Kangaruu Hotel

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

• Kiyokawa Ni Choume 清川二丁目1 min · 72 m
• Higashi Asakusa Ni Choume 東浅草二丁目1 min · 91 m

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

• Minami-senju 南千住8 min · 661 m

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

• Lawson Store 100 ローソンストア1001 min · 95 m
• フレッシュストア中村 3 min · 219 m

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

• Atomu Chouzai Pharmacy アトム調剤薬局6 min · 496 m
• Airisu Pharmacy アイリス薬局6 min · 501 m

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

• My Basket まいばすけっと1 min · 62 m
• Shimadaya シマダヤ2 min · 168 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.

• Aeon Bank イオン銀行1 min · 52 m
• E-net イーネット3 min · 205 m

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

• Ueno Hana Mizuki Teuchi Soba To Nippon Ryouri 上野 はなみずき 手打蕎麦と日本料理1 min · 26 m
• Men Ya Niwatori To Dashi 麺や 鶏とだし1 min · 64 m
• Maru Chiba 丸千葉1 min · 67 m

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

• Bahha バッハ1 min · 55 m
• Jika Baisen Koohiiya Kafe/Bahha 自家焙煎珈琲屋 カフェ・バッハ1 min · 61 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.

• Mikaeri Yanagi(Looking-back willow tree) 見返り柳4 min · 322 m
• Yoshiwara Daimon Ato 吉原大門跡5 min · 430 m
• Yoshiwara Red Light District 吉原6 min · 503 m

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

• Sakaya Donburi Yu Onsen Sauna 2 min · 158 m
• Aratame Sakae Yu 改栄湯8 min · 640 m

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

• Park 2 min · 153 m
• Gyokuki Park 玉姫公園3 min · 228 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.

None found within 800 m.

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

• Man Kotou Ya 満古登や1 min · 67 m
• Bar Dute 4 min · 307 m

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

• Asakusa Keisatsusho Nippontei Koban 浅草警察署 日本堤交番1 min · 107 m
• The 6th District Headquarters 第六方面本部3 min · 279 m