Asakusa Underground Shopping Street

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Asakusa 1-1-12, Taito Ward, Tokyo, Japan

The Asakusa Underground District is a must-visit retro wonderland—intriguing, nostalgic, and incredibly photogenic. Built in 1955 beneath Umamichi Street, it was designed as an underground shortcut connecting the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line's Asakusa Station to Sensō-ji Temple. Today, stepping inside feels like traveling back in time: the passage is narrow, filled with the smoky aroma of frying yakisoba, and the floors can be slippery from dripping pipes. Keep your head down for the low ceilings! This isn't a theme park dungeon; it's a real piece of history—Japan’s oldest operating underground shopping street.

Shops

• Barber Takata 高田理容室
• Kebab Factory ケバブファクトリー
• Drive In Den-Den ドライブイン電電 / instagram
• Mookata Thai Restaurant / instagram / twitter ムーガタ浅草
• Cafe de Mama 3 カフェ・ド・ママ 3
• nine seas bar
• Torijin 鳥じん
• Van Gogh Vodka
• Van Gogh Vodka Wine
• Shamrock bar
• SIAM TIME タイ王国情報案内書
• Fukuchan Yakisoba 福ちゃん 焼きそば
• J-Price Jプライス 中古DVDなど
• Barber Cut Seven カットセブン 800円の床屋
• Nikunoiro (Color of Meat) Ramen ニクノイロ ラーメン屋 / twitter
• Donzoko どん底 bar
• ginnova bar
• Print Center PRセンター 名刺印刷
• Crazy Yakisoba New Koedo 浅草 天才焼きそば ニュー小江戸 / instagram / Youtube
• Ninja Bar 忍者場
• Liquor Museum お酒の美術館
• Monju Soba/Udon Noodle Stand 文殊 立ち食い蕎麦
• Metro Stamp Ticket Shop 金券屋 メトロスタンプ

Photos (generally aligned from Exit 8 to Exit 6)

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  Exit 8, at the crossing of Kaminarimon and Umamachi Streets

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Exit 8

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  Monju Soba/Udon Noodle Stand

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  to Tokyo Metro Concourse

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  Fukuchan

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  Fukuchan

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  Fukuchan

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  Fukuchan

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  Fukuchan

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  Barber Cut 7

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  Barber Cut 7

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  Barber Cut 7 and Monju

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  Water Leak

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  Ticket shop

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  Used DVD shop

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  Used DVD shop

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  Used DVD shop

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  Used DVD shop

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  Used DVD shop

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  Fortune Teller Maya (closed)

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  Crazy Yakisoba New Koedo

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  Crazy Yakisoba

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  Asakusa Chikako

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  Business card print shop

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  Wet and slippery floor

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  Thai Restaurant Mookata

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  Cafe de Mama 3

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  Yakitori Bar Torijin

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  Drive-In Denden

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  Drive-In Denden

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  Drive-In Denden

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  Ninja Bar

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  Ninja Bar

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  Ninja Bar

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  Ninja Bar

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  Ask a facility staff to unlock the restroom

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  Staircase up to Exit 6

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  Barber Takata, and Exit 6 to Shinnakadori Arcade

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  Exit 6

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  Exit 6