Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Published in 1988 and previously filmed in 2002 by Makoto Shinozaki (also director of the 1999 Kitano documentary “Jam Session”), ...

Home to Sensoji, metropolitan Tokyo’s oldest and buzziest temple, Asakusa is one of the most tourist-infested parts of old Tokyo. Its appeal was further boosted by the 2012 opening of nearby Tokyo ...

Asakusa is not known for its nocturnal charms. It’s an obligatory stop on the Tokyo tourist trail, and few locals would have thought of looking for night-time things to do around the iconic Sensoji ...

As one of Japan’s representative tourist destinations, the Asakusa district never ceases to attract people looking for a taste of traditional downtown Tokyo. The 30 million visitors it draws each year ...

TOKYO — Uniqlo opened the doors of its newest large-format store on Friday, in the historic and culturally significant neighborhood of Asakusa. The store follows the concept of “our neighborhood” and ...

|editorchoice-b|With its well-preserved traditional culture, Asakusa is one of Tokyo’s biggest tourist draws. No event attracts more visitors than the Sanja Matsuri, a 700-year-old festival that draws ...

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. The ...

TOKYO—There is a Japanese way for everything, and gift-giving is the glue that binds society. Asakusa, arguably Tokyo’s most traditional neighbourhood, is one place popular enough with indigenous and ...

|editorchoice-b|With its well-preserved traditional culture, Asakusa is one of Tokyo’s biggest tourist draws. No event attracts more visitors than the Sanja Matsuri, a 700-year-old festival that draws ...