www.senso-ji.jp Cultivate culinary skills At the 72-year-old Sometaro restaurant – a short walk from Sensoji temple – you can create your own okonomiyaki (Japanese savoury pancake) on a hot plate at your table. The waiters are always happy to help. (best for ages 5+; allow 1.5 hours

at a long row of squat-and-gobble street food stands selling the famous Cha Ca lao Vong grilled fish dish, to which thecustomer adds handfuls of herbs, salad, nuts, vermicelli, spring onion and sauces. It’s a hands-on flavour extravaganza, and the best