Experiences / Culture
Being dressed in a kimono
着物の着付け体験 きもののきつけたいけん
Craft · Photogenic · With children
A rental house dresses you in silk or good synthetic, ties the obi, sets your hair and hands you a bag and sandals for the day; you return by evening or the next morning. Asakusa has the most houses and the temple town to walk; Kagurazaka's lanes and the Meiji Shrine forest are quieter settings. Men's kimono are available everywhere and look better than most men expect.
- How to arrange it
- Book the earliest slot online, choose silk, ask for a private dressing room; a photographer can be added.
- Price band
- ¥¥
- Allow
- 240 min
- Where
- Asakusa, Kagurazaka
Where to book it
Asakusa
Genroku Kimono
元禄着物
¥¥ · 45 min · English: no
A newer, independently run Asakusa rental shop rather than one of the well-known chains, Genroku keeps its casual kimono and yukata dressing straightforward and inexpensive, three minutes from the station and temple approach. It suits a visitor who wants a quick, unfussy change into kimono for walking around Senso-ji rather than a formal photo-studio package.
Kagurazaka
KADODE Kagurazaka
KADODE神楽坂店
¥¥¥ · 60 min · English: no
Rather than the casual yukata-and-photo-walk format common in Asakusa, KADODE dresses guests in proper visiting kimono (homongi) with a full sixteen-piece set and professional dressing, aimed at occasions rather than sightseeing selfies. Its Kagurazaka salon sits in the neighborhood's quiet, geisha-era backstreets, a different setting entirely from the temple-town rental shops.
Asakusa
Kimono Rental REN
着物レンタル REN
¥¥ · 360 min · English: yes
A straightforward, well-regarded Asakusa shop that offers true silk kimono alongside its cotton yukata, with hair styling included in most plans — for travellers who want silk specifically rather than a budget polyester rental.
Asakusa
Kimono Rental YAE Asakusa
着物レンタル八重
¥¥ · 360 min · English: yes
A large Asakusa house two minutes from Kaminarimon that keeps a genuine silk tier alongside its everyday plans, with hair styling and photography bundled in rather than sold piecemeal. English-speaking staff and same-day rental make it an easy first stop before Sensoji.
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Places
A kimono day in Asakusa浅草で着物の一日
Rent a kimono, be dressed by hand, and walk the temple town the way it was built to be walked.
240 min · Asakusa (Ginza / Asakusa lines)
Sensoji Temple浅草寺
Tokyo's oldest temple, founded in 628 — a gate, a lane, a five-storey pagoda and a hall that is never closed.
60 min · Asakusa (Ginza / Asakusa lines, Tobu), exit 1
Kagurazaka's stone lanes神楽坂の石畳の路地
Hyogo Yokocho and Kakurenbo Yokocho — black fences, lanterns, cobbles, and the geisha quarter that still works.
60 min · Iidabashi (JR / Tozai / Yurakucho / Namboku / Oedo lines), exit B3, 3 minutes uphill