Started as a black market after World War II, “Ameyoko” as it is known is Tokyo’s most bustling street market.
It’s sometimes described as an outdoor market, but it’s mainly shops that put out tables in front of their shops.
Ameyoko is also a great place to sample some street food.
Suggested Activity
Get Tickets To the Samurai Restaurant in Shinjuku (Up to 30% Off)
Experience one of the craziest, most colorful places in Tokyo — the all-new Samurai Restaurant, from the creators of the Robot Restaurant. Get your tickets and sit back for a wild show of lasers, lights, samurai, dancers and other uniquely Japanese weirdness.
Read our full guide to Ameyoko here.
Nearby places and attractions
アメヤ横丁
Ameya-yokocho, Taitō, Tokyo 110-0005, Japan
- 200 m from Keisei-ueno Station Keisei Main Line (KS1)
- 214 m from Okachimachi Station Yamanote Line (JY4)Keihin-Tōhoku Line (JK29)
- 226 m from Ueno-okachimachi Station Oedo Line (E9)
