Koncent

Asakusa & Sumida River


This trendy homewares and gift boutique stocks mainly Japanese design products, from mini sumo-statue paperweights to furniture, with a few pieces from overseas thrown into the mix. It also serves coffee and produces a detailed, free map (in Japanese) that covers many of the interesting businesses springing up in this area.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Asakusa & Sumida River attractions

1. Japanese Sword Museum

0.3 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

0.35 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. Sumo Museum

0.45 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…

4. Edo-Tokyo Museum

0.53 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…

5. Asakusa

0.59 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…

6. Higashi Hongan-ji

0.63 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…

7. Taiko Drum Museum

0.64 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…

8. Kaminari-mon

0.68 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…