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Ueno to Shinjuku is not far

Walking across the city from Ueno to Shinjuku

Chances are if you have been to Tokyo that you have ridden on the Yamanote line that goes in a circle around the main parts of the city.
You might then know that Ueno is near Tokyo station, and the opposite side of the city from Shinjuku and Shibuya.
That means I would of course choose to see how long it would take to walk across all of Tokyo instead, the answer, about 2 hours.

The journey goes through some very quiet parts of central Tokyo, there was really only one big shopping area, pictured below, as well as the Tokyo-dome stadium which I couldnt get a picture of.
It is also up hill nearly the whole way, I wasnt really expecting that, I guess I was walking towards the mountains, but I always considered Tokyo to be very flat.

And now, the story of how someone tried to scam me!
I caught the train back, and as I was walking over the overpass near Ueno station, a little Japanese 'girl' came running over crying.
There was no one else about at all, I felt as though I had come out the wrong exit.
Then she proceeded to tell me that she urgently needed money to get home to Kyoto. She had lost all her money and had no way to contact her parents for help.
She spoke absolutely perfect English, and chose to target me specifically.
I like how she selected Kyoto as her destination, knowing that English speakers holidaying in Japan would know where Kyoto is.
I congratulated her on her great English, suggested she should improve her story though, she looked at least 25 years old, too old to be crying because she was going to get in trouble with her parents.
And also, probably best to not have your phone in your back pocket when you are telling this scam story.
She stopped crying instantly once the game was up and scurried off.