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Taito

Asakusa

Asakusa 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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  • Type: Quarter with 62,100 residents
  • Description: town located in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
  • Also known as: “Asakusa-ku”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sensō-ji and Asakusa Station.

Buddhist temple
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, is an ancient Buddhist temple in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest-established temple, and one of its most significant. It is dedicated to Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the Asakusa district of , , Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway. Respectively, it serves the Tobu Skytree Line, the Ginza Line, and the Asakusa Line.

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, also written as Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation , located in , , Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and reached its full height of 634 m in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the , and the third tallest structure in the world behind and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sumida and Ueno.

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is a ward to the east of central . It has a famous cherry blossom viewing area along the River near Asakusa Station in spring, and the River Fireworks Festival in summer.

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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.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Asakusa

Latitude
35.7176° or 35° 43′ 3″ north
Longitude
139.79756° or 139° 47′ 51″ east
Population
62,100
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XPQ9X+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6089948203
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1865047
Wiki­data ID
Q720644
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Asakusa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أساكوسا”
  • Arabic: “اساكوسا”
  • Armenian: “Ասակուսա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Asakusa”
  • Basque: “Asakusa”
  • Belarusian: “Асакуса”
  • Bulgarian: “Асакуса”
  • Catalan: “Asakusa”
  • Chinese: “浅草”
  • Chinese: “淺草”
  • Czech: “Asakusa”
  • Dutch: “Asakusa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اساكوسا”
  • Esperanto: “Asakusa”
  • Finnish: “Asakusa”
  • French: “Asakusa”
  • German: “Asakusa”
  • Greek: “Ασάκουσα”
  • Hebrew: “אסקוסה”
  • Hungarian: “Aszakusza”
  • Indonesian: “Asakusa”
  • Irish: “Asakusa”
  • Italian: “Asakusa”
  • Japanese: “Asakusa”
  • Japanese: “あさくさ”
  • Japanese: “アサクサ”
  • Japanese: “浅草”
  • Japanese: “浅草区”
  • Japanese: “淺草”
  • Korean: “아사쿠사”
  • Malay: “Asakusa”
  • Persian: “آساکوسا”
  • Persian: “اساکوسا”
  • Polish: “Asakusa”
  • Portuguese: “Asakusa”
  • Portuguese: “Tóquio/Asakusa”
  • Russian: “Асакуса”
  • Serbian: “Асакуса (дистрикт)”
  • Serbian: “Асакуса”
  • Slovenian: “Asakusa”
  • Spanish: “Asakusa”
  • Swedish: “Asakusa”
  • Thai: “อะซะกุซะ”
  • Thai: “อาซากูซะ”
  • Turkish: “Asakusa”
  • Ukrainian: “Асакуса”
  • “Asakusa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Asakusa”. Photo: oimax, CC BY 2.0.