Arakawa-ku

Arakawa is a special ward in the in . The ward takes its name from the , though the river does not run through or touch the ward.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tokyo National Museum and National Museum of Western Art.

Museum
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The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the ward of , Japan. It is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.

Museum
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The is the premier public art gallery in specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in , central . It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016.

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Yoshiwara is a red-light district in , Japan. Established in 1617, Yoshiwara was one of three licensed and well-known famous yūkaku created during the early 17th century by the Tokugawa shogunate, alongside Shimabara in in 1640 and Shinmachi in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taito and Asakusa.

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Taitō is a northeastern ward of . Talk to a Tokyoite about "downtown", and he will think of the district: the train station of , where migrants from the first arrived in their search for a better life, and the temples of , once a boom town full of prostitutes and gangsters, now again a boom town full of tourists.

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is a part of Tokyo's downtown district, best known for its many temples, particularly Sensō-ji, Tokyo's largest Buddhist temple.

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If you want to get a feel for old , in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

Arakawa-ku

Latitude
35.7391° or 35° 44′ 21″ north
Longitude
139.7814° or 139° 46′ 53″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XPQQJ+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12248365883
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1865187
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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Arakawa-ku” goes by many names.
  • French: “Arakawa”
  • German: “Arakawa”
  • Japanese: “Arakawa”
  • Japanese: “あらかわ”
  • Japanese: “あらかわく”
  • Japanese: “アラカワク”
  • Japanese: “荒川”
  • Japanese: “荒川区”
  • Portuguese: “Arakawa”
  • Spanish: “Arakawa”

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