A 200 m temple approach from Keisei Shibamata station to Taishakuten, untouched by the wartime air raids, with wooden shops selling kusa dango and rice crackers. It is the home town of Tora-san in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo films, and the area is Tokyo's only Important Cultural Landscape, popular with older Japanese fans more than foreign visitors.
- Address
- 7-6/7 Shibamata, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
- Hours
- Shops roughly daytime; varies
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 2 h
- Price
- Free to walk
- Price level
- JPY
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Eat kusa dango on the way to the temple.
- Behind the temple, take green tea in the Yamamoto-tei garden house (GO TOKYO).
- Statues of Tora-san and his sister Sakura stand outside the station.