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Asakusa

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Kappabashi Dougu Street (R)

4.0

1310 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Nishiasakusa 1

This is a wholesaler district full of approximately 170 shops stocking items such as professional-grade cookware, tableware, kitchen equipment, ingredients for restaurants and plastic food samples. Plastic food samples that are one aspect of Japan’s unique culture are popular as souvenirs. In addition to tourists, there are many chefs from overseas that visit to purchase kitchen knives and molds. Closest train stations include Tawaramachi Station and Asakusa Station.

Almost a kilometre long, this street is lined on both sides by shops both small and large selling catering supplies including tableware, utensils and appliances and sample food. There is a English...
Asakusa EKIMISE

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Hanakawado 1-4-1

This is a shopping complex in Taito, Tokyo, which opened originally in 1931 and was renewed and reopened in the station building in 2012. The Tobu Asakusa Station is on the second floor. The department store “Matsuya Asakusa” is in the basement and the first and third floors, and offers an array of food, sweets, cosmetics, and fashion items. There are also fashion shops and miscellaneous goods shops on the 4th and 5th floors, the 6th floor is the bookstore and the home electronics floor, the 7th floor is for restaurants. The rooftop square overlooking Tokyo Sky Tree is popular as a place to relax during your shopping spree and in summer there is also a beer garden on the roof.
Kagetsudo Asakusa

4.0

429 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 2-7-13

Asakusa Kagetsudo is a cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets which was established in 1945, it is located in the shopping district approaching from the west of the temple, just left of Asakusa Temple’s main temple building. The “Original Jumbo Melon Pan”, which is cold fermented and takes approximately three times as long as usual to ferment, is an Asakusa specialty which is often showcased in the media. There is a relaxing Japanese-style cafe on the second floor and it is recommended for a break between sightseeing.

This is a famous melon pan bakery everybody loves. Its been selling delicious melon pans for decades. Melon pan really doesnt taste like melon but its sweet, light, and fluffy. These days they...
Kakimori

4.0

1 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Misuji 1-6-2

A stationery shop located in front of Kuramae Station in Taito City, Tokyo where you can create a one-of-a-kind notebook. When creating your notebook, you can choose from among some 60 varieties of cover materials and 30 varieties of pages. You can also try writing on the various page materials to choose your favorite. After you've finished making your order, an experienced artisan will complete your notebook in a few minutes. You can also make your own original ink here. The staff are happy to give advice, making it easy even for first-timers. You can fill one of the store's special-order bottles with a color that's all your own.

自分だけのオリジナルノートを作れます。表紙から中紙、留め具など選んでカスタマイズが可能です。表紙は革の物もあり、中紙を使い切ったら有料で中紙の交換もできるそうです。日本国内遠方の場合は郵送で対応してくれます。欠点をあげるとオリジナルノートの作製に時間がかかってしまう事です。今日頼むと出来上がりは20日後でした。日本滞在中に受け取れ場合には海外発送できるかどうかは確認していません。ノートの他にも魅力...
Ganso Shokuhin Sample Shop, Kappabashi Store

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Nishiasakusa 3-7-6

This is a specialty food sampling store located just five minutes from the A2 Exit of the Tsukuba Express, Asakusa Station. On the first floor of the main building, various unique goods and objects, such as bacon shaped bookmarks, and a potato shaped memo stand, are sold. One of the popular activities are the various exhibit corners introducing the processes by which food samples are made, demonstrated using hamburger as an example; as well as the sample kit Samplun for making these items at home. The second floor is set up with hands-on activity spaces, such as the Tempura and Lettuce food sample making experience space.
Pelican

4.5

105 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Kotobuki 4-7-4

A long-standing bread bakery founded in 1942 and located in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood. Renowned for its delicious breads which you can eat every day without ever getting tired of them, this popular establishment frequently sees lines of customers waiting outside to get in. The bakery makes only two kinds of bread- shokupan white bread and rolls. Only a limited amount of bread is baked each day, and the bakery frequently runs out of stock before closing.

昭和17年創業の、二種類しか作っていない人気のパン屋さんがあるというので行ってみました。評判通り、素朴な見た目と味でした。昨今、趣向を凝らした新しいベーカリーが増えるなか、敢えて「何も入れない」をこだわっているような味でした。テイクアウト専門で、棚のボックスには食パンがぎっしり並んでいました。しっとりきめこまかなパンは1斤430円。創業当時は戦時中、小麦粉など手に入らなかったでしょうに、どんなパ...
Ikazuchi 5656 Hall

3.5

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taito-ku Asakusa 3-6-1

団体バス旅行の浅草観光でバスの駐車場兼買い物場所でここでお買い物をしました。1Ｆは観光バスの駐車場、二階は御土産コーナーになっていると思います。ここが浅草観光の出発地点で観光後のお買い物店という設定です。時間は観光+お土産で1時間の予定で早めに引き返しお土産を二階で物色しました。遠い昔にもここで団体バスのコースになっていたのを思い出しましたが3階以上では食事処のような記憶です。2Ｆで少々お買い物を...
Dandelion Chocolate Factory & Café Kuramae

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Kuramae 4-14-6

A chocolate shop from San Francisco. From cacao bean selection to packaging, this “beans to bar” shop does everything in-house. Visitors can observe the chocolate factory on the first floor in operation. Sweets and drinks made with the shops special chocolate can be enjoyed in the café on the second floor. The shop’s popular brownie bite flight lets enjoy and compare the distinct flavors of three brownies made with different varieties of chocolate.
Arai Bunsendo (Nakamise Shop)

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taito-ku Asakusa 1-30-1

A store specializing in folding fans located on Nakamise Shopping Street, one of the oldest shopping streets in Japan. They have an array of fans for everything from daily use to training in the performing arts. The long-standing shop attracts dancers, kabuki actors, geisha, rakugo performers, etc. Their original hand block printed pochi-bukuro petite envelopes and four-cornered Edo Ichimonji style paper fans make popular Asakusa souvenirs. They also do custom-made fans with a choice of materials and designs that make great birthday presents or gifts for that special someone.

雷門柳小路に，老舗の扇子屋さん「荒井文扇堂」があります。店構えも趣があり，美しい扇子や団扇を見ているだけで気持ちが浮き立ちます。浅草に行ったら是非訪れたいお店です。
Marugoto Nippon Kura

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 2-6-7 Whole Man 1F

Marugoto Nippon, opened in 2015, aims to introduce authentic, handmade delights and hidden specialties from all 47 prefectures of Japan to bring local goods under one roof. Kura a treasure trove of local luxury foods specially selected by eagle-eyed buyers.
Asakusa Ojima (Denbouin Street location)

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 2-3-2

A studio and store which makes and sells Edo kiriko cut glass located in Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo. The store at 2 Chome Asakusa sells kiriko glasses and knickknacks, while the workshop at 4 Chome holds short classes where you can cut your own design and make your very own Edo kiriko piece.
CUTLERY TSUBAYA

4.5

34 Reviews

Shopping

Tokyo Taito-ku Nishiasakusa 3-7-2

The 2 people on the floor might have been father and son, the former advising me. I wanted steak knives and he showed me their selection of around 8 with varying prices. There was a boxed set on...
Yagenbori (Shin-nakamise Main Store)

Shopping

Tokyo Taito-ku Asakusa 1-28-3

A shop specializing in shichimi-togarashi (seven-spice chili pepper blend), a classic Tokyo favorite that's popularity has remain unchanged since the shop's founding in 1625. Along with Kyoto's Shichimiya Honpo and Nagano's Yawataya Isogoro, it's counted among the top three seven-spice chili pepper shops in Japan. Its spicy original blend featuring fragrant black sesame seeds and nicely scented sansho (Japanese pepper) is unique to the Kanto area. Customers can adjust the blend to their preferred flavor and spice level. It makes a great condiment for the dinner table or Asakusa souvenir, and people come from far and wide to buy it as a gift.
Edo Toys Nakamise Sukeroku

4.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taito-ku Asakusa 2-3-1

"The only hobby shop in Japan specializing in small toys from the Edo period is located near the end of Nakamise Shopping Street. It sells miniature toys that originated during the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The small toy animals with humorous expressions came about due to an Edo period ban on luxuries. During the period conspicuous consumption by wealthy merchants became illegal, including large and lavish toys. In response, artisans began making these tiny, elaborate items that made as small as possible or incorporated clever wordplay into their designs. These include little dogs with bamboo baskets referring to the Japanese character for ""laughter"" and red owls whose color is believed to have the power to protect people from evil."

雷門から仲見世通りをまっすぐ進み、伝法院通りも過ぎ、浅草寺の右側にある、日本唯一の江戸趣味小玩具店です。贅沢禁止令でサイズが制限されたことに端を発する小玩具ですが、外国人にとても人気があるようで、お店は大変にぎわっていました。ミニサイズ扇子などがとても可愛らしかったです。
Fujiya

Travel / Tourism

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 2-2-15

This is a store in Asakusa that specializes in tenugui (a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton) made with a traditional technique called “chusen-zome,” which consists of dyeing by pouring the color on the fabric and putting a special glue on areas not to be dyed. It is very popular in Asakusa for souvenirs, with its various tenugui dyed in the designs of lucky elements such as red sea bream, the Seven Deities and other designs of all seasons. Closed on Thursdays. Credit cards are not accepted.
Oimoyasan Koshin Asakusa Denboin Higashi-Dori Store

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-36-6

Kawako Shoten, a long-standing satsumaimo (sweet potato) wholesaler founded in 1876, opened this satsumaimo sweets store in 1984. Using the only the finest quality satsumaimo carefully selected to the season, their potato sweets are made under the motto of pursuing delicious taste as well as safety and peace of mind, and all of the items have a gentle taste that uses the potato’s natural sweetness. The simple “daigaku-imo” and the “sweet potato” rich in dietary fiber are popular. The closest station is Asakusa Station.

Asakusa Oimoyasan Koushin is a sweet potato confectionary. Sweet potato came first to Japan during Edo period, nearly 400 years ago, and said to have saved many lives during famine. Im a big fan of...
Kikuya

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-20-1

This wagashi (Japanese sweets shop) located on Nakamise-dori Street in the Asakusa district of Tokyo's Taito City is a famous shop to try daifuku (rice cake stuffed with bean jam) and dango (mochi rice dumplings). The most popular item is the Mitarashi-dango-dango on a skewer covered in their secret sauce. The daifuku using plenty of adzuki beans from Tokachi (in Hokkaido) and the yomogi-dango covered in kinako (roasted soybean flour) are also popular. They sell kaki-gori shaved ice in the summer and oshiruko (sweet red-bean soup) in the winter. Guests can have a short break during their stroll of the area and eat products purchased inside the store.

仲見世通りにある大福と団子とお土産の店。雷門から近いので浅草寺までの道のりの景気づけにもってこいです。国産素材にこだわった餅とあんこをのんびり軒先で食べるのもまたヨシ。ブラブラ歩きながら食べるもヨシ。
Asakusa Amezaiku Ameshin Asakusa Head Office and Workshop

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Imado 1-4-31F

This is a specialty store of sculptured candy in Imodo, Taito City, Tokyo. Sculpturing heated candy into various shapes with bare hands and scissors is a traditional technique that has been a popular entertainment for the common people since long ago. At the Asakusa Main Store, in addition to exhibiting candies in the shape of goldfish, cats, dragons, etc., hands-on experience classes (reservations required) are also held. The inside of the spacious shop is Japanese style and includes a café space for breaks.

Amezaiku is the Japanese of sculpting hot candy to make amazing animal figures. The challenge is that all the work has to be done in three minutes:the candy cools quickly and cant be reheated...
Kamawanu (Asakusa Branch)

Shopping

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-29-6

A hand dyed tenugui hand towel shop located a five minute walk from Tobu Railway Asakusa Station. The shop's tenugui are made with bleached cotton dyed by the hands of artisans according to a technique dating back to the Meiji period. Despite being made of the same material and being of limited size, the diverse patterns tenugui come in give them a highly seasonal aspect. Popular with international tourists, they also make great souvenirs for people living outside Japan. The shop also sells renowned select handmade accessories and tenugui dyed in patterns sold only at this specific shop. Finally, the shop accepts orders for existing tenugui with a customer's name added or even completely original designs.
Mirror

Leisure / Hobbies

Tokyo Taitou-ku Kuramae 2-15-5

A commercial complex located along the Sumida River in 2 Chome Kuramae, Taito City, Tokyo. Tenants include a cafe and restaurant with a private, karaoke-equipped room able to seat up to 40 people; an art gallery also available for use as a film studio; a table tennis salon bar; a party space; and a rooftop bar.

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