An artist performs the traditional lion dance at Sensoji Buddhist temple at Asakusa district in Tokyo on Wednesday.

TOKYO, Japan — Japanese inflation accelerated in November, with prices rising 2.7 percent on-year partly due to higher energy ...

Hisashi Inoue, an author who died in 2010, famously worked and wrote scripts for performers at a strip club in Tokyo’s Asakusa district. Takeshi Kitano, a comedian and acclaimed film director ...

About 20,000 fireworks will explode in the night sky. I imagine the Asakusa district will be teeming with visitors clad in “yukata” cotton summer kimono and seeking relief from the heat.

Asakusa lies in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo ... Shinjuku, especially the red-light district of Kabukicho, has seen its fair share of seedy activity and crime. The State Department reports ...

The Asakusa Shrine is located to the right of the main hall of Sensoji Temple. It was integrated with Sensoji Temple until the Edo period, but when the Gods and Buddha separation ordinance was ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan topped 33 million from January to November, setting a new annual record, driven by a ...

The Japan Times reports, "As of September 30, 2024, Japan had nearly 27 million foreign tourist arrivals. This is on track to ...

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A tour with a tour director and driver with you throughout the entire trip, from start to finish.