Nakamise Shopping Street

" Nakamise Dori is a lively and charming shopping street approximately 250 meters long located between the red Kaminarimon gate and Sensoji temple. Along this street you will find numerous shops selling items such as the famous kokeshi dolls, theater masks and fans. Furthermore, you can taste various local culinary specialties such as taiyaki, fish-shaped pancakes filled with azuki sweets. This is the road you will have to take to get to the temple and why not take the opportunity to buy something to eat or take home as a souvenir? 👣How to get there: reachable on foot from Sensoji Temple. Metro stop: Asakusa, Ginza and Asakusa line. 🎟️Ticket cost: free entry."

"As the most famous shopping street in Asakusa, the Nakamise is leads your path towards the Sensoji Temple and is lined on both sides with shops selling traditional souvenirs, snacks, and sweets. The street starts and ends with a temple gate; at the southern end is the outer gate of Kaminarimon, and at the northern end is the inner gate of Hozomon. Despite their modern concrete structures, the shops today have a traditional appearance, and are brightly decorated with hanging lanterns and green tiled rooftops."

"Leading to the Sensoji Temple, you will walk down the Nakamise-dori Street. This historic shopping arcade is one of Japan's oldest shopping streets that sell traditional goods such as wooden dolls and street food. So if you skip your breakfast at the hotel, you can easily grab something to eat from this street. Some of the favorite buys there are ningyoyaki (little sponge cakes filled with red bean paste), sembei crackers, fried meat croquettes, and melon pan."