Hebi Dori (Snake Road in Yanaka is where the Aizome River used to flow, although it is now a culvert (underground waterway).

Yanaka Hebi Dori Snake Road

So, the place where the road is located used to be a river and is the reason the road has its unusual curving path that is said to resemble a snake.

The Aizome river used to flow into Shinobazuno pond in Ueno.

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Hebi Dori Information

NameYanaka Hebi Dori
(Snake Road)
へび道
Feefree
Address2 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo

How To Get To Hebi Dori

2 minutes on foot from Sendagi Station on the Chiyoda Line

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