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Tokyo: Yanaka Old Town Walk

🚶 Walking 7 stops Free

🚶7 mapped stops

The Tokyo that survived the firebombing — wooden houses, cat alleys, and artisan workshops.

Stops on This Tour (7)

  1. 1
    Nippori Station Gateway to Tokyo's best-preserved shitamachi (downtown) neighbourhood
  2. 2
    Yanaka Cemetery Cherry-lined cemetery where Tokugawa shoguns rest beside commoners
  3. 3
    Yanaka Ginza Shopping Street Retro shopping street with a famous sunset staircase
  4. 4
    Yuyake Dandan (Sunset Steps) Staircase framing the sunset — and home to Yanaka's famous cats
  5. 5
    Tenno-ji Temple Temple with a massive seated Buddha and a lotus-filled pond
  6. 6
    SCAI The Bathhouse Former public bathhouse converted into a contemporary art gallery
  7. 7
    Nezu Shrine Tunnel of vermilion torii gates and 3,000 azalea bushes in spring

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