Guidebook for Taito

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Guidebook for Taito

Food Scene

Michelin-star pork tonkatsu place at reasonable prices!
Masaru
1-chōme-32-2 Asakusa
Michelin-star pork tonkatsu place at reasonable prices!
Good Japanese quick-service meals and open all day! Place your order at the vending machine =)
Matsuya Asakusabashi
1-chōme-13-4 Yanagibashi
Good Japanese quick-service meals and open all day! Place your order at the vending machine =)
Ootoya - home-style Japanese set meals cooked just right!
Ootoya Asakusabashi
2-chōme-1-9 Asakusabashi
Ootoya - home-style Japanese set meals cooked just right!
Fabulous honey toast! Must eat **)
Miyabi
Fabulous honey toast! Must eat **)
Famous tempura (fried battered shrimp) shop!
大黒家 本店
Famous tempura (fried battered shrimp) shop!
A hidden gem open only on Thursdays and Fridays. Enjoy Tokyo's best choux cream till supplies last!
Le Goûter
1-chōme-31-1 Asakusabashi
A hidden gem open only on Thursdays and Fridays. Enjoy Tokyo's best choux cream till supplies last!

Sightseeing

Tokyo's most famous temple!
1521 locals recommend
Senso-ji Temple
2-chōme-3-1 Asakusa
1521 locals recommend
Tokyo's most famous temple!
Shrine!
Ichogaoka Hachiman Shrine
1-chōme-29-11 Asakusabashi
Shrine!
Suga Shrine!
Asakusabashi, 2-chōme−29−１６
Suga Shrine!
Tokyo's famous kitchen street - find anything, everything on food and kitchen's here - including real-life-like fake food =)
176 locals recommend
Kappabashi Dōgu-gai (Kitchenware Street)
3-chōme-18-2 Matsugaya
176 locals recommend
Tokyo's famous kitchen street - find anything, everything on food and kitchen's here - including real-life-like fake food =)
Japan's tallest tower!
1847 locals recommend
Tokyo Skytree
1-chōme-1-2 Oshiage
1847 locals recommend
Japan's tallest tower!

Shopping

Iconic doll shop! Must visit =)
Kyūgetsu
1-chōme-20-4 Yanagibashi
Iconic doll shop! Must visit =)
An institution in traditional Japanese doll-making. Very close to Asakusabashi station.
吉德大光 浅草橋本店
1-chōme-9-14 Asakusabashi
An institution in traditional Japanese doll-making. Very close to Asakusabashi station.
Don Quixote has almost everything you want at bargain prices! Food, clothes, bags, shopping!
279 locals recommend
Don Quijote
2-chōme-19-10 Aobadai
279 locals recommend
Don Quixote has almost everything you want at bargain prices! Food, clothes, bags, shopping!
Huge shopping center beside Skytree, Japan's tallest tower. Filled with restaurants, shops and everything else including beer under the stars by the garden :)
199 locals recommend
Tokyo Solamachi Loft
1-chōme-1-2 Oshiage
199 locals recommend
Huge shopping center beside Skytree, Japan's tallest tower. Filled with restaurants, shops and everything else including beer under the stars by the garden :)

Essentials

8 locals recommend
7-Eleven Taito Asakusabashi 3-Chome
3-chōme-32-5 Asakusabashi
8 locals recommend
10 locals recommend
Lawson Asakusabashi Ekimae
1-chōme-9-16 Asakusabashi
10 locals recommend

Drinks & Nightlife

Isomarusuisan - a few minutes' walk from JR Asakusabashi Station east exit 24 hour seafood and grill place with Japanese beer. Try the crab fat =)
15 locals recommend
Shimojima Asakusabashi Main Store
1-chōme-30-10 Asakusabashi
15 locals recommend
Isomarusuisan - a few minutes' walk from JR Asakusabashi Station east exit 24 hour seafood and grill place with Japanese beer. Try the crab fat =)

Arts & Culture

Former home of Ichimaru, the famous geisha.
9 locals recommend
Lucite Gallery
1-chōme-28-8 Yanagibashi
9 locals recommend
Former home of Ichimaru, the famous geisha.

Getting Around

67 locals recommend
Asakusabashieki-Mae station
1-chōme-18 Asakusabashi
67 locals recommend