Asakusa Underground Street
Japan's oldest subterranean shopping street, offering a nostalgic journey into the Shōwa era with unique shops and eateries.

📜 Japan's oldest subterranean shopping street, established in 1955.
🔍 Located beneath Asakusa Station, offering a unique retro atmosphere.

Why Go

🕰️ Experience a bygone Shōwa era atmosphere
🍜 Discover diverse and affordable eateries (Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai)
🛍️ Explore unique shops (vintage stamps, DVDs, barbershops, fortune tellers)
📸 Great for retro scenery photography

Why Avoid

👃 Distinctive smell (cooking steam, bacteria, stale tobacco)
💧 Floor often wet
🚶 May feel uncrowded compared to above-ground Asakusa

Tips

Visit weekdays late afternoon for fewer crowds.
Cash is preferred at many small stalls.

Cost

💰 Many shops offer cheap eats (e.g., soba, izakaya for ¥1,000), barbershop cut ¥800.
🪙 Coin lockers 200 yen.

Hours

🕒 Accessible 24/7, but shop hours vary.

Access

🚇 Directly connected to Exit 6 of Asakusa Station (Ginza Line).
🚪 Entrances also at eastern Shin-Nakamise arcade and in front of Matsuya department store.

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