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 ...

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.

The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628 ... that currently stand are relatively new reconstructions of previous edifices ...