Matsugaya
Matsugaya is a quarter in Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo. Matsugaya is situated nearby to the neighborhood Higashiueno 6-chome, as well as near the quarter Nishi Asakusa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kappa-dera and Kappabashi Kitchenware Town.
Kappa-dera
Buddhist temple
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Kappa-dera, officially known as Sōgen Temple, is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist temple in the Kappabashi area of Tokyo. It is named after the kappa, a Japanese folklore figure, and Kappa, a vendor in the retail corridor.
Kappabashi Kitchenware Town
Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kappabashi-dori, also known just as Kappabashi or Kitchen Town, is a street in Tokyo between Ueno and Asakusa which is almost entirely populated with shops supplying the restaurant trade.
Tokyo National Museum
Museum
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The Tokyo National Museum or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nishi Asakusa and Senzoku.
Matsugaya
Latitude
35.71522° or 35° 42′ 55″ northLongitude
139.78689° or 139° 47′ 13″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8Q7XPQ8P+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 12578752919OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
10967870
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In Other Languages
“Matsugaya” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “Matsugaya”
- Japanese: “まつがや”
- Japanese: “松が谷”
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