20 November 2023
Back to back Asakusa attack
Returning to Asakusa for Ramen
This morning I went through Asakusa and could not believe how many tourists were there, including me! So tonight I decided to go back there to bolster the evening dwindling numbers of tourists. As expected it was a lot quieter.
It is a nice place, lots of choices for eating, lots of covered shopping streets to keep the moon beams off my neck, the odd shrine or 2, the giant 24 hour donki store, a urinal in a kids playground that is out in the open! Everything you could ask for and more.
And since I doubled up on going to Asakusa, I doubled up on ramen, 2 nights in a row.
Tomorrow is a hiking day! I have picked a shorter, closer hike than last time, although I feel completely refreshed today already, my Garmin watch even congratulated me on my improved recovery time. I am starting to doubt the science behind this because I think I over exerted myself yesterday.
I carefully examined all the masks and decided that my face is closest to number 2, top row second from left, contorted pig face.
Asakusa at night. Those 2 guys look a bit sketchy. They look like they could be the dreaded foreigners I keep hearing about.
Chinese people dream about coming to this place at 3am. It is open 24 hours. It is basically a giant Daiso store, only more expensive.
One of the many covered shopping streets in this area, they go in every direction.
Not so many people here now is there.
Almost no one. The best time to visit is when everything is closed.
Here is tonight's ramen. Red spicy miso, to which I added a heap more spicy stuff. Probably not the best ramen, noodles were definitely overcooked.
All the streets around Asakusa are nice to look at.
And then I walked back to Ueno, and completed the day by taking the same shot from the same place that I took this morning. This could be a new thing I do every day, but it won't be because I cannot be bothered.