Asakusa
Asakusa is a part of Tokyo's downtown Taito district best known for its many temples, particularly Sensōji. Kaminarimon, Sensōji…Photo: FabHol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Asakusa Station
Railway station
Photo: Kansai-good, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Asakusa Station is a railway station in the Asakusa district of Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tobu Railway, Tokyo Metro, and Toei Subway.
Tokyo Skytree
Photo: Kakidai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tokyo Skytree, is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo.
Localities in the Area
Sumida
Photo: Aimaimyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sumida Ward lies east of central Tokyo. It is home to a famous cherry blossom viewing area in spring, the Sumida River Fireworks Festival in summer, and Tokyo's main sumo stadium where tournaments are held three times a year.
Asakusa
- Type: Suburb
- Description: town located in Taitō-ku, Tokyo
- Categories: chōchō, gay village, neighbourhood and locality
- Location: Taito, Tokyo, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.7176° or 35° 43' 3" northLongitude
139.79756° or 139° 47' 51" eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open Location Code
8Q7XPQ9X+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 6089948203OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1865047Wikidata ID
Q720644Asakusa Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- 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
- Italian: Asakusa
- Japanese: あさくさ
- Japanese: アサクサ
- Japanese: 浅草 (台東区)
- Japanese: 浅草
- Japanese: 浅草区
- Japanese: 淺草
- Korean: 아사쿠사
- Malay: Asakusa
- Persian: آساکوسا
- Persian: اساکوسا
- 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-ku
Other Places Named Asakusa
In the Area
Asakusa is situated close to the neighbourhood Hanakawado 2-chome.
- Asakusa 3-chomeNeighbourhood
- Asakusa 4-chomeNeighbourhood
- Asakusa 6-chomeNeighbourhood
- Asakusa 2-chomeNeighbourhood
- Asakusa 5-chomeNeighbourhood
- Higashi-Asakusa 1-chomeNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Asakusa. Photo: oimax, CC BY 2.0.