Experts' Choice Award Yanaka District
What the experts agree on
Yanaka preserves old Tokyo authentically—a rare district untouched by disasters, where vintage Ginza street vendors and historic sites like Asakura Choso Museum offer genuine mid-20th-century atmosphere without modern intrusion.
“The district of Yanaka has remained miraculously untouched by natural and man-made disasters.”
– Michelin Guide
Concierge "Yanaka highlights include the late sculptor Fumio Asakura's beautiful house, studio, and garden at the Asakura Choso Museum."
The Telegraph "For a taste of old Tokyo, head on a train eastwards to atmospheric Yanaka." Full review
Lonely Planet "Yanaka Ginza is pure, vintage mid-20th-century Tokyo, a pedestrian street lined with butcher shops, vegetable vendors and the like." Full review
