On May 19, the final day of the festival ... and were carried out into the streets of Asakusa district. Throngs of spectators erupted in cheers. A 33-year-old man from Colombia, who was visiting ...

On January 2, 2025—the first day of the month-long run of New Year Asakusa Kabuki—a traditional kagami-biraki (symbolic breaking open of a sake cask) ceremony was held in front of the theater ...

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.