Hilma

Where Hilma would send you

1. 1 Yanaka Ginza Shop Sep 5
   Yanaka Ginza

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   A 170-metre shotengai with sixty independent shops selling grilled squid, sweet potatoes, handmade wagashi, and the famous Seven Lucky Cats. This is old Tokyo still breathing.

   3-13-1 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001, Japan
2. 2 Nezu Shrine Attraction Sep 5
   Nezu Shrine

   ★★★★★ Hilma's pick

   A 1705 Shinto shrine with a stunning tunnel of vermilion torii gates and four Important Cultural Property buildings. Quieter than Fushimi Inari, equally beautiful.

   1-28-9 Nezu, Bunkyo City, Tokyo 113-0031, Japan

   
3. 3 SCAI The Bathhouse Attraction Sep 5
   SCAI The Bathhouse

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   Contemporary art inside a 200-year-old bathhouse. Mariko Mori, Anish Kapoor, Kohei Nawa — and you enter through a sentō door. Closed Sun/Mon.

   Kashiwayu-Ato, 6-1-23 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001, Japan
4. 4 Asakura Museum of Sculpture Attraction Sep 5
   Asakura Museum of Sculpture

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   The preserved studio-home of Fumio Asakura, one of Japan's great modern sculptors. Unfinished bronzes still on the workbench — like catching an artist mid-thought.

   7-18-10 Yanaka, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0001, Japan
5. 5 Ueno Sakuragi Atari Cafe Sep 5
   Ueno Sakuragi Atari

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   Three early-Showa wooden buildings saved from demolition: a bakery, a café, and a craft shop. The hojicha is excellent and the alley in the rain is pure atmosphere.

   2-15-6 Ueno Sakuragi, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0002, Japan