Temple
Sorin-ji
Taito•106m(1 min walk)
Yanaka Ginza
谷中銀座商店街Arakawa, Tokyo
Shopping
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Yanaka Ginza is an old-style shopping street in the Yanaka district of Taito Ward, Tokyo, with about 60 shops and eateries. It dates from the 1950s and is listed among Taito Ward's 30 memorable landscapes. A flight of steps leads down to the street from the Nippori Station side.
The steps are called Yūyake Dandan, or Sunset Steps, a name chosen in a 1990 naming call by the writer Mori Mayumi, an editor of the local magazine Yanesen, when the stairs were renovated. There are 36 steps, 4.4 metres wide and 15 metres long, dropping 4 metres in all. An apartment building completed in 2026 has made the sunset harder to see from here. The street and the steps have served as settings for novels, a television drama and an animated film.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Yanaka Ginza that give goshuin, closest first.
How do I visit?
Visit Duration
45 minutes
Community
Be the first to review Yanaka Ginza
Share how your visit was to help other travelers.