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Panda bus offers free rides to sightseers in Tokyo's Asakusa district

TOKYO, Japan - A bus in the shape of a giant panda runs under the gate of Imado Shrine in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 9, 2010. The bus offers free rides on a circular route stopping at eight main tourist spots in the district including the Thunder Gate of Sensoji Temple, the old Hanayashiki amusement park and Imado Shrine, popular among young women who believe it can help them to tie the knot.

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Panda bus offers free rides to sightseers in Tokyo's Asakusa dist

TOKYO, Japan - A bus in the shape of a giant panda runs under the gate of Imado Shrine in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 9, 2010. The bus offers free rides on a circular route stopping at eight main tourist spots in the district including the Thunder Gate of Sensoji Temple, the old Hanayashiki amusement park and Imado Shrine, popular among young women who believe it can help them to tie the knot. (Kyodo)

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A brazier and a woman (photo by Wada Nyoei,Imado,Asakusa)

The woman has her hair in marumage style with a peony-shaped comb and seems to be wearing a black satin coat bearing her family crest. Her facial expression has the richness and depth of an older woman. A sense of warmth exudes from her shoulder line. This is a the posture of a wife of the merchant class.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐24‐0]

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A leisure boat on the Sumida River

Roofed boat taken at the bank of Imado River in front of Yumei-ro where Sanya-bori (moat) merges with Sumida River. The water is too shallow to allow the boat to float, which explains why the photograph is so sharp. In the rear is Mukojima, site of Ushijima Shinto Shrine and Chomeiji Temple. Found in the collection of Uchida Kuichi preserved at Nagasaki Municipal Museum, this photograph was verified to have been taken by Uchida in 1872. This is one of the copies later made and sold.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐25‐0]

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A leisure boat on the Sumida River

Like photographs #2665 and #4543, this was taken at the bank of Imado River in front of Yumei-ro at the mouth of Sanya-bori. Ushijima Shinto Shrine, also called Ushi-no-Gozen (presently located at Mukojima 1-chome, downstream) and Choumeiji Temple are amid the tall trees at the rear. The person leaning on the handrail in the centre may be Uchida Kuichi. If so, this photograph was probably taken by his apprentice. The photograph was sold after being trimmed and tinted.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐44‐0]

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Imato Bridge and Sanya Cave

Sanya became a red-light district when the Yoshiwara red-light district moved over for temporary business when it was burned out of its original location in the fire of Meireki. The boat going under the Imado bridge seen in the center, carrying guests visiting whore houses, called Sanya boats, is seen to the right of the photo.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐96‐0]

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Asakusa sanyabori canal

The same photo as the one numbered 14-35, showing a canal leading to Negishi from Asakusa and Imado. Many passengers took boats along the Sumida River to visit the red-light district of Yoshiwara. The chokibune boats were not roofed and so must have been different from those shown in this photo. The cottages on the left may be boat houses. Most of the canals ware filled in when the Yoshiwara district was abolished in 1958.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐26‐0]

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Asakusa matsuchiyama seitensha shrine

Mt.Matsuchiyama, located on the bank of the upper stream of Genmon Bridge, was a scenic site on the Sumida River. The Seikannon Shuhonryuin, sacred to Kankiyasoshin statue, was located on the hilltop. Imado Bridge spanning the River Sanya is seen in the front. This is described by Nagai Kafu in his novel Sumida River .==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐25‐0]