A shopping arcade in Tokyo's Asakusa district has had a makeover with a new roof made of thousands of reddish-brown copper plates. The historic shopping street known as Nakamise leads to Sensoji ...

A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district.

Start the day at Tokyo’s oldest Buddhist temple Sensoji, located in the eastern Asakusa district. Wander beneath large red gates, through a seasonal market and past tiered temple roofs before ...