Name: The Ultimate Guide To Asakusa Tokyo
Uploaded: 2020-04-28T02:05:33.000Z
Duration: 19 min 45 s
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So if we cross over onto the other side Street and go into the covered arcade

To-infinitive

There's a little bit of a secret. I want to show you guys

here, for the last ten years or so and since I'm moving out

I thought today would be a good time to give you guys a full tour of

The area and while it might be difficult to show you guys the entire

area what I'm gonna do today is turn the camera around and show you as much of this area as I possibly

So right in this area there's actually three stations that give you access to Asakusa

there's the Ginza line the Asakusa line and over here

There's the Tobu Skytree line. This right here is the Tokyo

cruise building a lot of people don't know but you can actually take a

boat from Asakusa to Odaiba or vice versa

these boats will also take you to places like Hamarikyu or

There's night tours with the building right there

You usually get on the buses right down here right? Here is the ever famous

view of the sky tree and the asahi building of this building here is supposed to look like

Beer with foam on top and this right here is well a lot of people just call the golden poop

Let me know what you think in the comments this area here along

The river has always been one of my favorite places to just sit and relax and decompress

Especially after shooting a video this particular boat here goes to the Hamarikyu Gardens

Located fairly centrally in Tokyo that has almost no people in it and the area up here along

The river is a very very popular cherry blossom viewing spot when walking through Asakusa

It is not uncommon to be lucky enough to see something like a Japanese wedding going on as well. In this building right here

There's actually a company called Tokyo kitchen

Cooking lessons and learn how to cook some cool Japanese food and there's a beautiful bamboo grove along here as well

If you make your way a little bit further down the river

There's actually cafes and whatnot over here

And I actually used to play shamisen at night right there

And if you come down even further there is a kids park here, but I actually wanted to show you these art

In fact, this tube here is kind of interesting

You can see this country from inside so you can actually stick your head in

Here and there's like a little grate where you can see the Sky Tree you can kind of see during the day

But it looks a lot better at night when the sky trees all lit up. If you continue down the river just a little bit

More you'll get more cherry blossoms, and there's a Sports Center over there and to the left of it

There's actually a hidden cherry blossom Park that almost

Nobody knows about I'm gonna link a video right up here now

The river area alone is nice enough that you could probably spend a whole day here

But let's head back into the main area of Asakusa so I can show that to you

Norm! Hey! (Norm: Hi, nice to meet you!)  Nice to meet you, I'm a huge fan!

(Norm: Ah, no way!) Thank you so much for stopping!

(No, no, thank you.) We saw last week about the secret sakura spots. (Yeah. Yeah)and we're hoping to go check another one out

That's awesome. That's amazing. So, thank you. Thank you so much

That was a lot of fun. All right, we're gonna get back to it. Also purple train. This one's my favorite

Also from time to time especially during Hanami season along the river they have vendors for food like yakisoba over there

And as we get back closer to the station area, there's a ton of restaurants and izakaya

One of my favorite places eat being Ichiran

Which is a ramen shop that allows you to customize your noodles and have private dining experiences

I'll link a video and right on the corner here

You'll find Kamiya bar, which is not only one of the best bars in Tokyo

But it's also one of the oldest. This is one of the only buildings remaining in Asakusa  from after the war

And while it is a pretty good place to eat

It's actually really well known for this right here, which is called Denki Bran its in-house alcohol

I recommend this and right in front of kaminarimon you will find the tourist information center

Which actually has one of the best views of Asakusa let's go in and I'll show you

Now there is a cafe up here but the real attraction is the viewing deck

It gives you a gorgeous view of the area of Asakusa

including the nakamise street and the temple

And depending on the day and time this place can get kind of popular but as you can see behind me

It is not a super crowded spot. So it's a nice area to check out also

This place has a lot of other stuff to show I'll just show one or two of them. Let's take the stairs down

The seventh floor has a bit of an exhibition space and the sixth floor has a multi-purpose room

Which has like a theater and performance space every now and then they're showing little films here or you get to watch live

Japanese performances here, which is kind of amazing. I really like this space and the second floor is just plain beautiful

I highly recommend taking the stairs up and down because the elevators can get kind of crowded

so next let's head right into the main area of Asakusa starting with kaminarimon and the nakamise

Shopping street. I don't really think this area needs an introduction. But at the same time things wouldn't be complete without it

It leads all the way up to Sensō-ji temple up there and a little bit of a pro tip if you do do shopping

Here go more for food than the souvenirs unless you can't find them anywhere else

Almost just as interestingly as nakamise street are the streets are on the side

now the side streets are filled with tons of little shops one that I really like

Is this one here which sells tumblers that are made out of gorgeous kimono material. Look at this

I've never seen a tumblr like that anywhere

Each one of the side streets is also just jam-packed with little shops restaurants

This shop is really popular for something called melon pan and it's always lined up and this place here called the Sekai

options and right down here is one of my favorite places to meet locals in the area of Asakusa called Rastamans Cafe.

This place is really good. You can make lots of friends here. One of the popular local foods in Asakusa is called okonomiyaki

This place is really good for it here also

In Asakusa you'll find a lot of these little streets like this

That line up really beautifully with the Sky Tree so you can get amazing pictures

These little streets are and always have been one of my favorite things about the area of Asakusa

Let's keep going and about 60 meters or so from the kaminarimon area

You'll find this street here, which is called Shin Nakamise Dori