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Walks in Yanaka.

One editor-picked walk through Yanaka, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

The low-city that escaped the bombs — sunset stairs, temple lanes, and a cherry-lined cemetery.

Nearby

Other walks close to Yanaka.

Sorted by distance from the start of yanaka: the tokyo that survived. Good for stitching together a longer day.

A vermilion torii tunnel, an azalea garden, and the quietest backstreets in central Tokyo.

Tokyo's museum hill, a lotus pond, and the railway-arch market beneath it.

The electronics towers, the shrine on the hill, and the brick arches under the trains.

The great temple, the lantern, the backstreets, and the Skytree across the water.