The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...

Canadian-born Barry Joshua Grisdale selected Asakusa’s famed Sensoji temple to be the first destination for Inclusive Tokyo. The iconic temple in the capital's Taito Ward is a must-visit stop ...

Asakusa, an area of Tokyo with a long history, is still brimming with tradition. It's a popular tourist spot with Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji, drawing over 30 million visitors a year.

The Tsuchikiri family, which runs a print shop in Asakusa, has been part of that ... which a statue of the Goddess of Kannon, which was Sensoji’s enshrined god, appeared from the Sumidagawa ...

The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen struck gold and found a statue of the god while fishing on the ...

A rickshaw carrying a tourist drives down the street in front of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo on Jan 14, 2025. [Photo/VCG] Japan welcomed a record-breaking 36.87 million inbound visitors in ...

ABOUT 92 percent of the visas issued by the Embassy of Japan to Filipinos were for short-term visits. In an email to the BusinessMirror, the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) said, “While we ...