Location: Tokyo, Japan
Accommodation: K's House, Tokyo
Today was our first official day in Tokyo. We caught the train from the airport where we stayed last night, got slightly lost, but made our way here! (May have had some help from a lovely man at the train station when we couldn't work out which way was north for our map)
We were able to check in early and drop off our bags, and Yoshi at reception showed us where we could go to spend a few hours while our room was being cleaned and set up.
We ended up at Senso-ji, a large Buddhist temple, only a few blocks away. Inside the gardens, there are a heap of shops and stalls, we stopped to have some lunch: some delicious noodles and gyoza.
The temple itself was pretty incredible to look at. Being a weekday, it was busy, but not crowded, with a lot of people praying and lighting candles and incense. It smelt amazing, and all of the traditional statues and paintings were amazing!
There were quite a few school children on tours, and some came up to us, asking for help with their English assignment. They were adorable and so polite!
Easily spent a couple of hours there, then wondered around the streets surrounding it for a while, just taking in the town, including Sumida River, a playground, a bunny park and a traditional Japanese wedding of a random couple with rickshaws.
