Tokyo Retro Downtown Stroll: Famous Shop Tour

A shopping street with a Showa retro atmosphere, where you can taste Yanaka's specialty menchi-katsu, also known as the town of cats.

A charming stone staircase connecting Yanaka and Nippori, a beautiful photo spot with a downtown landscape illuminated by the setting sun.

An ancient shrine that has continued since the Edo period, a hidden gem in Bunkyo City where beautiful azaleas bloom in spring.

The setting for the movie "Otoko wa Tsurai yo," where old dango shops and river fish restaurants on the approach to the temple create an Edo atmosphere.

Tokyo's oldest temple, with Nakamise-dori lined with long-established shops selling ningyo-yaki and kaminari-okoshi, favored by Edoites.

A historic Hachimangu shrine known for the Fukagawa Festival, one of the Edo's three major festivals, where you can feel the downtown atmosphere.

Old shops line the approach to Fukagawa Fudōson, where you can enjoy Edo-mae gourmet dishes such as Fukagawa meshi.

A shopping street in Mukojima that retains the vestiges of the Showa era, where local warmth and nostalgic shop fronts soothe the heart.

A representative of the common people's shopping streets, this is a local, community-based famous shop street where you can buy fresh seafood and side dishes at bargain prices.

As the mecca of monjayaki, over 70 shops line the street, allowing you to savor the flavors of downtown.

Loved as the longest shopping street in Tokyo, it is full of street food like croquettes and taiyaki.

Known as "Grandma's Harajuku," it is dotted with famous gourmet foods like red underwear and salt daifuku, as well as long-established shops.