Kamiya Bar

Kamiya Bar is one of the landmarks in Asakusa, which has stayed at the approach to Azuma-bashi Bridge since before the Great Kanto Earthquakes.

In the Meiji period, when the precincts of Senso-ji Temple became a public park, many entertainment facilities, like a theater, came to be built on the west of the temple. Especially, the Denki-kan Cinema was very popular for the cultured people. The word "Denki (electricity)" symbolized a novelty at that time. The Kamiya Bar served the strong cocktail with has 45 percent alcohol content was named "Denki-bran". This cocktail and wine were also novelty and appeared in many literary works at that time. Kamiya Bar was founded in 1880 and remodeled into a Western-style bar in 1912. This is said to be the first bar in Asakusa.

The present building was built with a reinforced concrete in 1921 in the forefront of time. The big triple arch with round windows at the front is characteristics.