The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...
Tori no Ichi is said to have originated at Asakusa's Otori Shrine and the nearby Juzaisan Chokokuji temple, so you can expect a major spectacle here. This is the biggest Tori no Ichi festival in ...
Sanja Matsuri is a 3-day Japanese festival held in late May that attracts over 1.8 million visitors. Held in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood, the activities center around popular tourist attractions ...
Another legend suggests that the tradition started when Emperor Yamato Takeru, a Japanese folk hero, stopped by Asakusa's Otori-jinja Shrine to hang a rake—a symbolic representation of his weapon—in ...
#117, I’d like to share a special photo with my two dear friends to say thank you. They joined my guided tour with their family in April, and when they visited Japan again in October, they signed up ...