Taishakuten Sando
Shibamata, Tokyo
Taishakuten Sando is the 200-metre approach from Shibamata station to the temple gate, lined with low wooden shops selling kusa dango, hand-grilled rice crackers and hajiki-zaru monkey toys, and old restaurants serving eel and river fish. The Tora-san films set the family's dango shop on this street.
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Insider tip
Buy kusa dango from Takagiya to eat on the spot, then watch the senbei being grilled by hand in a shop window. Come in the morning or early afternoon. It's a daytime street.
What's on near Taishakuten Sando
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Taishakuten Sando, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
Katsushika Noryo Fireworks Festival
かつしか納涼花火大会
Station Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line), 10 min walk
Around 15,000 to 20,000 shells launched close to the grassy riverbank, so the bursts fill the sky directly overhead. Held on a Tuesday evening in late July; pairing it with a visit to Shibamata Taishakuten and its retro shopping street is the classic move.
Shibamata Sakura Matsuri
柴又さくらまつり
Time 10:00 to 15:00; cherry trees in Shibamata Park lit 17:00 to 20:00 from late March (2026) Station Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line)
Shibamata's spring cherry blossom festival at the Tora-san Museum courtyard and Shibamata Park on the Edogawa bank, with game stalls and evening light-ups of the cherry trees.
Smaller local events nearby
Tora-san Summit 2026 Festival
31 Oct to 1 Nov · Taishakuten sando, Tora-san Museum and Yamamoto-tei, Shibamata
Two days of the Tora-san Summit along the Taishakuten approach in Shibamata, with local products for sale.
Free entry (the Tora-san Museum and Yamamoto-tei charge) · 10:00 to 16:00 · Map · Source: Katsushika City · 寅さんサミット2026 開催について
Suijin-sai (Water God Festival) at Shibamata Taishakuten Festival
Tue 3 Nov (dates to be confirmed) · Shibamata Taishakuten
Water God Festival, listed on the temple's annual events calendar for 3 November.
Free · Map · Source: Shibamata Taishakuten · 柴又帝釈天 水神祭
Oeshiki at Shibamata Taishakuten Festival
Thu 12 Nov · Shibamata Taishakuten
Taishakuten's yearly memorial for Nichiren, founder of its school of Buddhism.
Free · Map · Source: Shibamata Taishakuten · 柴又帝釈天 お会式
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Around Shibamata
Tora-san's hometown, a carved temple and the last rowed ferry in Tokyo
Shibamata sits at Tokyo's eastern edge on the Edo River, and it keeps the low-rise shitamachi streetscape the rest of the city lost. There's a 200-metre temple approach of dango and cracker shops, a temple covered in extraordinary wood carvings, and a hand-rowed ferry to Chiba. It's famous across Japan as the hometown of Tora-san, and in 2018 it became the first place in Tokyo named an Important Cultural Landscape.
Shibamata has 6 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 2 landmarks, 1 shrine or temple, 1 museum, 1 market and 1 bathhouse. Read the Shibamata guide.
Good to know
- How do I get to Taishakuten Sando?
- The nearest station is Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line). Taishakuten Sando is in Shibamata, Tokyo.
- How much does Taishakuten Sando cost?
- Taishakuten Sando is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Taishakuten Sando?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Taishakuten Sando?
- Weekday mornings.
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