16 November 2025
Not in Okayama anymore
Ueno night
Cheesy title, obviously Tokyo is a much bigger city than Okayama, I need to work on my titles being in jokes that only I understand.
Now that I am back in Tokyo, among the unwashed tourists (I am up to night 5 of wearing the same clothes), it was time to walk north to Ueno, then south to Akihabara, then back north back to Okachimachi. Which is really only a gentle stroll but there is so much to see along the journey, including dead lilies and train tunnels.
Tomorrow, is a hiking day, with an early start, that involves 3 trains and a bus, in each direction. So I will be going to bed extra early. Exciting.
This is the street corner diagonally across from my hotel. You might recall (probably not), that I did reconnaissance on my hotel earlier in this trip, I think I took this same photo then.
Behold, the dead lilies at Ueno. Not as dead as I expected. Takamatsu ones were deader.
Ueno is super busy. The airport trains and some of the bullet trains terminate here.
Ameyayokocho is the place to go if you are an American soldier and ww2 recently ended. Although I just learnt it is also possibly 'candy store street' as the words for America and Candy are basically the same. There is nothing American along here other than the Trump worshipping t-shirt shops.
I have taken this shot on every trip. Everyone does.
Now for some more vegetarian dinner, last night was as well. Tonight, tempura vegetables. It was pretty good too, not as much batter as many places use. It is interesting that generally, vegetables cost more than meat. The word 'interesting' is being thrown around rather liberally here.
I turned back here, otherwise I would have been rows deep in over excited tourists buying fluffy toys.
Instead I snuck through the back streets. Apparently snuck is not a word?
This last pic for my mother. Her favourite department store apparently.
Now I must hurry up and get into bed so I can get up early tomorrow and do another boring hike.