“Yanesen” is a popular strolling area in the YAnaka, NEzu, and SENdagi areas in Taito and Bunkyo cities that retains the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese old town.

Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street
Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street

Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street in the Yanaka area, retains the atmosphere of an old shopping street and is a place where visitors can enjoy eating and walking, attracting many people from Japan and abroad.

1000 torii gates at Nezu Shrine
Thousand torii gates at Nezu Shrine

The Nezu Shrine, located in the Nezu area, has a history of more than 1,900 years and is famous as the place in Tokyo where you can see the “Senbon-torii gates (Thousand torii gates)”.

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