Experience the Taste of Old Tokyo in Backstreet Yanesen

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Experience the Taste of Old Tokyo in Backstreet Yanesen

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Overview

Step back into the Tokyo of another era in Yanesen, the historic trio of the Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi areas. Among temples, shrines, and winding backstreets, you’ll discover a area where daily life still hums to an older rhythm. This full-day walk blends history and flavour: from handmade onigiri and fresh unagi to nostalgic sweets, retro kissaten coffee, and sake. Along the way, you’ll slip into century-old shops, sip drinks in a converted bathhouse, and meet the craftspeople keeping Tokyo’s culinary traditions alive.

Activity location

Yanaka District
- 110-0001, Yanaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Saint Marc Cafe - Sendagi
- レガシー千駄木 32
- 113-0022, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

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Experience the Taste of Old Tokyo in Backstreet Yanesen

6h
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 10:00

Price details

£142.49 x 1 Adult£142.49

Total

Until Fri, 6 Feb

What's included, what's not

Alcoholic Drinks
Snacks
Lunch
Breakfast
Coffee and/or Tea
Meals
Private transport

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Public transport options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Yanaka District

Step back into the Tokyo of another era in Yanesen, the historic trio of the Yanaka, Nezu, and Sendagi areas. Among temples, shrines, and winding backstreets, we’ll discover a area where daily life still hums to an older rhythm. This full-day walk blends history and flavour: from handmade onigiri and fresh unagi to nostalgic sweets, retro kissaten coffee, and sake. Along the way, we’ll slip into century-old shops, sip drinks in a converted bathhouse, and meet the craftspeople keeping Tokyo’s culinary traditions alive.

Nezu Shrine

Nezu shrine is considered one of the oldest Shinto Shrines in Japan, and while it’s current main structures were built in the early 18th century the shrines' origins are said to date back 1900 years.

Nichika Shrine of Enju-ji Temple

Yanaka was built in the Edo period as a temple town. There are 117 temples in the Yanesen area 76 of these in Yanaka.

Sendagi

Most of Tokyo transformed after WWII, but Yanesen preserved its atmosphere — temples and cemeteries, narrow alleys, wooden townhouses, and a pace of life that feels untouched by modernization. Since the Edo period, this district has drawn visitors seeking beauty, quiet, and a good meal, and its food culture evolved in ways lost elsewhere in the city.

Location

Activity location

Yanaka District
- 110-0001, Yanaka, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Saint Marc Cafe - Sendagi
- レガシー千駄木 32
- 113-0022, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

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