The town information of Asakusa

: The Asakusa area is famous for the Kaminarimon at Senso-ji and Hanayashiki. The building of the headquarters of Asahi Breweries, Ltd. is also remarkable in that area.
There are unique shopping arcades such as Aiba-bashi Dogu-gai in which some stores deal in cookware.
Many tourists from overseas visit Asakusa, and therefore, there might be an opportunity to exchange information with foreigners.>>Map

Available Lines: Tokyo Metro Ginza Line; Tobu Isesaki Line; Toei Asakusa Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: 5 mins to Ueno; 16 mins to Ginza; 32 mins to Shibuya
Toei Asakusa Line: 8 mins to Nihombashi; 24 mins to Gotanda

Toei Bus (from Asakusa-Kaminarimon): To Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Exit; To Ryogoku Station; To Hirai Station; To Higashi-Ojima Station; To Kanamachi Station/dd>; To Akihabara Station; To Ikebukuro East Exit
Toei Bus (from Komagatabashi): To Akihabara Station; To Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit
Toei Bus (from Tobu-Asakusa Station): To Kinshicho Station; To Nippori Station; To Akihabara Station; To Tokyo Station Yaesu Exit; To Asakusa-Kaminarimon; To Ikebukuro East Exit
Water-bus: Sumidagwa Line; Asakusa-Odaiba Direct Line; Tokyo Waterside Line

Asakusa

Sanja Festival: The festival is held in May.
Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival: The festival held on the last Saturday in July.
Asakusa Samba Carnival: The event is held in August
Jidai Matsuri (Festival): The festival is held in October