Introduction and location:
Itabashi ward is one of the 23 wards of Tokyo, located in central Tokyo. The neighborhood is known as Itabashi City. It is also familiar to the foreigner as Itabashi Tokyo that has numerous tourist spots.
Population:569,225
Area:32.22
There are many shrines ad temples in Itabashi. Besides, the Itabashi ward has a few Botanical gardens.
Jorenji Temple:
Jorenji Temple is located in the Itabashi ward, which is a great tourist attraction in Tokyo.
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It is a Buddhist Temple, and the Buddha is famous as the ‘Tokyo Daibutsu’ or ‘Great Buddha of Tokyo.’
During the New Year (Hatsumode), thousands of people gather for their first prayer.
Besides, there is a Shrine name Itabashi Tenso Shrine, one of the famous Shrine in Itabashi. It is small but worth visiting.
Fireworks Festival:
Twelve thousand fireworks are launched into the air from the Itabashi fireworks festival in August.
The Fireworks Festival is very famous in Japan. Tokyo holds fireworks in many places including, Itabashi.
Usually, in Itabashi, the fireworks festival is held on the first Sunday every August, and it lasts for 90 minutes.
Thousands of people come to the bank of the Arakawa River to enjoy the Fireworks. It isn’t easy to get seats sometimes.
However, there are paid reserved seats available. Most of the tourists usually used paid reserved seats to enjoy the beautiful fireworks.
It is worth mentioning that the Fireworks Festival is one of the most attractions in Tokyo.
Parks:
Some of the parks and museums worth mentioning as tourist attractions in Tokyo; such as Enkiri Enoki, Uemura Adventure Museum,
Itabashi Art Museum, Akatsuka Botanical Garden, Itabashi Botanical Garden, and Tohoku-Chuo Park
There are two famous universities, Tokyo Kasei University and Nihon University.
Besides, do not miss Oyama Shopping Street in Itabashi.
Food and restaurants:
Besides, you may like to taste Japanese style food. There are many famous restaurants in the Itabashi Tokyo area.
However, never forget to make a booking online because Itabashi is a business and tourist spot; without making a booking, you may not be able to get seats in the restaurants.
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