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Ningyocho
7 TOP 10 HOT SPRINGS AND BATHS
MAP G4
Between Nihonbashi and the Sumida
River is this shitamachi (old town
Tokyo) district of small temples,
shrines, traditional shopping, and
dining. Check out the craft stores
along retail parade Amazake Yokocho.
Ryogoku
8
MAP G3 • National Sumo
Stadium: 1-3-28 Yokoami, Sumida-ku;
3623-5111 • Museum: open 10am–
4:30pm Mon–Fri • www.sumo.or.jp Guests at Oedo Onsen Monogatari
Tournaments lasting 15 days are 1 Maenohara Onsen
held at this neighborhood’s National MAP C1 • 3-41-1 Maenocho,
Sumo Stadium in January, May, Itabashi-ku • 5916-3826
and September; at other times of An open-air hot spring.
the year, the building has a small 2 Toshimaen Niwano-yu
sumo museum. Ryogoku is also MAP C1 • 3-25-1 Koyama,
home to the fascinating Edo Tokyo Nerima-ku • 3990-4126
Museum (see pp18–19). Spa with multiple zones, inside and
out, including mixed bathing.
3 Komparu-yu
MAP M5 • 8-7-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku
• 3571-5469
An old sento (ornate bathhouse).
4 Rokuryu Onsen
MAP F1 • 3-4-20 Ikenohata, Taito-ku
• 3821-3826
A sento featuring amber-colored water.
5 Take-no-Yu
MAP D6 • 1-15-12 Minami-Azabu,
Minato-ku • 3453-1446
Revamped sento not far from Roppongi.
Sumo wrestlers prepare to compete
6 Jakotsu-Yu
Japanese Sword
9 MAP R2 • 1-11-11 Asakusa, Taito-ku
Museum
• 3841-8645
MAP A4 • 4-25-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku Spa with a Mount Fuji mural in the
• 3379-1386 • Open 10am–4:30pm bathing hall.
Tue–Sun • Adm • www.touken.or.jp 7 Oedo Onsen Monogatari
Over 30 of the 120 Japanese swords MAP D2 • 2-6-3 Aomi, Koto-ku
• 5500-1126
here are designated National Hot-spring theme park in Odaiba.
Treasures and are arguably the finest
instruments of death ever made. 8 Shimizu-yu
MAP C6 • 3-12-3 Minami-Aoyama,
Kagurazaka
0 Minato-ku • 3401-4404
A sento just steps from Omotesando.
MAP D3 • 1-10 Akagi-
Motomachi, Shinjuku-ku • 3260-5071 9 Spa LaQua
MAP E1 • Tokyo Dome City, 1-3-61
Once a thriving geisha quarter, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku • 5800-9999
Kagurazaka’s charming narrow Fancy spa complex next to Tokyo Dome.
cobbled streets, shops, and cafés
evoke old-time Tokyo. The area’s 10 Kamata Onsen
MAP B2 • 2-23-2 Kamata-Honcho,
Akagi Shrine, however, received a Ota-ku • 3732-1126
contemporary makeover in 2010 by A sento with retro-appeal.
prominent architect Kengo Kuma.
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