Stop at Tokyo Riverside Distillery (3-9-3 Kuramae, Taito-ku) to sample gins incorporating local botanicals, then browse hand-made stationery at Kakimori (4-20-12 Kuramae, Taito-ku), where custom ...

To the northeast is Taito-ku, known as the shitamachi (old town) part of Tokyo and home of Ueno Park, Ueno Zoo, the Tokyo National Museum and Asakusa Kannon Temple. To the south and west ...

Talk a walk around modern-day Senzoku 4-chome 千束四丁目 in Taito-ku 台東区 and you will find few reminders ... dine and watch traditional performances in the heart of Tokyo, only available at Restaurant & ...

Found in Taito-ku's Torigoe, this shopping street features around 230 shops selling a variety of groceries, including readily prepared, traditional okazu (sides). Roadside snacking is possible at ...