festivals ...

Japan welcomed a record-breaking 36.87 million inbound visitors in 2024, marking a 15.6 percent increase compared to 2019, ...

The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...

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 ...

Bustling with foreign tourists, Tokyo's Asakusa district is seeing a 25 percent increase in commercial land prices near Tsukuba Express Asakusa Station compared to the previous year. The rise is ...