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Let’s have Kimono experience in Asakusa Tokyo♪

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"Asakusa" is a town which has strong “downtown taste”.

It is the most popular tourist areas of Tokyo, "Kaminarimon", "Senso-ji Temple", Asakusa gourmet, or in the neighboring town Ryogoku, there are "Kokugikan" where they have the Sumo-wrestling tournament and Edo historical museum. There are a lot of attractions for foreign tourists that you can’t miss.

And when you visit Asakusa, we would like to definitely recommend to have "Kimono experience".

Wearing a beautiful Japanese traditional costume, let's gracefully walk the streets of Asakusa.

Although in Asakusa there are many shops that you can rent Kimono, the following four stores has a website descript in English, with resident bilingual staff, offers a user-friendly service to foreign tourists.

Sakura Photo Studio

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In a good location of a 2-minute walk from Kaminarimon, there’s "Sakura Photo Studio". You can enjoy Kimono experience courses and options of location filming.

The optional course, you can go around with a guide to Sensoji Temple, Asakusa Shrine, Kaminarimon, and around attractions such as Sky tree, as you can take commemorative photoes.

There is no doubt that it will become wonderful memories of Japan stay.

Sakura Photo Studio

ここも(Cocomo)

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"Cocomo" is a homely Kimono rental shop of modest size. The location is pre-eminent among the 4 shops we introduced. 30 seconds walk from Sensoji Temple, Kaminarimon.

The shops sell not only normal Kimono experience, you can transform into a variety of roles, such as “Maiko”, “Geisha”, “Samurai”, and “Kabuki actor”.

Even for Japanese to dress up as “Geisha” and “Kabuki actor” is quite unfamiliar. Why don’t you try it by all means.

Cocomo

Please enjoy Asakusa tourism and Kimono experience.

Enjoy your trip♪