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Nakamise-Dori



This shopping street stretches over 250 meters from Kaminarimon to the grounds of Senso-ji Temple. It is lined with more than 50 shops that offer local specialties and the usual array of tourist souvenirs.

2-min. Tokyo Metro Ginza Line / Toei Subway Asakusa Line, 
2minutes on foot from Asakusa Station.



Kappabashi-Dori

A 10-minute walk from Senso-ji lies Kappabashi-dori, a wholesale kitchenware district that sells all manner of kitchen utensils, as well as colorfully patterned noren (split doorway curtains). Many tourists are attracted to the plastic display food, including steak and chips, ramen noodles, and even spaghetti bolognaise with an upright fork stuck in it.

5-min. walk from Ginza subway line Tawara-cho sta. Or,
13-min, walk from Toei Subway Asakusa Line Asakusa sta.