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 ...

5 miles- 3-8-3 Marunouchi 3-5208-8241 Recreation- Bicycling Hotels Near Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MoT ... Science2.8 miles- 7-20 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku 3-5777-8600 Sightseeing- Museums ...

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 of the Yoshiwara, the best-known red-light district in Old Edo, bar a handful of plaques. One is at ...

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 ...