Experience Old and Nostalgic Tokyo: Yanaka Walking Tour
Taito, Japan
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Trip Type: Historical & Heritage Tours
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Yanaka is a historical part of Tokyo, developed as a temple town in the Edo period (1603-1867). Prominent temples were founded and still exist in the area. In the past people living all over the Edo(the former name of Tokyo) used to visit Yanaka for worship and for sightseeing.
Let's go to Yanaka where a tradition runs into a novelty and forget the bustle of Tokyo!
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Yanaka is a historical part of Tokyo, developed as a temple town in the Edo period (1603-1867). Prominent temples were founded and still exist in the area. In the past people living all over the Edo(the former name of Tokyo) used to visit Yanaka for worship and for sightseeing.
Let's go to Yanaka where a tradition runs into a novelty and forget the bustle of Tokyo!
Yanaka which has been selected as “The top 100 of beautiful and historical natural features in Japan” is now becoming a representative international sightseeing spot of Tokyo. Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi, where all three places are filled with the friendly atmosphere of an old downtown, are called ‘YANESEN’ from the first sound of the each name.
Yanaka-Ginza , which warms the visitors’ hearts, is a shopping street from the old days.
In Yanaka, there are a lot of spots here and there, such as Yanaka Reien (cemetery), which is the famous cherry blossom viewing place, and the other seasonal places, which are nice to stroll. In the past, many representative great writers of Japan used to love so much. When you go over the slope, and go forward the labyrinth of paths, you must see the retro and nostalgic sight in Tokyo just like you go travel time to the good old days.
Why not get away the bustle of a big city and feel the atmosphere of Tokyo from the old days?
Let's go to Yanaka where a tradition runs into a novelty and forget the bustle of Tokyo!
Yanaka which has been selected as “The top 100 of beautiful and historical natural features in Japan” is now becoming a representative international sightseeing spot of Tokyo. Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi, where all three places are filled with the friendly atmosphere of an old downtown, are called ‘YANESEN’ from the first sound of the each name.
Yanaka-Ginza , which warms the visitors’ hearts, is a shopping street from the old days.
In Yanaka, there are a lot of spots here and there, such as Yanaka Reien (cemetery), which is the famous cherry blossom viewing place, and the other seasonal places, which are nice to stroll. In the past, many representative great writers of Japan used to love so much. When you go over the slope, and go forward the labyrinth of paths, you must see the retro and nostalgic sight in Tokyo just like you go travel time to the good old days.
Why not get away the bustle of a big city and feel the atmosphere of Tokyo from the old days?
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