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Asakusa
The area of Tokyo where you'll find the most vivid reminders of Edo's
Shitamachi and the popular culture it spawned is Asakusa (
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). It's best
known as the site of Tokyo's most venerable Buddhist temple, Sensō-ji,
whose towering worship hall is filled with a continual throng of
petitioners and tourists. Stalls before the temple cater to the crowds,
peddling trinkets and keepsakes as they have done for centuries, while
all around is the inevitable array of restaurants, drinking places and
fast-food stands. This infectious, carnival atmosphere changes abruptly
just to the west of the temple, where the Rokku district has long been a
byword for sleaze and vice.
