Spoilt for choice
15 November 2024
Asakusabashi to Asakusa
Tonight I am back in Tokyo, so I had about 500,000 choices for where to eat. Almost none of them had dinosaurs. Also, I discovered by accident tha....
Back to back Asakusa attack
20 November 2023
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 bol....
Sky shrine
20 November 2023
Ueno to the skytree via Asakusa
Today was a rest day. A rest day was very much needed too. A rest day for me involves walking to the skytree from Ueno and back again. But now I a....
Asakusa without the shrine
29 October 2018
Walking from Ueno to Asakusa past a hedgehog cafe
Asakusa is near Ueno. The main shrine of Tokyo is there, Sensoji or something like that. Everyone goes there, buys plastic versions of the shrine ....
Night of the long exposures
14 November 2017
Don Quijote in Asakusa
First of all, the same girl is still at the lonely part of Ueno station trying to convince foreigners she needs money to get back to Kyoto because....
The dark temple
5 November 2015
Exploring Asakusa at night
No sooner had I returned from Nikko and it was time to head out the door again. I headed away from the local Ueno station, to see where I ended up....
Asakusa, boat ride.
7 May 2010
Today I headed out to the old part of Tokyo called Asakusa, which looks quite far on the train map but is only about 30 minutes. Never really havi....
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