My Japan Trip 3

This is becomign a drag.. I didnt realise that I have written so much... well for memories...

Day 4 - Asakusa

Asakusa is an old town of Tokyo which is very popular among the tourists since it is said to be the best place for them to buy souvenirs.

On our way to Chitsan Hotel, we passed by the famous Japanese toy company Bandai building. Statues of the popular cartoon characters lined beside the building. How can we not take photos with the cute statues...



After unloading our luggages, we headed to the famous Sensoji temple. Along our way, we passed by a few shopping streets where anmany souvenirs and local delicacies were sold. Dad was intending to settle his lunch there. Lol... The busy streets were beautifully decorated with man made cherry blossoms. It kinda reminded my of Chinatown in singapore during our Chinese New Year. We were greeted by a huge paper latern in front of the gate of Senjosi temple. The temple was crowded with devotees praying for well being.

at the gate before Senjosi Temple

the beautiful shopping street


Freshly made Japanese rice biscuits~!!!


the biggest lantern I have ever seen

in the park around Senjosi temple

After that, we went to search for the museum that displayed traditional Japanese craftwork like lanterns, wooden decor and shelves. It was quite an interesting place even though we couldnt learn much since everything was in Japanese. Haha.. it was also a great place for us to rest our poor feets after walking so much.

We headed for the famous Asahi beer brewing building after that. It is one of the most unique buildings in Asakusa though the locals here don;t quite like it.I have to agree because the yellow structure on the top of building kinda resemble feaces.. wahaha.. Well it is suppose to resemble a beer mug. Not very nice I guess..


By chance, we came across a Tokyo Cruise Centre where we took a ship ride around the coastal areas and had a chance to see another side of Tokyo. The ride was unbearably slow and boring as it progresses. But dad loved it. He was busy taking pictures of the 13 bridges we went past. Every one of them have a distinct structure and colour. Well my dad's an engineering inspector.. wad can I say.. Here's one of the bridges:

the unique ship that we passed by. It's so much flatter than the ship we're taking

We alighted 3 railway stations away and it was time to explore Tokyo again. The blind leading the blind. With absolutely no clues of where we were, we searched for the closet JR station with the help of local maps on the streets. That's what I call adventure. Ha..

We stopped by 3 stations - Uneno, Akabashi and Okayamishi (I am not sure if I spelled them correctly.. pardon my memory)

Uneno was my favourite place in Tokyo. It was crowded with shopping streets which resembled Bugis street of Singapore. There were also shops selling fish and frozen seafood. I was very much satisified by the Oishi famous local street delicacy that I found there. It's like a pancake with vegetable, egg yolk that oozes out when you bite on it that complements the Japanese sauce and Mayo added on top. Ahhh it was just simply heavely! Well it was kinda late when dad wanted to take a picture of me eating.. wahaha.. it was all gone!

Dad outside a restuarant that sells bbq food

It was a fulfilling and exciting day~! Now it's time for me to rest my feets in the hot bath tub...