Hey guys!! So with just a few days left in the area, I wanted to put together this video for you as a full tour of the area of Asakusa! Both for those of you who are coming to Japan, and those of you who cant! Likes and shares are appreciated, but I'm honestly just happy that you're here watching!! Let me know what your favorite spot was!!

@briannabergman8381

5 жыл бұрын

OMG!!! Meeting a viewer! She was so sweet! It's so awesome to be recognized-your advice videos aren't going to waste 😀😀😀 You're amazing!

@thempstead

5 жыл бұрын

Great video ... So many memories remembering wandering around that area (the last time I just wandered the streets as I'd been to the main things previously) and I loved wandering those covered shopping streets no matter where I am in Japan. Also some interesting places to try next time I'm there too! So main foods I miss too especially okonomiyaki and melon pan. And yes, it is the golden poop 💩

@Josua_Nel

5 жыл бұрын

thank you as usual. I appreciate all the spots you showed and love them all! cant wait to visit them.

@cesarjcartagena4464

5 жыл бұрын

Most important tip: Go early or late at night If you go after 11am, forget about it, the place is swarmed with so many tourists it's almost impossible to get around.

@geishavampiresa

5 жыл бұрын

Please do more videos like this and do a part 2 to this one.

Loved this! No matter how many times I've been to Asakusa there's always something left to discover. Need to make another trip there soon!!

@TokyoLens

5 жыл бұрын

There are still so many hidden spots.... 😉

When that women recognized norm i couldn't help but smile, it was almost instinctual. The way she just said "Norm!? NORM!"

Im actually in Tokyo at the moment, and on my second day(yesterday) i walked along the sumida river, its amazing indeed :)

So much info. Yesssss! Definitely helps me plan my trip.

Hey! I definitely want to explore Asakusa when I go to Japan after everything you've showed in all your videos :D

@TokyoLens

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a great place to be!

Thank you for your deep asakusa tour❗️ I was born in asakusa(grew up and living in another place),and often walk around asakusa,some of spot is unknown for me😊 I will go next week to see sakura around Sumida river✌️

I'll be honest and say I never would have thought to go to Asakusa while in Tokyo. But watching this makes me just as excited to spend at least a few days there as I am for Akihabara or Shibuya! I'd love to see a part 2!!!

I was in Asakusa for 8 days October of last year with my son we stayed at the Asakusa View Hotel and we had such a good time. I really enjoyed Tokyo can't wait to go back. ❤ Tokyo

I went to Ninja Bar last week when staying in Asakusa. Incredible fun having cup sake in a blade runner-esque area of the underground. The ninja brings so much fun energy. It was a fairly quiet area after sundown, but make your own fun and it livens up!

I just went to Asakusa last year summer for 3 days, I live near almost exact area you introduce, but I never get to explore them. Those stores are so.. vivid in your video! I go to 新宿or 銀座to watch the art exhibition and go back to hotel, and lost the hidden gem around me. I wish I could have found your channel eariler! Wish one day I'll be able to go back to Japan, and stay longer to explore more.

Norm, you rock!. Always great content. I've spent many months, days and hours exploring Asakusa and you pointed out some really cool spots that I had no idea existed...Thanks for all that you do!

The melon pane with ice-cream from that place is just wow!

I love seriously love Asakusa. Whenever I go to Japan I make sure to stay in that area because it's just so much quieter and not as busy as the rest of Tokyo. Plus everything around Sensoji is amazing. One place I love to visit is Mokuhankan for their traditional woodblock prints.

I walked around Asakusa in autumn 2019 and never noticed the tumbler shop! Damn, they are so pretty and unique.

Got lost trying to follow your directions just watching this 😂🤣😂

On my first visit to japan, i stumbled across the denpoin dori as we rushed to the tower knives shop and back (we were in a hurry haha). I made photos when i went through, cause I immediately realised how beautiful the street was!

Fantastic video. I'm coming back in April 2024 and this video added a million more things to my lists. Cheers.

Funny to see it all again. I lived in the Asakusa area for 3 months many years ago. Would love to go back and visit

I think I could spend an entire week checking out that area and not get enough. Great video, more like this showing off the Great treasures hidden and waiting to be shown off.

Hooray! The guide to Asakusa is here. I think i'd have to spend at least a week exploring Asakusa (who am I kidding--I'd spend a week just checking out side streets, restaurants and shops!) Thank you so much for giving us the benefit of your years in Asukusa. It's obvious that you have a genuine love for the area and it's people. I am constantly amazed at how a crowded, bustling city like Tokyo still has incredibly beautiful little areas of peace and repose. Truly western cities could learn from this. Part 2? Yes, Please!!

Boy, this made me nostalgic for Tokyo and my own explorations around Asakusa and other communities. Nice work!

There's so many interesting spots to visit everywhere. I feel like even with I went to tokyo for a month it would end up still feeling like I barely saw anything. Thanks for the tips!

The first time I visited Asakusa I didn't like it that much, we just went to the temple and it was so busy and touristy i didn't enjoy it. A few years later I took my friend there at her request and we ended up walking along the river which was lovely and slightly changed my mind about the area. I'm going back in a few months and I've def added a few places from this video to go visit and give the area a proper explore. Seeing it so much in your videos has made me want to give it another chance and this video solidified that!

Many do advise against going here because of the crowd and it being just too “touristy”. But hey, I am a tourist, and there are many reasons why the place has become so. It still is worth all the trouble. What I do is I stay in a hotel or ryokan in the area, and I wake up early to enjoy most sights uncrowded yet. Even at night when most of the shops have closed, the place is still beautiful. As this video has shown, too. There’s just so much to explore in one walkable area. I enjoyed watching as it brought back many good memories, and since, we’re coming back 2 weeks from now, I have new places to see for ourselves. Thanks for the tips.

Next time I visit Tokyo I need to spend more time in the Asakusa area, didn't realize there was so many cool places there.

Planning my next trip to Japan... I could use this as a virtual guided tour!! Thanks Norm - love your work :)

I love Asakusa! I always stay in that area when I’m in Tokyo. 😊

What a beautiful place that you have been fortunate enough to have been able to share your life with. It is sad to move yet at the same time new memories will be build while your old ones have the way to lead you ✨ Thank you for sharing, it truly was beautiful to see.

Loved this area, shopped and ate here frequently! Prices are so much more reasonable and the whole place used to be so earthy and so old fashion! I guess not any more! Thanks Tokyo Lens for a wonderful refresher for me!

This is like visiting a friend who lives in Japan and he shows you his favourite local spots. Awesome.

This video is making me glad I choose to stay in Asakusa in my upcoming trip. The countdown is on and is real!!

This makes me miss Asakusa so much. Thankfully I'll be back for Sanja Matsuri so I don't have too long to wait. My little brother is coming with me this time, it'll be his first time outside the US, and he's pretty excited about it. Also, I just finished my history capstone for my BA on the history and development of Asakusa and used your channel as a reference on the modern look and atmosphere. You can now say your videos have contributed to an academic research paper.

Your video is the ultimate locals guide. I am going to send a link to this video to my brother. He will be coming up to Tokyo from Nagoya in a month or so. For a visit. This will give him some great advice for his trip. Thanks for sharing.

Perfect! Many of those places we were at and enjoyed while we were there! Brings back so many memories! And you even got the 'golden fertility swimmer" or 'golden poop'...lol...I know it is supposed to be a flame blowing to the side; but we all like the other descriptions. Love the showing of the streets and shopsl many of which we visited both times we were there. And the beauty of the buildings and decor. What a wonderful highlight of Asakusa! Awesome job!

What a super video. You could spend a 2 week vacation and never leave Asakusa. My wife got a kimono on one of those small side streets. This is a great video to take with you to guide you around the area.

Thanks for giving me a few more ideas of things to check out. Tokyo kitchen sounds like fun, so does an escape room.

So cool to see all the places I saw last year. We stayed at the Smile Hotel in Asakusa and it was very nice, clean and friendly staff. I will miss seeing the familiar places, but look forward to new adventures and new things.

easily you can get lost in those alleys, i hope some day have the opportunity to visit Japan 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸

Thank you Norm! I love that you made this amazing video! When I visit in May, I will definitely scout out all these streets, visit the cafes you recommended, pick up some dagashi and a cheap bento box as a midnight snack. Your videos are so fun to watch and will make my trip to Tokyo so much more eventful :)

I stayed at Bunka Hostel while in Asakusa. It's right in the center of everything there. ~$20-25 a night if you book ahead. Asakusa was a great place to explore at night. If you like woodblock prints, Mokuhankan is near Senso-ji.

@TokyoLens

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome info! Thank you~

Amazing video, really love this longer area deep dive. This really helps get the flow of an area and will really help with trip planning.

Loved this video!! Thank you for making it!! Since you mentioned your podcasts in one of the last videos, I've been listening to those too!! Thank you for all you do!!

Thanks for the great video! Definitely going to check most of the stuff out, I just realized that I'm planning my trip to Tokyo a lot with your videos 🤣

Thanks for this wonderful tour. I liked the way it was presented. In general while I do enjoy the super high production value stuff, too, I often find myself missing this kind of more casual approach. It's beautiful to get a view of Japan this way! 🎵🎶

I spent a lot of time in Asakusa, found you secret alley to spot the tokyo skytree and took the boat to the bay but didn't knew of a lot of things you mention here, I'll go around again when I get back! thanks for your videos!

Thanks for the quick rundown of the area. I'll be there on the 13th. I probably won't remember all these places but it's great to know Asakusa is more than just Sensoji Temple.

Great video!! Unfortunately it reinforces how much I missed on my whirlwind Tokyo visit *sigh*

@TokyoLens

5 жыл бұрын

There’s Never enough time I’ve lived here for 10 years and recording this just lead to so much discovery that it’s even harder to leave now lol Never enough time~

A great video Norm, I must say. Knowing Asakusa as well as you you hit everything well and gave us all so much to see and do! EXCEPT for one thing .... the Bar lol Good luck with your move my friend and YES more area guides please.

I will keep all these spots in mind once I get to visit Asakusa sometime!

Loved seeing the area. Thanks for showing it off and giving us a tour.

Norm thank you so much for this video!!!! Super informative and will definitely be referring to it for my trip! Can't wait!

Beautiful video!!! Loving all the awesome information!! Thank u ou for sharing your city with us!!

Thanks so much for this video! Very helpful

Nice Norm very helpful, you just showed everything i was looking for that i had a hard time locating in Asakusa last month. Thanks man.

Im in asakusa. Im doing that rute. Thank you. As always very usefully information.

I’ll be in Tokyo in June and I’ve been looking for other things to do or explore in Asakusa. Went there in 2017 and, side note, Nakamise Dori is both beautiful and empty before 9am on a weekday when the shops are still closed. The temple is open though so if you want to go in and pray or look around, it’s the perfect time to do so. When my friend and I left the area after 9am, it was packed. Anyways, thank you for the new areas to explore! Look forward to your new videos as I get caught up on the older ones.

Thanks for another great video Norm! I'll be back in the Tokyo area in May, and I'm excited to visit Asakusa again!

Absolutely loved this! So many things I'll have to my list of things to checkout :) Would definitely not say no to a second part!

Starting to do a deep dive into your older content. Its really good so far, enjoying the pov, one on one perspective.

Loved this deeper dive into an area!

Great video as always from you man. very informative

A second tour would be great. I've stayed in Asakusa (my favorite) the two times I've been to Tokyo, and seen so much, but this has shown me I've also missed a bunch. Lots more added to the list for December. Hope the move is going well and looking forward to vids of your explorations of your new neighborhood.

Oh thank you Norm ♥. From a person that have lived in Asakusa it was like coming home watching this one and most of the stuff you showed are some of my "to go to" places as well.

Thanks for this!!! Such great great to see Asakusa in your lens😁

That was a nice tour. Thanks.

Thank you so much! My son was here when he was just 15 and your tour brought back great memories for him to share with me! 👍🙏❤️

When I visit Japan, I will make sure to check out this neighborhood! Sounds awesome.

For your new home it would be cool if you did a video like this again, but for your new home instead. I liked this video. It brought back a lot of memories and showed me new places that I would like to visit next time I get to visit Japan.

Thanks for this.. going to japan in Jun n will be stayjng at asakusa.. Hope get tons n tons of photos.

This video makes me want to revisit asakusa, I certainly did not explore enough of it while I was there.

I stayed in Asakusa in 2017 when I visited Japan the first time. I may end up moving to Asakusa if I can, when the time is right. I loved it there. So peaceful.

I never knew this video was important until i hit the play button..thanks for it!!💖 P.s. your videos never fail to make my day better.

This was a great look at Asakusa! I'm planning a trip for later this year, i'll definitely be checking some of these places out!

Travel vlogs are good, nice to see everyday life in Japan.

Wow that was a lot of stuff. I am looking forward to walking around this area again. I will be saying in Asakusa on my next trip.

This is definitely the best and most informative video on Asakusa on the internet. Amazing!

Loved it! It was a crash course and super helpful 👌🏼 definitely would appreciate a part two ♥️.

Wow, what an incredible video, thank you for that! Would love to see more of those in and around Tokyo or other places!

Aside from Kamakura, Asakusa gave me the closest vibe to Edo period Japan (near Tokyo) that I felt when I visited last year. Had no idea that's where you were living; thanks, as always, for your great vids, Norm!

When I went over Chinese New Year holiday, I was so excited to take my friends to explore around Asakusa! It's one of my favorite places to wander in Japan, next to Ota. When we went to the Do Quixote you showed, there was an adorable couple selling hot rosemary lemonadas and tea for a quick warm up. It was so nice to chat with them and feel the kindness from that one warm drink on a very windy day!

So many adventures and places to explore. some day. that will be a good day.

Norm! I loved this! You somehow made me feel homesick for somewhere I’ve never lived 😂 Your love for Asakusa shines through in this video! I’d love a part 2 Awesome work!

I spent a few hours there some years ago on my way to Australia and i had a layover in tokyo. Would love to see it again properly.

This is very informative! Thank you!

Coming to Japan for a month in May, this definitely gave me a few ideas for when i'm in the area. Thanks a bunch!

Hi there, I loved this video! was so great seeing the different streets and shops. Thank You for sharing! and really do hope you do more videos like this in the future!

What an awesome video! Thanks for giving us an in depth tour and sharing your hidden gems , recommendations and favourite places. I need to go back to Asakusa to explore!

I really liked this video. I liked feeling like we were exploring the area with you. It was also very relaxing to watch and to learn about the area. I liked hearing what you thought of Asakusa. 😊

Loved this video and found some new places to visit when I go back to Japan with my parents. They love your videos as well!!

Thank you for the tour of Asakusa. Im going in Japan and im so excited!! Your video's have been very helpfull

I love this video so much! Asakusa is my favourite place in Tokyo! I'd love to see more of these on different areas of Tokyo!

The Matsuya department store is an excellent place to shop if you are familiar with shopping at department stores only! It kind of reminds me of a Sears or Kohl's or Burlington Coat Factory!

Yay! Just what we requested! ❤️

Part 2 definitely!! This was awesome

I love that you did this! I remember some of these things from your earlier vids but always cool to see new stuff!

I can't wait to visit!

We stayed at a ryokan just off Nakamise last time but we didn't explore that much. We basically went to Shin Nakamise for dinner two times and visited Sky Tree. Next time we'll be based in Ueno so probably won't be returning to Akakusa but it's a cool place.

I loved it learned a lot thanks.

Great video Norm! I've been to Asakusa twice in last year and you really hit many of the high spots. Looking forward to my next trip. I love Tokyo!