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Tokyo’s Square Burger claims it’s a viral hit with foreign tourists who’ve given it near-perfect Google reviews

Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2026
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Burger stand near Tokyo’s most famous temple has local partners with more than 100 years of history helping the Square Burger stick out from the crowd.

Japan
(Asakusa • burgers • COK • food • hamburgers • Japan travel • Sensoji • travel.tourism • Wagyu)

OC Japan Fair returns to California packed with all kinds of Japanese culture

Master Blaster
Sep 17, 2026

Tuna dismantling? You bet!

Japan, USA
(Akihabara • anime • Asakusa • California • COK • cosplay • events • festivals • Idols • Japanese culture • obon odori • OC Japan Fair • Oiran Dochu)

Tokyo’s new extra-expensive ramen restaurant is dividing opinions, so we tried a bowl

Casey Baseel
May 24, 2026

Crab, Claaaaab, and high prices in Asakusa.

Japan
(Asakusa • COK • crab • expensive food • food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • restaurants • SNJO)

Ramen restaurant in top Tokyo tourist neighborhood skips price gouging, but how does it taste?

Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2026

One-coin lunches still exist in Asakusa, but now to find out if it’s money well spent.

Japan
(Asakusa • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • food • Japan travel • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Asakusa’s Yoi no Yoi bar crawl is one of Tokyo’s best local nights out

Elliot Hale
Feb 13, 2026

Just 1,000 yen per stop lets you drink, eat, and mingle with friendly strangers through this historic neighborhood.

Japan
(alcohol • annual event • Asakusa • Asami Oshima • bar crawl • bar hopping • basashi • beer • COK • drink • food • home • horse meat • izakaya • Kannon-ura • Kannon-ura Sakedokoro Yu • omikuji • pub • rickshaw • sakaba • Sensoji Temple • SNJO • Taco44 • takoyaki • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • Yoi no Yoi)

Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood?

Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2025

With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.

China, Japan
(Asakusa • China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Kaminarimon • politics • Sensoji • SNJO • society • temples • tourism • travel)

One of Tokyo’s most useful subway lines for travelers is about to get more convenient

Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2025

Tokyo’s oldest subway line should be less crowded for sightseers starting next month.

Japan
(Asakusa • COK • Ginza • Ginza Line • Shibuya • subways • Tokyo Metro • tourism • trains • travel)

Is this Hello Kitty hotel room in Tokyo good enough to impress an 8-year-old girl?

Oona McGee
May 31, 2025

Find out what happens when a father books a night here to impress his daughter.

Japan
(accomodation • Asakusa • children • cute • Hello Kitty • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Kitty-chan • Sanrio • SNJO • themed hotel • themed rooms • Tobu Hotel • Tokyo • Tokyo accommodation • travel)

Made-to-order onigiri rice ball hotel breakfast buffet in Tokyo is open (and awesome) to all

Casey Baseel
May 26, 2025

A handmade way to start the day in downtown Tokyo’s most traditional neighborhood.

Japan
(Asakusa • breakfast • buffet • COK • food • hotels • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Is Tokyo’s obviously for-foreign-tourists wagyu sukiyaki crepe delicious enough for a local?

SoraNews24
May 5, 2025

We could be falling into a tourist trap in Asakusa, or we could be falling in meaty love.

Japan
(Asakusa • beef • COK • crazy • crepes • food • inbound food • meat • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tourism • Wagyu • weird)

Why is this cafe in Asakusa so popular with foreign tourists?

Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2025

Japanese kissaten becomes a hit with international visitors.

Japan
(Asakusa • breakfast • breakfast set • cafes • cool • drinks • early morning breakfast • food • Japanese breakfast • kissaten • restaurants • Tokyo • tourists)

Mongolian woman arrested on charges of pickpocketing foreign tourist at Tokyo’s most famous temple

Casey Baseel
Apr 10, 2025

Police say woman stole wallet of 81-year-old American tourist.

Japan
(Asakusa • COK • crime • pickpocket • Sensoji • temples • theft • tourism • travel)

You can take on sumo wrestlers and drink all the whiskey you want at Tokyo’s new sumo restaurant

Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2025

Asakusa’s Sumo Club is open for business and has an authentic sumo ring inside.

Japan
(alcohol • all you can drink • Asakusa • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Whiskey • whisky)

Sushi Bears restaurant opens in Tokyo, offers exactly what its name promises【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2024

If you want your sushi seasoned with adorableness, this is the place.

Japan
(Asakusa • bears • cool • cute • food • restaurants • sushi)

Don’t miss the swords-on-fire performances and more at Asakusa Samuraive Show this week

Krista Rogers
Nov 19, 2024

An entertainment show in Tokyo’s center of traditional culture combines the old with the new in a flaming, nonverbal spectacle.

Japan
(Asakusa • Asakusa Kagekijo Theater • entertainment • fire • Hanayashiki • Katana • Samuraive • show • swords • Tokyo • traditional)

Beautiful Japanese garden green tea crepes waiting in Tokyo’s historical Asakusa neighborhood

Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2024

Treats for the eyes and taste buds, just a few blocks from Sensoji Temple.

Japan
(Asakusa • crepes • food • green tea • hojicha • matcha • sweets • tea)

American gun owner opens our eyes to a different way of life in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Oct 30, 2024

“Bad guys have guns, so good girls have to have guns too.”

Japan, USA
(Asakusa • bars • COK • culture • gun owners • guns • Ikuna Kamezawa • pubs • SNJO)

New Japanese Food Sample Making Cafe opens in Asakusa, Tokyo

Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2024

A unique tourist experience where you can eat Japanese food…and take it home with you to enjoy forever as a hyper-realistic food sample.

Japan
(Asakusa • cafes • cute • food • food sample • food samples • Japanese food • Japanese souvenirs • plastic food samples • restaurants • souvenirs • themed cafe • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel)

Super budget-friendly retro Tokyo hotel feels like having your own 1960s Asakusa apartment

Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2024

Staying here is like a cozy time trip.

Japan
(Asakusa • COK • hotels • retro • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Sales for clear soy sauce are up, and here’s one way to use it to beat the heat with a cold treat

Krista Rogers
Aug 14, 2024

Here’s a recipe to make chilled Japanese-style pudding using the transparent soy sauce that’s become a popular souvenir from Japan.

Japan
(Asakusa • clear • COK • cooking • Demachi Hisaya • Fundodai • o-shoyu • recipe • SNJO • soy sauce • Tokyo • transparent)

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