Nakamise Shopping Street
Nakamise is the most famous shopping street in Asakusa. The street runs for 250 meters on the main approach to Sensoji Temple and is lined on both sides with shops selling traditional souvenirs, snacks, and sweets.
This street is actually on temple property and so it 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. Between these two gates are 89 shops, with 54 shops on the east side, and 35 shops on the west. Read more
Kappabashi Dougu-gai – Tokyo’s Kitchenware Street
Kappabashi Dougu-gai, is a shopping street on the west side of Asakusa which is lined on both sides with specialty wholesale shops selling kitchenware and restaurant supplies. The street runs for around 800 meters and has 170 shops selling every imaginable kind of cookware, tableware, kitchen utensils, restaurant uniforms, and plastic food models. Read more
Ekimise Asakusa at Tobu Asakusa Station
Ekimise is a large shopping complex in the same building as Tobu Asakusa Station. Here you can find a great array of fashion, cosmetics, electronics, books, and groceries, plus gourmet dining facilities. Read more
Marugoto Nippon Shopping Center
Marugoto Nippon is a shopping center in Asakusa which showcases regional souvenirs, handcrafted products, and specialty foods from all over Japan. The center is just four stories high with different facilities on each level and restaurants on the 4th floor. Read more
Souvenir Shopping in Asakusa
From super snacks to finely crafted paper, glassware, and ceramics, here are six of the best traditional souvenir shops that you can find in Asakusa. Read more
Edo Taito Traditional Crafts Center
Edo Taito Traditional Crafts Center is an exhibition space, gallery and gift shop in Asakusa which is completely free to enter. The Center showcases the very best traditional hand-crafted goods of Tokyo’s Taito ward, and regularly displays around 250 items from around 48 different craft industries. Read more
Denboin Street
Denboin Street (also called Denboin-dori) is a quaint, old-fashioned shopping street that runs from the west side of Nakamise Street for about 200 meters. Denboin Street is very well preserved, with many traditional shop buildings dating date back a hundred years or more. This is a great location for finding some unique souvenirs while enjoying the atmosphere of old Edo (the old name for Tokyo). Many of the shops here have been in the same family for generations, and sell hand-crafted goods, foods, and accessories that you can only buy in Asakusa. Read more
Don Quijote Asakusa
Don Quijote (often called just “Donki”) is a major discount chain store in Japan which is famous for crowding its stores floor-to-ceiling with an incredible variety of merchandise. The goods stocked at Don Quijote commonly include daily groceries, snacks and sweets, alcohol and soft drinks, beauty and health products, watches and accessories, electrical goods, DIY products, toys, cosplay costumes, sports gear, and clothing. Read more
Asakusa Rox Complex
Asakusa Rox is a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex contained in four separate but closely located buildings in Asakusa’s Rokku area. The main Rox building is mostly dedicated to fashion boutiques, but also has a 24 hour supermarket, a traditional public bath, and big name stores like Muji and Uniqlo. Read more
