Arakawa City Trip Overview
Make an escape from the crowded places and explore this quiet nostalgic neighborhood of Tokyo “Yanaka” in the afternoon. This area is downtown in Tokyo and one of the few to survive the Great Kanto Earthquake and the fire bombings of World War II.
Start from the JR Nippori Station and visit the nostalgic street of Yanaka Ginza. Then see the local houses, art galleries, cemeteries, historic temples, and shrines. This tour will end at Nippori Station. You could explore and learn the normal Japanese lifestyle and culture while walking with our friendly local guide.
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Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Arakawa City, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Arakawa City, Tokyo, Japan
Make an escape from the crowded places and explore this quiet nostalgic neighborhood of Tokyo “Yanaka” in the afternoon. This area is downtown in Tokyo and one of the few to survive the Great Kanto Earthquake and the fire bombings of World War II.
Start from the JR Nippori Station and visit the nostalgic street of Yanaka Ginza. Then see the local houses, art galleries, cemeteries, historic temples, and shrines. This tour will end at Nippori Station. You could explore and learn the normal Japanese lifestyle and culture while walking with our friendly local guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street, Yanaka, Taito 110-0001 Tokyo Prefecture
Let’s explore quiet, nostalgic old neighborhood of Tokyo with our friendly and knowledgeable local guide!!
The town “Yanaka” is one of the few places to survive the Great Kanto Earthquake and the fire bombings in WW2.
We could understand Japanese dairy and normal life!
Your itinerary is as follows.
Start from JR Nippori station and visiting nostalgic street Yanaka Ginza. (local shopping street). At there we could see local shopping area.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yanaka District, Yanaka, Taito 110-0001 Tokyo Prefecture
Then we walk through small path and backstreets between local houses. Then move to some sweets store, art galleries and cemetery.
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Yanaka Cemetery, 7-5-24, Yanaka, Taito 110-0001 Tokyo Prefecture
At last we see Yanaka cemetery and big buddha at temple. We conclude nice walking at Nippori station.
Duration: 30 minutes
