The Senso-ji Temple is easily accessed via the Asakusa station. Although the temple grounds remain open 24/7, the main hall welcomes visitors daily from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. From October to March ...

Four Spacia X trains will be introduced by the end of March next year, making two to four round trips daily connecting Asakusa Station with Tobu Nikko and Kinugawa-Onsen stations. In Saitama ...

Asakusa, an area of Tokyo with a long history, is still brimming with tradition. It's a popular tourist spot with Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple, Sensoji, drawing over 30 million visitors a year.

But Okamoto reduced that ratio to 50 percent. Asakusa Line stations with platform safety gates now have three cameras above to read the QR codes. When a train arrives, the cameras scan the 15 ...