Example sentences for: asakusa

How can you use “asakusa” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nikko is best reached from Tokyo by train (by the Japan Railways Shinkansen line from Tokyo or Ueno stations, with a transfer at Utsunomiya, or by the private Tobu Line “Limited Express” from Asakusa).

  • When Edo became the capital of the Tokugawa shogunate, Asakusa began to flourish as an entertainment quarter.

  • The first place in Japan to call itself a “bar” opened in Asakusa in 1880 (and is still doing business); the first movie theater opened here in 1903.

  • The Meiji Restoration and the opening of Japan to exotic new Western-style amusements further enhanced Asakusa’s reputation as Fun City.

  • Asakusa is the heart of Shitamachi, the quarter best-beloved of that fractious, gossipy, prodigal population called the Edokko, who trace their “downtown” roots back at least three generations.


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