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| Kameya senbei along Nakamise street leading to Asakusa Sensoji |
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| Ningyo yaki. (pancakes with many shape of Japanese representation, such as Big lantern, Zhao Cai Mao etc...) |
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| I just step into the temple. Wooh... the Nakamise street is more crowded than the temple. |
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| View of skytree from inside the temple |
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| Take a pix of you while I relax ok? |
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| Japanese style temple door in black (Our SG GuanYin Tong has red door with golden lion head & ring!) Can see there is a different in culture and how Japanese and Chinese see Black vs Red. Interesting! |
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| Funshot picture please! |
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| Am I cute? |
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| Outside the temple |
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| Isn't it "kimochi"? I am split between autumn and winter. So beautiful right?! |
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| Maple and Ginko, Red vs Yellow on back drop of Blue Sky, mother-nature Master piece! |
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| View of Sensoji from behind |
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| Washing bay of a temple adjacent to Sensoji |
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| Name of sponsors? |
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| Representing the sole (flip flop or shoes, whatever you call it) for the Heavenly Gods. |
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| The pagoda within the Sensoji compound. |
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| Baking them in a traditional way |
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| Baking in process |
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| Too engrossed to leave |
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| Sumo san |
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| "Hey bro, ta ta and c ya" |
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| View of Asahi Brewery and Skytree from Sumida River |
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| They say it's cheap to eat sushi here |
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| Seen from in front of Sumida River |
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| JR Yurikamome in order to go to Odaiba |
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| skyscraper outside Shimbashi station |
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| skyscraper outside Shimbashi station |
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| Outside Shimbashi station |
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| Yurikamome station |
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| Shimbashi station |
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| The day should had begin here, with our trip on Arakawa tram to Higashi-Ikebukuro station |
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| Street view of Ikebukuro |
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| Street view of Ikebukuro |
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| Street view of Ikebukuro |
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| Ikebukuro station |
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| Hi, we are going to Asakusa today! |
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| Kuramae station |
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| At first we want to find some sushi stall, but the kids were hungry so we had our lunch here. |
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| Please give some donation ¥ ¥ ¥ |
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| Nice shop |
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| Tokyo Skytree seen from afar |
Day 3 in Kanto, Tokyo Day 3, began on a trail hunt to the beginning
point of Japan Street car (Tram car), known as Arakawa Densha. Like
those seen in HK Island, Arakawa line is probably the only left seen in
Tokyo.
From our hotel, we headed towards Subway Iriya station, took the Hibiya
line to Minowa (just 1 station apart) and then we would just have to
hunt our way to Minowbashi station, the start station of the Arakawa
line. I would say the entrance of the station was really "hiding" and if
there was no help from the locals, we would not be able to sort it out ^_^
We actually wanted to try out the streetcar itself and we did not alight
anywhere until we reached Arakawa East-Ikebukuro station where we then
walk to Ikebukuro, heading towards our next destination, Asakusa Kannon
Temple. If you are interested in Arakawa, you can continue your journey
up to Waseda University and take a look around this famous University
which most Japanese wanted to get into..
We mingled around and made our way to Ikebukuro. We used the M-subway,
then headed purposely to Toei Subway Oedo line to try walking down many
escalators, in order to get to Sensoji using Asakusa line. (There are
many way to get to Sensoji from Ikebukuro). Check it out! As we bought
the free pass, we were using different lines for fun to "cut short" the
time using the shortest distant.
We first have lunch at one of the shop in front of the Kuramae station,
then it's time to venture into Asakusa area ^_^
We walked along the street to Sensoji, you couldn't miss it, or you
could just follow the crowd.
If you are walking towards the temple, Skytree is behind you, it's not
easy to miss it.
Cross the road and the big lantern "Thunder Door" will be awaiting for you.
Enter the big lantern and a street full of shops selling crafts and
Japanese crackers and cakes lined both side. Towards the end of the
Street (which I think you should slowly enjoy and BUY lah, buy to try),
stands Sensoji and the Pagoda.
We took some pictures within the square and enjoy the tranquility of the
temple by the side (to take a rest). We also went over to the smaller
temple next door and along the road, beautiful yellow leaves (probably
the Ginko tree) stood quietly, with light breeze, added more peace...
It was time to say good bye to Asakusa area and headed towards Shimbashi
for Odaiba that evening.
My blog continues for Odaiba...
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