01. Komagata-do Temple
2 chome 2, Kaminarimon
According to the recorded history of Senso-ji Temple, Komagata-do Hall was built in 942. The principal image is the Buddhist saint Bato Kanzeon. The hall appears in pictures by woodblock artists such as Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige. Although it is small, the hall was famous in old Edo (Tokyo).
In 1923 it was burnt down during the Great Kanto Earthquake, and it was rebuilt in 1933.
02. Asakusa Kan-non Kaisatsu-hi
Metropolitan Tangible Cultural Asset
2 chome 2-3, Kaminarimon
The left monument as your faces
03. Kamiyasukicho Ruins
1 chome 5, Kaminarimon
“Kamisuki” means “making paper”. This neighborhood was named after the very first Paper factory in Edo that was here and prospered from the late 17th century through the 19th century. Here paper produced was called "Asakusa paper" and was in fact made from recycling old and used paper.