How do I get to Yamamoto-tei?

The nearest station is Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line). Yamamoto-tei is in Shibamata, Tokyo.

How much does Yamamoto-tei cost?

Yamamoto-tei is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.

Landmark

Yamamoto-tei

Yamamoto-tei is a 1920s house built for a local businessman, mixing tatami rooms with a Western-style reception room, set around a garden that has placed near the top of the Journal of Japanese Gardening's ranking of gardens in Japan. Tea and a sweet are served on the tatami facing the garden.

More photos of Yamamoto-tei

Shoin garden of Yamamoto-tei seen through the open wooden doors of its tatami rooms, Shibamata — Photo: ohkubo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Clipped pines, azaleas and stone lanterns in the Japanese garden of Yamamoto-tei, Shibamata — Photo: Aimaimyi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Tokonoma alcove with hanging scroll inside a tatami room at Yamamoto-tei, Shibamata — Photo: Aimaimyi / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Nearest station Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line)

Cost ¥

Time needed 1 hour

Best time Weekday mornings

Insider tip

Order the matcha set and sit facing the garden. A combined ticket with the Tora-san Museum saves a little. Both close on the third Tuesday of the month.

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What's on near Yamamoto-tei

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

Festival Free

Katsushika Noryo Fireworks Festival

かつしか納涼花火大会

27 Jul (dates to be confirmed) Edogawa riverbed, Shibamata, Shibamata

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.

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Smaller local events nearby

Koshin day at Shibamata Taishakuten Festival
Every Koshin (kanoe-saru) day, every 60 days. Next: Tue 13 Oct · Shibamata Taishakuten
Koshin days, every 60 days in the old calendar, are the special fair days of Shibamata Taishakuten, when many pilgrims visit the temple.
Free · Map · Source: Shibamata Taishakuten · 柴又帝釈天庚申の日
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

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Nearby

Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum Museum · 1 min walk The Katsushika Shibamata Tora-san Museum is set into the Edo River embankment and devoted to Otoko wa Tsurai yo, the 48-film series about the... Shibamata Taishakuten Temple · 2 min walk Shibamata Taishakuten is old shitamachi Tokyo at the city's eastern edge: a temple covered in astonishing wood carvings, at the end of a retro... Yagiri no Watashi Landmark · 4 min walk Yagiri no Watashi is a rowed ferry across the Edo River between Shibamata and Matsudo in Chiba, the only river crossing of its kind still running in... Taishakuten Sando Market · 4 min walk Taishakuten Sando is the 200-metre approach from Shibamata station to the temple gate, lined with low wooden shops selling kusa dango, hand-grilled... Kanamachiyu Sento · 22 min walk Kanamachiyu is a temple-style sento from 1943, one stop from Shibamata on the Keisei Kanamachi Line, renovated in 2021 under a 'new retro' idea. Menya Itto Food · 4.8 km away Menya Itto gets ranked the best tsukemen in Tokyo more often than anywhere else.

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 Yamamoto-tei?: The nearest station is Shibamata (Keisei Kanamachi Line). Yamamoto-tei is in Shibamata, Tokyo.
How much does Yamamoto-tei cost?: Yamamoto-tei is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Yamamoto-tei?: Plan for 1 hour.
When is the best time to visit Yamamoto-tei?: Weekday mornings.

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