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Fukagawa Kamasho

Kiyosumi, Tokyo

Fukagawa Kamasho is a small restaurant on the street leading to the Fukagawa Edo Museum, devoted to fukagawa-meshi: asari clams simmered with miso and poured over rice, once the quick meal of the fishermen on this waterfront.

Nearest station Kiyosumi-shirakawa (Hanzomon / Oedo Line)
Cost ¥
Time needed 45 min
Best time Lunch

Insider tip

Order the fukagawa-meshi set. Closed Mondays, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays it closes mid-afternoon, so lunch is the safe slot.

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Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Fukagawa Kamasho, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.

Exhibition On now ¥¥

Synchronic Constellation: Cross-Boundary Perspectives in Art

5 Sept to 13 Dec Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Koto

Rare large-scale introduction to modern Taiwanese art with approximately 200 Taiwanese artworks and 100 Japanese contemporaneous pieces plus over 500 archival documents. Organized in six thematic chapters featuring paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs.

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Tada Minami: Light, Dignified and Trembling

多田美波―光、凛と ゆれる

29 Aug to 6 Dec Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Kiyosumi

Time 10:00 to 18:00, November Fridays until 20:00 Station Kiyosumi-shirakawa (Oedo Line, Hanzomon Line), 13 min walk

MOT presents the first Tokyo solo exhibition in 35 years for Minami Tada, an artist who worked across sculpture, relief, chandeliers and architectural installation. The show traces her use of industrial materials from Japan's period of rapid economic growth.

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Hans Haacke

ハンス・ハーケ

6 Feb to 16 May Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Kiyosumi

Time 10:00 to 18:00 Station Kiyosumi-shirakawa (Hanzomon Line, Oedo Line), 13 min walk

The first major retrospective in Asia of Hans Haacke (born 1936 in Cologne), the conceptual artist who turned 1960s New York conceptualism toward the systems linking power, money and culture. It ranges from his early environmental works to his pieces on political and corporate power.

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MOT Annual 2026

MOTアニュアル2026

20 Feb to 30 May Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Kiyosumi

Time 10:00 to 18:00 Station Kiyosumi-shirakawa (Hanzomon Line, Oedo Line), 13 min walk

MOT's yearly group show of contemporary art made in Tokyo. This edition focuses on performance that draws on personal and shared memory, across contemporary art, stage work and experimental music.

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Smaller local events nearby

  • Fukagawa Shiryokan-dori Scarecrow Contest Festival

    On now, until 3 Nov · Fukagawa Shiryokan-dori shopping street, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

    About 190 scarecrows line the Fukagawa Shiryokan-dori shopping street for its 29th scarecrow contest.

    Free · Map · Source: Koto City · 深川資料館通りに約190体の“かかし”が集結中!

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Tokyo's coffee district, around a Meiji garden and old Fukagawa

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa is where Tokyo's specialty coffee boom found a home, in the warehouses and low-rise streets of old Fukagawa on the east bank of the Sumida. Between the roasters you'll find one of the city's finest stroll gardens, a full-size Edo neighbourhood indoors, the clam rice the area is named for, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

Kiyosumi has 8 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 3 cafes, 2 museums, 1 park or garden, 1 restaurant and 1 bathhouse. Read the Kiyosumi guide.

How do I get to Fukagawa Kamasho?
The nearest station is Kiyosumi-shirakawa (Hanzomon / Oedo Line). Fukagawa Kamasho is in Kiyosumi, Tokyo.
How much does Fukagawa Kamasho cost?
Fukagawa Kamasho is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Fukagawa Kamasho?
Plan for 45 min.
When is the best time to visit Fukagawa Kamasho?
Lunch.

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