Tokyo On Foot: Old World Yanaka

• Explore Tokyo’s ‘shitamachi’ neighbourhood
• Visit temples, shrines, and galleries hidden in the backstreets of this off the beaten path neighbourhood
• Visit the Yanaka Ginza shopping street
• Sample an array of street food
• Sample sake at a local liquor store

What we’ll do

After meeting your guide at JR Nippori station explore the charming neighbourhood of Yanaka and learn about the history of this fascinating and often overlooked area.  Visit the tomb of the last Shogun, stroll through the Yanaka cemetery famous for its cats, visit a contemporary gallery housed in an old bathhouse and visit a small craft beer brewery for a tasty beer.   Then head to the Yanaka Ginza shopping street, stopping by some of the many temples dotted around the area.  At the Yanaka Ginza peruse the shops and sample and array of delicious street foods and sample some sake at a traditional liquor store.    This charming area retains an atmosphere of a Tokyo of a bygone era with its slow pace and old buildings. 

Yanaka, Old world Tokyo walking and tour

Yanaka is an old school district not far from Ueno where the leafy streets maintain their shitamchi atmosphere harking back to the Tokyo of years gone by. Its nostalgic charm is a far cry from the skyscrapers and neon of the modern metropolitan city. The area is famous for its peaceful cemetery which houses the tomb of the last Shogun, its old world shopping street, its galleries and temples and its cats.