As more and more people continue to stay home to help contain the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, the streets of Tokyo have never looked more empty. What's more, most of Tokyo's top tourist ...

Asakusa's Sensoji Temple is packed with well-wishers on any day, but more so for hatsumode on New Year's Day. Hatsumode is the act of visiting a shrine or temple during the first days of the new year ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Inclusive Tokyo is to explore the metropolis from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities. Tourism officials, with their sights set on the 2020 ...

Visitors to Tokyo’s Sensoji Temple were left in shock as an iconic dragon painting on the ceiling of the main hall peeled off and was left hanging above their heads. The incident happened at about 11 ...

Sensoji temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district is one of the top tourist sites in the country, drawing thousands of tourists to the area every year. If you’ve ever visited Sensoji, chances are you’ve ...

Amid the bustle of Tokyo and in one of the main districts for tourism you will find Sensoji, the oldest Buddhist temple in the city. Originally completed in the year 645, this bright red compound in ...

Giant owaraji straw sandals have been newly made and will be dedicated to Sensoji temple in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday. The owaraji are made once every 10 years or so, and represent hopes for peace.

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Even a ferocious dragon on the ceiling fell prey to the ravages of time, with a famed painting peeling off and hanging down over visitors at Sensoji temple in Tokyo on July 8. The picture of a dragon, ...