Woke up at 4am today. This is an improvement over yesterday's 3am, but obviously I have a few more days to go yet.
Lots happened yesterday. After resting our feet for a while, we decided to head out for some dinner. Our hotel is in Ueno, nearish to Asakusa. In fact, it's located in Asakusa-dori, so we should have known that keeping to the street would take us there eventually.
However, we were very surprised when, completely by accident, we stumbled across a massive arcade filled with shops of all kinds. Vendors selling everything from parasols to postcards, people crowded around televisions outside watching races, smoky and loud pachinko parlours, and even, at one point, a complete amusement park with an impressive assortment of rides, considering it was located in the middle of a city.
Eventually we picked a restaurant, based mostly on the appeal of the plastic food located outside, and ate dinner. The beer was tasty, and the noodles good -- my first noodles of this Japan trip -- and we paid and left.
On our way back to the hotel, we decided that, you know what? we should see a pachinko parlour. So we headed back into the fray once more.
Then, like a ferret, we changed our minds and decided to have a look at the amusement park rides. We found the entrance to the park, noted that it required admission, then turned away.
...and noticed the five-tiered pagoda.
We had accidentally come to the Senso Temple, Dembo Temple, and Asakusa Shrine. This massive temple has many buildings, huge lanterns, and people everywhere. We took many pictures. Then we walked through the Nakamise shopping district, got a parfait at AMPM, then headed back to the hotel to collapse.
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Good visuals! Glad to know that your hand is doing better. Let us know how it goes in the northern country.
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