Tokyo

Tokyo is huge, but it is easy to find somewhere small: a lantern-lit lane, a shrine between apartment blocks, a stall selling hot rice crackers.

Asakusa's story starts in a river. In the year 628, two fishermen brothers pulled a small statue of Kannon out of the Sumida in their net. Sensō-ji, Tokyo's oldest temple, was built to keep it.

Trevlo's audio tour of Asakusa tells that story from the Thunder Gate to the temple. Go at your own pace and stop for a snack on the way. Your first tour is free.