浅草寺
調査・執筆 Hinato
浅草寺は645年、二人の漁師が隅田川で観音(慈悲の女神)の金色の像を見つけた後に創建された、東京最古・最重要の仏教寺だ。大きな赤提灯(高さ4m・700kg)の雷門と仲見世(250mの土産の露店)を抜ける参道が、東京で最も象徴的な寺の体験をつくる。五重塔、本堂、常香炉が古典的な日本仏教建築を体現する。
境内は常に混むが精神的な重みを保つ — 地元の人が祈願、おみくじ、季節の祭りに訪れる。一帯は伝統の店、人力車、着物姿の人々で江戸の趣を残し、現代東京の中の絵になるタイムカプセルをなす。
What this page is actually for
Sensoji has no admission and no closing gate on the main approach, which makes most published advice about it fairly thin: you can go at any hour, and the difference between them is the number of people on Nakamise-dori.
Our contribution is the surrounding neighbourhood rather than the temple. East Tokyo, across the river and north of the tourist track, holds a long list of places that go almost entirely uncovered in English. The nearest are below.
Nobody else is going here
Everyone within a mile of 浅草寺 is going to 浅草寺. Here are 4 places within 24km of it that almost nobody writes about — straight-line distances from our own catalogue, not travel times.
- Urayasu Edo-Style BathhouseLittle known~12 km away · Chiba
Before Urayasu became synonymous with Disney, it was a fishing village on the edge of Edo (Tokyo) Bay, and the town's ba…
- Soka Senbei and MatsubaraLittle known~13 km away · Saitama
Soka was the second post station out of Edo on the Nikko highway, and the rice crackers sold to travellers there became…
- Urawa UnagiLittle known~21 km away · Saitama
Urawa (now part of Saitama City) has served as a freshwater eel capital since the Edo period when the Shiba River and su…
- Fujiko F Fujio MuseumLittle known~24 km away · Kanagawa
The Fujiko F Fujio Museum (藤子・F・不二雄ミュージアム) celebrates the work of manga artist Fujiko F Fujio, creator of Doraemon — Jap…
基本情報
営業時間
本堂: 6:00〜17:00(10〜3月6:30〜17:00) | 仲見世: 10:00〜19:00
定休日: 無休
料金
無料
ベストシーズン
通年(3月下旬〜4月上旬の桜)
滞在目安
1〜1.5時間
アクセス
アクセス情報
詳細アクセス・時間帯情報
最寄り駅
浅草駅(銀座・浅草・東武線)徒歩5分
所要時間
東京駅から: 地下鉄で20分 | 成田空港から: 京成スカイライナー+地下鉄で60分
行き方
電車: 銀座線で浅草駅(1番出口)、または浅草線で浅草駅(A4出口)。雷門まで徒歩5分。 水上バス: お台場・浜離宮からの隅田川クルーズが浅草に停まる(1000〜1500円、景色の良い40分)。 バス: 都営バスが雷門付近に停車。 タクシー: 東京駅から15分(2000〜3000円)。
おすすめの時間帯
仲見世が開く前の早朝(6:00〜7:30)は精神的な静けさ。夕暮れ(16:00〜18:00)は五重塔に黄金の光。平日朝は週末より静か。
混雑回避のコツ
団体が集中する週末11:00〜16:00は避けたい。GW(4月末〜5月上旬)と正月(1/1〜3)は大混雑。桜(3月下旬〜4月上旬)は平常の三倍。開門(6:00)か17時以降が空く。
駐車場情報
専用駐車場なし。近隣コインパーキング: 30分300〜400円。狭い道と多い歩行者のため公共交通を強く推奨。
インサイダーガイド
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