Junbichuu

Where there is no train, this is the way out. Stops on both sides of one road are counted once.

• Nishi-Asakusa-sanchome 西浅草三丁目1 min · 51 m
• Asakusa Hisago Toori/hanayashiki 浅草ひさご通り・花やしき1 min · 118 m

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

• Asakusa 浅草7 min · 521 m
• Iriya 入谷10 min · 799 m

Open late, sells water, food, and usually has an ATM that takes foreign cards.

• FamilyMart ファミリーマート1 min · 84 m
• Lawson ローソン3 min · 218 m

Getting ill is the thing most likely to ruin a trip.

• Akabou (kabu) Maru Fukudou 赤帽(株)丸福堂2 min · 140 m
• Goumei Kaisha Fujiya Kusuri Bou 合名会社フジヤ薬房2 min · 189 m

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

• Maruetsu マルエツ3 min · 203 m
• Life ライフ3 min · 278 m

Seven Bank, Lawson Bank, E-net, Aeon and Japan Post accept cards issued outside Japan. Most other Japanese bank ATMs decline them, so they are not counted here. Post offices are counted, because that is where most Japan Post machines are.

• E-net イーネット1 min · 94 m
• Taitou Senzoku Post Office 台東千束郵便局2 min · 155 m

Restaurants and fast food. Cafes are not counted — most close before dinner.

• Shu Kou Miya Mo To しゅこうみやもと1 min · 7 m
• Taiyou 太陽1 min · 14 m
• Shokudou Tsukuba 食堂筑波1 min · 16 m

Somewhere to sit in the morning that is not your room.

• RAFT 1 min · 43 m
• Asakusa Yuru Kafe Kai 浅草ゆるカフェ会1 min · 54 m

Attractions, museums, viewpoints, castles and monuments. Ordinary neighbourhood shrines are not counted — Japan has tens of thousands, and counting them would make every street look remarkable.

• Edo Taitō Traditional Crafts Museum 江戸下町伝統工芸館3 min · 226 m
• Nai Mono Wa Nai ないものわない4 min · 308 m
• Ikenami Shotaro Memorial Museum 池波正太郎記念文庫4 min · 312 m

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

• Akebono Yu 曙湯3 min · 225 m
• Maruri-yu 浅草ROX;まつり湯8 min · 605 m

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

• Senzoku Park 千束公園1 min · 94 m
• Kinryu Park 金竜公園4 min · 324 m

Shown for information only. About 3,000 are mapped for the whole country against many times that in reality, so a hit here is worth something and a miss means nothing.

Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.

• Furusato Kouryuu Shoppu Taitou ふるさと交流ショップ台東3 min · 274 m
• Shishoku BAR Asakusa 試食BARアサクサ5 min · 399 m

Counted as a plus here. A property tool would count the same places as a minus.

• Soriaano/mo Ja ソリアーノ・モジャ1 min · 42 m
• KenBoo Chanploo 1 min · 44 m

Staffed neighbourhood police posts. The default place to go if something goes wrong.

• Koban 浅草警察署 西浅草三丁目交番2 min · 133 m
• Shitaya Police Station Iriyaazuma Police Box 下谷警察署 入谷東交番5 min · 408 m