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Explore Kuramae
The district Kuramae of Kotobuki in Taitō-ku (Tokyo) is located in Japan a little east of Tokyo, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Tokyo, Ichikawa-minami, Urayasu, Kawaguchi and Soka. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 54 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 3% |
Air Humidity | 67% |
Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 10th of May 2024
20°C (69 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
APA Hotel Asakusa Kaminarimon
APA Hotel Asakusa Tawaramachi Ekimae
APA Hotel Asakusa Kuramae
Agora Place Asakusa
APA Hotel Asakusabashi Ekikita
APA Hotel Ochanomizu-Ekikita
Daiichi Hotel Ryogoku
Toyoko Inn Tokyo Asakusa Kuramae Kaminarimon
Ryogoku View Hotel
Toyoko Inn Tokyo Ueno Tawaramachi-eki
Videos from this area
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A glimpse around Asakusa near the Asakusa Station in Taitō City, one of the many wards of Tokyo, Japan.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Asakusa
is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals.
Sensō-ji
Sensō-ji is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II. Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine.
Asakusabashi
Asakusabashi (浅草橋) is a neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo. The district is known for its large stores selling traditional Japanese dolls (although some of the largest doll stores, such as Kyugetsu and Shugestu, are located across Edo-dori avenue, thus belonging to the Yanagibashi neighborhood) and it hosts a very large concentration of beads stores. The Ryuhoku campus of the Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo (Franco-Japanese High School of Tokyo) is also located in this neighborhood.
Asakusa Station (Tokyo Metro, Toei, Tobu)
Not to be confused with Akasaka Station. Asakusa Station浅草駅 300px Tobu Asakusa Station, May 2012 Location Prefecture Tokyo Ward Taitō History Opened 1927 Rail services Operator(s) Tobu RailwayTokyo MetroToei Subway Line(s) Tobu Isesaki LineToei Asakusa LineTokyo Metro Ginza Line 16px There is a bus stop near this station Asakusa Station is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway.
Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express)
is a train station of the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company located in the Asakusa district of Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Its station number is 03. Note that Asakusa Station of Tokyo Metro, the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation and Tobu Railway is located about 600 m to the east of this station.
Ryōgoku Kokugikan
, also known as Ryougoku Sumo Hall, is an indoor sporting arena located in the Yokoami neighborhood (bordering to the Ryōgoku neighborhood) of Sumida, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo in Japan, next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. It is the third building built in Tokyo associated with the name kokugikan. The current building was opened in 1985 and has a capacity of 13,000 people.
Kanda River
The Kanda River stretches 24.6 km from Inokashira Park in Mitaka to the Sumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō, Chūō, and Sumida. Its entire length lies within Tokyo, Japan. It drains an area of 105.0 km². The government of Japan classifies it as a Class I river.
Ryōgoku
This article is about the neighborhood. For the sumo wrestlers, see Ryōgoku Yūjirō and Ryōgoku Kajinosuke. Ryōgoku is a neighborhood in Sumida, Tokyo. It is surrounded by various neighborhoods in Sumida, Chūō, and Taitō wards: Yokoami, Midori, Chitose, Higashi Nihonbashi, and Yanagibashi. In 1659, the Ryōgoku Bridge was built, spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River. Its name, meaning "two provinces," came from its joining Edo and Shimōsa Province.
Ryōgoku Station
Ryōgoku Station is a railway station in Yokoami, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei).
Edo-Tokyo Museum
The Edo-Tokyo Museum is a museum of the history of Tokyo during the Edo period. It was established in 1993. The main features of the permanent exhibitions are the life-size replica of the Nihonbashi, which was the bridge leading into Edo; the Nakamuraza theatre; and scale models of towns and buildings from the Edo, Meiji and Shōwa periods. The museum is located in Ryōgoku adjacent to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was designed by Kiyonori Kikutake.
Inarichō Station
Inarichō Station is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan.
Tawaramachi Station (Tokyo)
Tawaramachi Station (田原町駅) is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, located in Taitō, Tokyo.
Asahi Beer Hall
The Asahi Beer Hall (a.k.a. Super Dry Hall, or Flamme d'Or) is one of the buildings of the Asahi Breweries headquarters located on the east bank of the Sumida River in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed by French designer Philippe Starck and was completed in 1989. It is considered one of Tokyo's most recognizable modern structures. The shape of the building is that of a beer glass, designed to complement the neighboring golden beer mug-shaped building housing the Asahi Breweries offices.
Asakusabashi Station
Asakusabashi Station is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation, and a railway station above ground level on the Chūō-Sōbu Line at the same site operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located in the Asakusabashi neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number on the Asakusa Line is A-16.
Kuramae Station
Kuramae Station is a subway station on the Toei Asakusa Line and on the Toei Ōedo Line, both operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. It is located in the Kuramae and Kotobuki neighborhoods of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. Its number on the Asakusa Line is A-17, and that on the Ōedo Line is E-11. The stations on the two lines do not have an underground connection; still, passengers may transfer between them.
Kaminarimon
The Kaminarimon is the outer of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the inner being the Hōzōmon) in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. The gate, with its lantern and statues, is popular with tourists. It stands 11.7 m tall, 11.4 m wide and covers and area of 69.3 m.
Hōzōmon
The Hōzōmon is the inner of two large entrance gates that ultimately leads to the Sensō-ji (the outer being the Kaminarimon) in Asakusa, Tokyo. A two-story gate, the Hōzōmon's second story houses many of the Sensō-ji's treasures. The first story houses two statues, three lanterns and two large sandals. It stands 22.7 metres tall, 21 metres wide, and 8 metres deep.
Shin-Okachimachi Station
Shin-Okachimachi Station is a train station located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan.
Ekō-in
, also known as Honjo Ekō-in, is a Pure Land Buddhist temple in Ryōgoku, Tokyo. The formal name of the temple is Shoshūzan Muen-ji Ekō-in, reflecting its founding principle of Pariṇāmanā, or the spreading of Amida Buddha's benevolence to all souls of all living creatures.
1894 Meiji Tokyo earthquake
The Meiji Tokyo earthquake was an earthquake which occurred in Tokyo, Japan at 14:04 PM on June 20, 1894. It affected downtown Tokyo and neighboring Kanagawa prefecture, especially the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama. The Meiji Tokyo earthquake had its epicenter in Tokyo Bay, with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale. The depth of the 1894 earthquake has not been determined, but it is thought to have occurred within the subducting Pacific Plate under the Kantō region.
Kuramae Kokugikan
Kuramae Kokugikan was a building situated in the Kuramae neighborhood of Taitō, Tokyo which was built by the Japan Sumo Association and opened in 1950. The Association needed a permanent venue to hold sumo tournaments as the previous, bomb-damaged, Kokugikan had been taken over by occupying Allied forces after World War II. Since then tournaments had been held in various venues including the Meiji Shrine and baseball stadiums.
Bakurochō Station
Bakurochō Station is a railway station in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. The station opened on July 15, 1972.
Denkikan
The Denkikan was the first dedicated movie theater in Japan. Originally a hall built in Asakusa's Rokku theater district to present spectacles featuring electricity ("denki" in Japanese), it was converted into a movie theater in October 1903 by Yoshizawa Shōten, the most successful of the film companies at the time.
Ryōgoku Bridge
The Ryōgoku Bridge is a bridge in Tokyo built in 1659 spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River. Its name, meaning "two provinces," came from its joining Edo (the forerunner of Tokyo in Musashi Province) and Shimōsa Province. The neighborhood at the east end of the bridge, Ryōgoku, derived its name from that of the bridge.
Yokoamicho Park
Yokoamicho Park is a public park in the Yokoami district of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.