Ink Stand

Asakusa & Sumida River


If the basic black or navy blue ink of pens is too common for you, let Ink Stand help you create your own personalised colour. For ¥2700 for a 33ml bottle, you can blend your unique shade from 17 basic colours. It's best to make an advance reservation (details are online). The whole process takes around 1½ hours.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Asakusa & Sumida River attractions

1. Japanese Sword Museum

0.39 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. Kyū-Yasuda-teien

0.44 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…

3. Asakusa

0.49 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…

4. Higashi Hongan-ji

0.53 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…

5. Sumo Museum

0.54 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…

6. Taiko Drum Museum

0.54 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…

7. Kaminari-mon

0.6 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…

8. Edo-Tokyo Museum

0.61 MILES

Tokyo's history museum documents the city's transformation from tidal flatlands to feudal capital to modern metropolis via detailed scale re-creations of…