Mukojima to Asakusa Sky tree viewing walk

A short 3Km walk on the Sumida ku, around the Sky tree tower, all the visited parks and temples provide an amazing frame to the newest Tokyo landmark.

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Starting from Higashimukojima station, from the exit gate, walk along the train tracks until you pass the Tobu museum, cross under the tracks and continue until you reach the mukojima Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden.

The Mukojima-Hyakkaen garden, a flower garden not a Japanese garden, is the only surviving flower garden from the edo period, Hyakkaen mean garden with hundred flowers, the garden has flowers blooming throughout the four seasons.

After visiting the garden go back to the original route, and continue until you reach Bokutei Street, go left and continue along the street until you reach a Y intersection, continue to the left side on the smaller street and turn right on the next street light, continue a few meters until you reach the Chomei-ji temple.

On Chomei-ji temple, according to the legend Tokugawa Ieyasu rested here after feeling sick on one of his hunting trips, the temple priest mixed the medicine with the premises well water, Ieyasu recovered and named the temple well Chomei water, or long life water, the temple was renamed to honor this name.

Behind the temple, there are two famous Japanese confectionary stores Chomei-ji sakura mochi and the kototi dango.

Continuing down the route next to Chomei-ji, there is the Koufuku-ji a Chinese stile temple and a few meters down the route mimeguri jinja a beautiful Japanese shrine.

Continue down the street until reaching national route 6, take a left turn and continue along the street until reaching the narihirabashi station, this is the closer you can get to the sky tree tower at this moment, go back to the original route until reaching the Sumida park.

After the park walk towards the riverside and continue along the street until you reach the headquarters of Asahi beer, cross to the other side of the bridge to reach the final destination of Asakusa area.