Asakusa / Tokyo Skytree
浅草 / 東京スカイツリー : Asakusa / Tokyo Skytree
Asakusa is the area in Tokyo which has the richest culture. Its popular "雷門" shrine, also known as Sensoji Temple (浅草寺) is always crowded with people. The shrine is famous for its big lantern and many tourists flocked here mainly for this big lantern.
Inside this shrine, there is a shopping street. The shopping street includes shop selling souvenirs, drinks, snacks and gifts. The street is quite big and you will probably spend around an hour or so to finish walking the street. As for the souvenirs, there are keychains, phone's charms, fans, tee and many others. FYI, most of the keychains cost around S$3 to S$4 each. In between the "雷門" to the main shrine, there is an intercepting lane which lays few shops, cafes and restaurants. Please note that some restaurants and cafes are only opening at a certain time slot.
The street is full of tourists! ;(
The intercepting lane.
During my trip, I bought one keychain and one handphone's charm. We also bought one huge sausage from one of the stores around the main shrine to try. To my surprise, the normal sausage was tasty and nice after finishing it with mustard and mayonnaise sauce dressing. Each cost ¥300, I think it's a bit steep maybe because the area is a tourist spot? But I really enjoyed eating the sausage. If you are feeling thirsty, no worries, there are also drink stalls almost everywhere.
One of the few stores outside the main shrine.
My yummy sausage!
One of the highlight here, it's taking photos with the big lantern. If you never took any photo with the lantern, it's like you never visited the Sensoji Temple (浅草寺). Well, as a typical tourist, I took some lah. The lantern is really big, it's probably 5 times the size of me. No kidding, it's that huge. So if you are visiting Asakusa in near future, do not forget to take photos with the huge lantern.
Photos of me with the lantern.
Asakusa is nearby the latest Tokyo tourist attraction, The Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー). The Skytree is located at Oshiage station (押上駅), you can take the Ginza Metro Line from Asakusa station and alight at Oshiage station to reach the Skytree. Standing at 634 metres, the Skytree is the tallest tower in Japan. The size is almost 2 times the size of Tokyo Tower which stands at 333 metres.
Sight of the Tokyo Skytree from Asakusa street
Panoramic view of the skyline from the Asakusa's river area
Before heading over to the Skytree, be sure to drop by Asakusa's river area where you can view the Asahi Beer (アサヒビール) building together with other buildings including the Tokyo Skytree. The view is nice and pretty, I believed most of you will like it. The skyline view is almost similar to the view we have here at Marina Bay.
The Tokyo Skytree has 2 observation decks, one at 350 metres while the higher one is at 450 metres. Summer and autumn timing are the best time to go up the decks. The sky is clear and viewing from the decks will be awesome. Each adult ticket to the lower deck is ¥2,000, if I remember correctly. During my visit, my friend and I were not able to get the chance to go up as time don't fit our itinerary.
Be sure to book your tickets online, if not, you will have to get a queue number to buy ticket at their ticket office. And the queue number has a timing to go too, we got the time from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM which is really late for us as we have to go Odaiba (お台場) in the evening. Still, since we are here, we went to the mall at the Skytree to get some souvenirs. I bought biscuits and one tumbler which is similar to the Starbucks one except that it shows Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji. It's a beautiful tumbler and I love it. There are also other designs available too. In conclusion, Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree are 2 places which are nearby one another. So, it's great to plan these 2 attractions together in a day.
Shops inside the Tokyo Skytree Mall.
Queue of people that were going to buy the observation tickets.
Also featured on popular Taiwanese food show "食尚玩家" and travel show "愛玩客"!
I have come to the end of this travel post, I hope you have enjoyed reading this post and gained some useful tips and info from it. Do drop by soon for my next travel post. :)
Story Closed on 31.09.13.
Asakusa is the area in Tokyo which has the richest culture. Its popular "雷門" shrine, also known as Sensoji Temple (浅草寺) is always crowded with people. The shrine is famous for its big lantern and many tourists flocked here mainly for this big lantern.
Inside this shrine, there is a shopping street. The shopping street includes shop selling souvenirs, drinks, snacks and gifts. The street is quite big and you will probably spend around an hour or so to finish walking the street. As for the souvenirs, there are keychains, phone's charms, fans, tee and many others. FYI, most of the keychains cost around S$3 to S$4 each. In between the "雷門" to the main shrine, there is an intercepting lane which lays few shops, cafes and restaurants. Please note that some restaurants and cafes are only opening at a certain time slot.
The intercepting lane.
During my trip, I bought one keychain and one handphone's charm. We also bought one huge sausage from one of the stores around the main shrine to try. To my surprise, the normal sausage was tasty and nice after finishing it with mustard and mayonnaise sauce dressing. Each cost ¥300, I think it's a bit steep maybe because the area is a tourist spot? But I really enjoyed eating the sausage. If you are feeling thirsty, no worries, there are also drink stalls almost everywhere.
My yummy sausage!
One of the highlight here, it's taking photos with the big lantern. If you never took any photo with the lantern, it's like you never visited the Sensoji Temple (浅草寺). Well, as a typical tourist, I took some lah. The lantern is really big, it's probably 5 times the size of me. No kidding, it's that huge. So if you are visiting Asakusa in near future, do not forget to take photos with the huge lantern.
Asakusa is nearby the latest Tokyo tourist attraction, The Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー). The Skytree is located at Oshiage station (押上駅), you can take the Ginza Metro Line from Asakusa station and alight at Oshiage station to reach the Skytree. Standing at 634 metres, the Skytree is the tallest tower in Japan. The size is almost 2 times the size of Tokyo Tower which stands at 333 metres.
Panoramic view of the skyline from the Asakusa's river area
Before heading over to the Skytree, be sure to drop by Asakusa's river area where you can view the Asahi Beer (アサヒビール) building together with other buildings including the Tokyo Skytree. The view is nice and pretty, I believed most of you will like it. The skyline view is almost similar to the view we have here at Marina Bay.
The Tokyo Skytree has 2 observation decks, one at 350 metres while the higher one is at 450 metres. Summer and autumn timing are the best time to go up the decks. The sky is clear and viewing from the decks will be awesome. Each adult ticket to the lower deck is ¥2,000, if I remember correctly. During my visit, my friend and I were not able to get the chance to go up as time don't fit our itinerary.
Be sure to book your tickets online, if not, you will have to get a queue number to buy ticket at their ticket office. And the queue number has a timing to go too, we got the time from 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM which is really late for us as we have to go Odaiba (お台場) in the evening. Still, since we are here, we went to the mall at the Skytree to get some souvenirs. I bought biscuits and one tumbler which is similar to the Starbucks one except that it shows Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji. It's a beautiful tumbler and I love it. There are also other designs available too. In conclusion, Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree are 2 places which are nearby one another. So, it's great to plan these 2 attractions together in a day.
Queue of people that were going to buy the observation tickets.
Also featured on popular Taiwanese food show "食尚玩家" and travel show "愛玩客"!
I have come to the end of this travel post, I hope you have enjoyed reading this post and gained some useful tips and info from it. Do drop by soon for my next travel post. :)
Story Closed on 31.09.13.
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