A tourist’s light‑hearted attempt at sumo wrestling has gone viral after she stepped into an inflatable suit at the Asakusa Sumo Club in Tokyo — only for the wrestler to respond by mimicking ballet ...
Stars and Stripes: Sumo wrestling is on the menu at Tokyo’s Asakusa Sumo Club
Dinner and a show at Asakusa Sumo Club means a hearty meal fit for a 350-pound wrestler and a chance to enter the ring yourself. The venue is inside the Asakusa Rockza Building in Asakusa, a ...
Asakusa (浅草) is the center of Tokyo 's shitamachi (literally "low city"), one of Tokyo's districts, where an atmosphere of the Tokyo of past decades survives. Asakusa's main attraction is Sensoji, a very popular Buddhist temple, built in the 7th century. The temple is approached via the Nakamise, a shopping street that has been providing temple visitors with a variety of traditional, local ...
Asakusa is on the north-east fringe of central Tokyo, at the eastern end of the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line subway, approximately one mile east of the major Ueno railway/subway interchange. It is central to the area colloquially referred to as Shitamachi, which literally means "low city," referring to the low elevation of this old part of Tokyo, on the banks of the Sumida River. As the name ...
Here's a complete list of the best things to do in Asakusa, Tokyo including the most beautiful attractions you shouldn’t miss there.
Home to the Sensoji Temple, Asakusa offers many exciting experiences, such as shops selling arts & crafts, historic restaurants, and river cruises.
Asakusa in Tokyo is a rich mix of the old and new Japan, where the remains of Tokyo’s old Shitamachi city and historic temples combine with tall skyscrapers and an epic entertainment district. It is perhaps most famous for the Senso-ji Temple and its extensive grounds but there is so much more to do in Asakusa.