Location: Taito

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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Museum in Ueno Park which aims to be “a place for creativity and coaction”

Gallery éf

Well regarded and unusual art gallery near Asakusa housed inside a beautiful old Edo warehouse which has managed to survive fires, air raids, and earthquakes. The gallery markets itself as a cafe/bar space and a place for cultural exchanges, and many of the works of art are themed around the historic area.

SCAI The Bathhouse

A contemporary art gallery open in 1993 which is housed inside a former bathhouse and building that is over 200 years old. The gallery is known for introducing Japan’s avant-garde artists to the world as well as for helping foreign artists establish a presence in Japan.

Calligraphy Museum

The Calligraphy Museum holds important collections for the Chinese and Japanese calligraphy histories, which were collected by a…

Daimyo Clock Museum

Small museum with a collection of about 20 Edo period clocks

Sumidagawa Paper Lantern Floating

Sumidagawa paper lantern floating (灯篭流し, tōrō-nagashi) festival began in 1946 to pay respects and mourn those who lost…

Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri

Tanabata (七夕) has origins in a Chinese festival of old and is celebrated not just in Japan, but…

Iriya Asagao Matsuri

The Iriya Asagao Matsuri (入谷朝顔まつり) claims to be the country’s biggest festival dedicated to Morning Glories, and takes…

Torigoe Matsuri

This festival—centered around Torigoe Shrine in Asakusabashi—has a history dating back to the Heian era (794-1185 CE), but…

Oiran Dochu

Oiran (花魁) is a word used to refer to the high-class prostitutes that worked in the Yoshiwara red-light…

Hana Matsuri

This event at Sensoji Temple celebrates the Buddha’s birthday on 8 April and is more formally called Bussho-e…

Nakizumo Crying Baby Festival

The Crying Sumo Festival (泣き相撲) is undoubtedly one of Tokyo’s more unusual events—and one which has attracted the…