Experience Edo culture, food, and ozashiki games (geisha games) in Asakusa and Tokyo Bay

Experience the brilliant culture that has continued since the Edo period with a rickshaw ride through Asakusa and a tour around Tokyo Bay on a yakatabune (traditional Japanese riverboat).

(1) Tour around Asakusa by rickshaw

Many rickshaws are awaiting you near the Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa.
Starting at the Kaminarimon Gate, the rickshaw will take you around the Asakusa Denpoin Garden and Sensoji Temple area.
Listen to the skillful rickshaw driver explain the origins of Sensoji Temple, the Kannon faith, and the birthplace of kabuki, and feel the essence of Edo culture in Asakusa, a popular spot since the olden days.

Rickshaw that passes through Denboin Street

(2) Sightseeing around Tokyo Bay on a yakatabune

Until the early Edo period, lavish boat cruises were enjoyed only by shoguns and feudal lords. As the peaceful times continued and rivers were developed and better maintained, wealthy merchants and others began to enjoy taking boat cruises. In Edo, the Okawa (Sumida River) was crowded with boats in summertime.
You will be able to rediscover the charms of Edo through new initiatives while still feeling the atmosphere of the Edo period.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is developing the waterfront area as a tourist attraction. The tour will take you to Tokyo Bay and Rainbow Bridge with views of Kachidoki Bridge, Kiyosu Bridge, and Eitai Bridge along the Sumida River, where new initiatives such as lighting up the bridges are being implemented.

Enjoy the illuminated Tokyo Bay

(3) Ozashiki games on a yakatabune with geisha and hokan

Enjoy dance performances by geisha and entertainment by a hokan from Asakusa on board a traditional Japanese riverboat. Hokan are male geisha, and there are only six of them in all of Japan, and only here in Asakusa. On the yakatabune, you can also experience traditional ozashiki games with geisha and hokan. (For information on the geisha and hokan aboard the yakatabune, please contact Asakusa Kenban.)

Matsunoya Hachiko, one of only six hokan in Japan

Dance performances by tachikata (dance) and jikata (musician) geisha

(4) Enjoy a virtual experience of Tokyo Bay with a VR app

Experience the old and new Oedo Tokyo with the "Immersive Oedo Kawaasobi" VR app (JPN). Enjoy an immersive experience as if you have stepped back in time to the Edo period, transforming into a kabuki actor while aboard the houseboat and viewing virtual fireworks and Akafuji (Red Fuji).

Use the app to view real scenery and virtual fireworks