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.

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.

For the first time since the pandemic began, spectators could rejoice at the sight of a large, sparkling-gold dragon as it danced throughout the major sightseeing streets in Asakusa in the capital ...

Design studio AtMa has converted an old shoe store into a unique souvenir shop located in Asakusa, Japan. Formerly a shoe store, the historic two-storey building is located in a corner of Asakusa ...

Multiple events are held at Sensō-ji Temple throughout the year, including the Sanja Matsuri Festival and Asakusa Samba Carnival. You can check out the list of annual events on the Sensō-ji Temple ...

The Samba used to be a simple sneaker. Black or white upper? Long tongue or regular? Gum sole or … never mind, that’s all you’re getting. But the meteoric rise of Adidas’s iconic soccer shoe, driven ...