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Asakusa & Sumida River


This delightful cafe is combined with a boutique selling the quality leathergoods of Tamura Kosuke. There's good coffee and smoothies to go with some snacks, such as cookies, cheese toast and spam onigiri (rice ball topped with Spam).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Asakusa & Sumida River attractions

1. Japanese Sword Museum

0.43 MILES

For visitors with a keen interest in Japanese sword-making – an art that continues to this day – this museum, which relocated to a new building in 2018,…

2. Asakusa

0.44 MILES

Worth searching out is this quirky 40-sq-metre exhibition space in an unmarked old house, hiding down a narrow alley. It's run by contemporary art curator…

3. Higashi Hongan-ji

0.48 MILES

This large temple offers peace and quiet inside the main hall. The temple was founded in the 17th century; the current building is a reconstruction from…

4. Kyū-Yasuda-teien

0.48 MILES

This late-17th-century stroll garden offers beautiful views across its central tidal pond and is well worth a visit if you're in the area. It used to take…

5. Taiko Drum Museum

0.49 MILES

There are hundreds of drums from around the world here, including several traditional Japanese taiko. The best part is that you can actually play most of…

6. Kaminari-mon

0.56 MILES

The Sensō-ji temple precinct begins at this majestic gate, from which hangs an enormous chōchin (lantern); look under this to see a beautiful carved…

7. Sumo Museum

0.59 MILES

On the ground floor of Ryōgoku Kokugikan stadium, this small museum displays pictures of all the past yokozuna (top-ranking sumo wrestlers), or, for those…

8. Azuma-bashi

0.6 MILES

Originally built in 1774, this bridge was once the point of departure for boat trips to the Yoshiwara pleasure district, north of Asakusa.