Place names・Asakusa

Asakusa RokkuAsakusa Rokku

Also known as: Rokku

An entertainment area west of Sensoji, with theaters and yose venues nearby. It developed through the Meiji to Showa periods as cinemas and review theaters gathered there, and it is still introduced as a place to encounter performing arts.

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