This symbol of Tokyo is a must-see for visitors. While it is friendly to visitors and those with a wide arrange of needs, the crowding can be intense so an early monring visit is best.

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: ​Sensoji Temple & Nakamise Shopping street

  Address: 111-0032 Tokyo Taito-ku Asakusa 2-3-1

  Telephone Number: 03-3842-0181

  Opening Hours: Sensoji Temple: 6:00am to 5:00pm (6.30am from October to March)  Nakamise shopping street:  9:00 am  to 7:00 pm (depends on shop)

  Closed: Open Everyday

  General Admission Fee: Free

  Discount for those with Disabilities: N/A

  Home Page URL: https://www.senso-ji.jp/

  Access

  Nearst Station: Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Asakusa Station, Exit 1

  Distance from Nearst Station: 50 m to Kaminarimon Gate, 350 m to Main Hall

  Approximate travel time from station: Approx. 3-minute walk to Kaminarimon

  Accessibility status from the nearest station:　Road is mostly flat, although there are a few 1-2 cm bumps.
• Accessability

  Suitable in All Weather:  Nakamise and outer temple areas not good in rain, Sensoji Temple main hall has a roof

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 90-120 minutes including Temple and shopping streets

  Parking for those with Disabilities: Not on the grounds. 3 spaces available in the Taito Ward Kaminarimon underground car park in front of the Kaminarimon gates

  Multilingual Guidance Available: Multilingual Maps in Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre opposite Kaminarimon.  English, Chinese and Korean information boards on grounds

  Map of Wheelchair accesible paths Available: Available in Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre opposite Kaminarimon

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility:Located in the main hall to temple and shrine

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: Slopes available at temple and shrine

  Elevator: 1 evelvator available in main temple

  Nursing Room Available: Located on the 2nd floor of the Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre opposite the Kaminarimon gate.

  First Aid Room:  N/A

  Childcare room: Located on the 2nd floor of the Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre opposite the Kaminarimon gate.

  Sensory Room: N/A

  Prayer Room:​ ​ N/A

  Service Dogs Allowed:　Yes

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Available at Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental:  Available at Asakusa Culture and Tourism Centre

  Audio Guide Rental: No

  Other Available Rentals: No

  
• Parking Area

  Parking Available on Grounds: None​

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: Not on the grounds (3 spaces available in the Taito Ward Kaminari gate underground car park in front of the Kaminari gate)

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​Asphalt

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: Underground parking

  Vehicle Avaible to Drive up to Entryway for drop off: Vehicle can stop on nearby street to the Kaminari Gate

  Parking Attendents Available: Yes
• Toilet: Behind Main Temple	Front of Mokubankan	Next to Niomon
  Restroom Entryway Width: 153cm	110ｃｍ	190ｃｍ
  Toilet Stall Entryway Width: 48ｃｍ	60ｃｍ	48ｃｍ
  Western Style Toilets Available: Yes	Yes	Yes
  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available: No	Handrail on left	No
  Availability of heated bidet: None	None	​None

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities: Behind Main Temple	Front of Mokubankan	Next to Niomon
  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Available	​Available	Available
  Door Style: Sliding Door	Sliding Door	Electric rotating door.
  Door Width: 90 cm	90 cm	140cm
  Size of Handicapped Stall: 174 cm deep, 200 cm wide	215 cm deep and 186 cm wide	240 cm deep and 1806 cm wide
  Handrail Available: L bar style & adustable U bar style	L bar style & adustable U bar style	Fixed left hand bar fixed right L-shaped
  Ostomate-compatile facilities: None	Available	None
  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: None	None	None
  Emmergency Alert Button in Stall: None	None	Yes, 2 locations: ①31 cm above ground level ②107 cm above ground level
  Warm Water Bidet Available: Yes	No	No

  For Young Children	Front of Mokubankan	Next to Niomon
  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls: ​Yes	No	Yes
  Diaper Changing Bed: Yes	Yes	Yes

  For the Visually Impaired	Front of Mokubankan	Next to Niomon
  Audio Guide Available: No​	No	Yes (Japanese only)
  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available: No	No	No
  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No	No	No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station

Wheelchair Accessibility from Kaminari Gate to Sensoji Temple

Restrooms

Elevator

Buildings

Kaminari Issa: Matcha Sweets

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Escalators & Elevators

• Information & Guidance System

• Cafe

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• Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: None

  Stairs at Facility: Steps at several points

  Accesibility Path around Steps: Some ramps around steps, See photos

  Pathway Surfaces: Various types: Cobbles, concrete, asphalt, gravel surfaces, etc.

  Inaccesible Areas to those with physical disabilities: ​No entry to buildings such as Kagewando, Yakushido, Awashima-do, five-storey pagoda, etc.

  Rest Area: Yes, Free rest area available

  Braille Ground Blocks : None

  Braile Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: Difficult to pass crowded area

  Condition of Stairways at Facility

  Wheelchair Stairlift Available: No

  Handrail Available: Almost all stairs don't have handrails

  Braille Labelled Handrails: No

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• Escalators

  Escalator: None

  Audio Guidance to Escalator Available: N/A

  Elevators

  Number of Elevators Available: １in Main Temple

  Width Inside Elevator:  N/A

  Door Width: N/A

  Wheelchair Accessible Control Panel: Yes, See photo

  Rear-view Mirror in Elevator: Yes, See photo

  Audio guidance at Destination Floors: N/A

  Braille on Control Panel: N/A

  Visual Display of Destination Floor: ​Yes

  Multilingual Guidance: N/A

  Multilingual Control Pannel: N/A
• Accommodations for Different Needs at Facility

  Support & Guidance Available: None​

  Facilities & Exhibits that are accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: Most areas

  Areas not accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: Path to summit

  Audio Guide Available: No

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Visually impaired & Blind: None

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Hearing impaired & Deaf: None

  Speech to Text Conversion Available: None

  Multilingual Displays: Some English available, some Chinese & Korean available

  Multilingual Audio Guide, Headset Audio Guide Available: None

  Accommodations provided by Staff

  Staff trained to accommodate those with Physical Dissabilities: No​

  Staff trained to accommodate the Visually Impaired & Blind: No

  Staff trained to accommodate the Hearing Impairments & Deaf: No

  Staff can use Sign Language: No

  Multilingual Staff Available: No
• General Information

  Name: Kaminari Issa Match Experience Cafe

  Type of food: Cafe style, Japanese green tea and Japanese sweets

  Opening Hours: 10:00am to 6:00pm

  Cafe Entryway & Interior Information

  Door Type: Sliding door, open during business hours.​

  Door Width: 210ｃｍ

  Entryway Steps (Height): Yes, 14ｃｍ

  Slope in place of stairs: 6° slope, 110 cm wide, 120 cm long

  Seats with Tables available: No, only benches available

  Baby chair/booster seat available: No

  Other Information: Shop attached, matcha experience available, free drinking water service.

  Hallways width: Sufficient width for wheelchair access

  Staff Support: N/A

  Menu

  Braille Menu Available: 　None​

  Menu with Photos:　Yes

  Multilingual Menu Available: Japanese & English

  Special Accomodations

  Accomodation for Special Dietary Needs for those with disabilities:  No

  Vegeterian Meals:　Cafe Style, many dishes contain milk, but not meat

  Halal Meals: None (dishes without pork available)

• Main Temple

• Yougoudo

• Yakushi Hall

• Awashimado

• Okuyama

• Sensoji Shrine

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• Layout plan of buliding available/Map	No
  Wheelchair accesible	Yes
  Type of Door	No door
  Width of Doorway	N/A
  Stairsways present	Yes
  Staircase information/ Step Height	16 stone steps/ ​14cm～17cm
  ​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	Lift next to the left side, followed by a ramp.
  Width of aisles in building	Sufficient width for wheelchair access
  Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	None
  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	None
  Possibly Hazardous Areas	There are several pillars in the main building
  Other information	None
• Layout plan of buliding available/Map ​	Available
  Wheelchair accesible	Accessible in the park, but not in building
  Type of Door	No door
  ​Width of Doorway	4 meters
  ​Stairsways present	There are 4 cm steps at the entrance to the park and 4 steps in front of the Hall.
  Staircase information/ Step Height	Stone/14cm
  ​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	​Gentle slope of about 2°
  ​Width of aisles in building	Sufficient width for wheelchair access in park area
  Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	No
  ​Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	No
  Possibly Hazardous Areas ​	No
  Other information	No
• Layout plan of buliding available/Map ​	Yes
  Wheelchair accesible	Accessible in the park, but not in building
  ​Type of Door	No door
  ​​Width of Doorway	N/A
  ​​Stairsways present	Yes
  ​Staircase information/ Step Height	5 Steps/ 21 to 22 cm heigh
  ​​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	N/A
  ​​Width of aisles in building	N/A in building, only park
  ​Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	No
  ​​Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	No
  Possibly Hazardous Areas ​	No
  Other information	No
• ​Layout plan of buliding available/Map	No
  ​Wheelchair accesible	Outside park area accesible, inside not accesible
  ​​Type of Door	No Door
  ​​​Width of Doorway	N/A
  ​​​Stairsways present	Yes
  ​​Staircase information/ Step Height	4 step/ 19 to 21 cm heigh
  ​​​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	None
  ​​Width of aisles in building	N/A
  ​​Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	No
  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	No
  Possibly Hazardous Areas ​	N/A
  ​Other information	No
• ​Layout plan of buliding available/Map	None
  Wheelchair accesible	Yes
  ​​Type of Door	No door
  ​​Width of Doorway	360 cm
  ​​​Stairsways present	At the entrance and in the park
  ​​Staircase information/ Step Height	Entrance: 1 step/4cm, Park: 7 steps/7 to 12 cm
  ​​​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	None
  ​​Width of aisles in building	Sufficient width for wheelchair access
  ​Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	No
  ​Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	No
  Possibly Hazardous Areas ​	Many gravel paths
  ​Other information	None
• ​Layout plan of buliding available/Map	Yes, available in English
  Wheelchair accesible	Yes
  ​​Type of Door	No Door
  ​​Width of Doorway	270cm
  ​​​Stairsways present	Steps in front of many Shrine altar
  ​​Staircase information/ Step Height	2 Stone steps, 15cm and 20cm
  ​​​Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users	Stone steps with ramp on left side (9° slope, 93 cm wide, 260 cm long, double handrail)
  ​​​Width of aisles in building	Sufficient width for wheelchair access
  ​Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, ​elevator, stairs, etc.	No
  ​Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities	No
  Possibly Hazardous Areas ​	​10 cm wide ditch at the entrance, gravel surface in the area, 4 cm steps at the hand basin
  Other information	None

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