Essentials
7/11 has everything you need! From bread to beer to meat to batteries and hot food.
30 locals recommend
7-Eleven
2-chōme-27-13 Kyōjima7/11 has everything you need! From bread to beer to meat to batteries and hot food.
Sightseeing
Tennoji Temple
7-chōme-14-8 YanakaNice temple with big Buddha from 1690.
Bustling old shopping street full of charm. Shops here open after 10 am.
6 locals recommend
Niku-no-Suzuki
3-chōme-15-5 NishinipporiBustling old shopping street full of charm. Shops here open after 10 am.
Nezu Shrine
1-chōme-28-9 NezuBest shrine in the area. Has a nice azalea festival in spring.
Food Scene
Delicious bakery that is open early in the morning (not many places are open early in Japan).
i recommend the banana danish and the corned beef sandwich (the whole sandwich is fried and sooo crispy!).
Home Bakery
3-chōme-2-10 YanakaDelicious bakery that is open early in the morning (not many places are open early in Japan).
i recommend the banana danish and the corned beef sandwich (the whole sandwich is fried and sooo crispy!).
Denny's Ueno Yanaka Shop
6-chōme-1-7 YanakaNot great, but if you need a meal late at night, this is the place to go.
Best shu cream (a kind of cream puff) every! It has rasberry cream, custard cream, and a strawberry in brown rice pastry. Divine.
茶遊亭
3-chōme-13-10-6 NishinipporiBest shu cream (a kind of cream puff) every! It has rasberry cream, custard cream, and a strawberry in brown rice pastry. Divine.
Everything Else
Nippori Station Post Office
2-chōme-21-6 NishinipporiMost convenient line
Sendagi Station
3-chōme-38 SendagiSubway line
Arts & Culture
Asakura Museum of Sculpture
7-chōme-18-10 YanakaSculpture museum
Only local sento (public bath) in the area. Soak away your pains after a long day sight seeing!
Open 2pm - 1:30am.
谷中カフェ
5-chōme-4-2 YanakaOnly local sento (public bath) in the area. Soak away your pains after a long day sight seeing!
Open 2pm - 1:30am.
Shopping
Authentic Japanese sweets that are amazing. Offerings change with the seasons.
At the time of writing this, their custard manjuu is my favourite.
福丸饅頭
3-chōme-7-8 YanakaAuthentic Japanese sweets that are amazing. Offerings change with the seasons.
At the time of writing this, their custard manjuu is my favourite.