Soushoukan

相生館 · Arakawa, Tokyo · JapanHostel

99/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 72Daily 63Eating 18Sights 98Nightlife 8

Somewhere you leave in the morning. Buses count as much as trains — most of what people come to Japan to see is not on a railway line.

  • Train stationMinami-Senju · 5 min
  • Convenience store35 m
  • Places to eat148 found

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What is actually within a 10 minute walk

Straight-line distance from the building, measured against OpenStreetMap. Walking times use 80 m per minute, the convention used by Japanese property listings. Only about four in ten places in Japan have an English name in OpenStreetMap, so some names below appear in Japanese — still useful for showing to a taxi driver or matching a shopfront.

Getting around

Bus stop

22 found

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

  • Senju-Ohashi 千住大橋1 min · 78 m
  • Kotsu Toori コツ通り1 min · 88 m

Train station

4 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Minami-Senju 南千住5 min · 381 m
  • Senjuohashi 千住大橋8 min · 674 m
  • Minowabashi 三ノ輪橋9 min · 689 m
  • Arakawa-itchumae 荒川一中前10 min · 796 m

Daily needs

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Convenience store

14 found

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

  • 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン1 min · 35 m
  • Lawson Store 100 ローソンストア1001 min · 88 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading21 found

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

  • Kusuri No Fukutarou くすりの福太郎3 min · 233 m
  • Kusuri No Fukutarou Minamisenju 6 Choume Branch くすりの福太郎南千住6丁目店3 min · 233 m

Supermarket

not in this reading8 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • My Basket まいばすけっと2 min · 194 m
  • Life ライフ4 min · 317 m

ATMs that take foreign cards

not in this reading15 found

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.

  • Seven Bank セブン銀行1 min · 35 m
  • Aeon Bank イオン銀行2 min · 190 m

Eating

Places to eat

148 found

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

  • Sol Bangkok 1 min · 96 m
  • Montetsu もん鉄1 min · 99 m
  • Betonamu Ryouri Resutoran ベトナム料理レストラン1 min · 103 m

Cafe

not in this reading31 found

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

  • Kissa Non 喫茶ノン1 min · 78 m
  • Rio リオ2 min · 163 m

Things to see

Things to see

8 found

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.

  • Minamisenju Fuji 南千住富士1 min · 100 m
  • Sight 1 min · 119 m
  • Hashimoto Sanai No Haka Kyuutoudou 橋本左内の墓旧套堂2 min · 171 m

Public bath / onsen

3 found

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

  • Kusatsu Yu 草津湯3 min · 214 m
  • Bententou (ato) 弁天湯(跡)9 min · 739 m

Park or garden

18 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Minami Senju 2nd Children's Playground 南千住第二児童遊園2 min · 127 m
  • San Zui Jidou Yuuen 三瑞児童遊園3 min · 212 m

Souvenir shops

not scored0 found

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.

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading15 found

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

  • Kitchin Gareeji キッチンガレージ2 min · 146 m
  • Uotami 魚民4 min · 328 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading6 found

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

  • Koban 南千住警察署天王前交番1 min · 83 m
  • Koban 千住警察署 大橋交番5 min · 421 m

Currency exchange

not scored0 found

Shown for information only. 197 exchange counters are mapped for the whole country, far fewer than exist, so they are never scored. If you have a card, the ATM count above is the more reliable answer.

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.

Post office

not in this reading3 found

Sends things home, and holds a Japan Post ATM that takes foreign cards — away from the cities this is often the only one within walking distance. Sub-post offices (簡易郵便局) frequently have no machine, so they are listed here but not counted as ATMs.

  • Arakawa Minamisenju Go Post Office 荒川南千住五郵便局4 min · 283 m
  • Senju Kawara Post Office 千住河原郵便局7 min · 575 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading9 found

For the hours before check-in and after check-out.

  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション3 min · 239 m
  • Raifu Minamisenju Branch ライフ 南千住店4 min · 315 m

Laundromat

not scored2 found

Needed once a trip runs past a week.

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.

  • Core Wash 3 min · 265 m
  • Laundromat 8 min · 675 m

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Scored 2026-10-23 16:09 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

Listed by OpenStreetMap, confirmed 2026-09-10.