Japan History Experience

Shunkaen Bonsai Museum

The Shunkaen BONSAI Museum.... With more than 1,000 bonsai plants carefully nurtured within a 2,600m2 traditional garden, this facility is the largest of its kind in Japan. Some of the plants here are more than a 1,000 years old. For a fee, you can try bonsai making. Experience the deepness of bonsai features first hand!

Ryogoku Edo NOREN

This facility, set within what used to be a railway station, transmits the feel of Edo townhouses. This motif extends to the restaurants inside and even their menus -- slip back in time to the days of old Edo.

Chanko Kirishima (Ryogoku Edo NOREN)

Chanko-nabe is a stew of meat, fish and vegetables traditionally eaten by sumo wrestlers to keep themselves strong, tough and healthy. Nabe means pot, and traditionally everyone eats from the same pot. Here at Chanko Kirishima, individual servings are also available, so feel free to order what you like.

EDO-TOKYO MUSEUM

From the outside, it looks like a futuristic art museum. On the inside, though, the Edo-Tokyo Museum is all about history and culture, expressions of the daily lives of people from old Edo to modern Tokyo, exhibitions and attractions to show how things have changed -- and not changed -- over the past 400 years.

Nakamise Shopping Street

Nakamise is a shopping arcade that runs for roughly 250 meters up to the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa. It is said to be one of the oldest of its type in Japan. Old-time snacks and souvenirs are available -- experience Japanese tradition!

Senso-ji

Senso-ji, also known as the Asakusa Kannon Temple, is the oldest temple in Tokyo and has long been venerated by the common people. It is comprised of a Main Hall and several other structures, including a five-story pagoda. Some date back to the Edo Era.