nekotokoohii: Day 19: Sumida + Asakusa (November 29th)

Troy and I decided to go our own ways for the day; he went to Akihabara, while I went to Sumida and back to Asakusa. In Sumida, I went to the Skytree to get another aerial view of Tokyo. The line to the top of the tower took 2 hours, but it was well worth it.

Finally a picture of Mt. Fuji

Shinjuku with Mt. Fuji in the background

Tokyo Tower

Skytree's shadow

Odaiba

Some star decals on the window

The skytree doubles as a sundial

Asakusa

Kaminarimon

Finally after several hours, I left the Skytree and took the local subway to Asakusa. In Asakusa, I returned to the Kaminarimon, to cast away my bad fortune and buy some last minute souvenirs. On the way out I grabbed some Taiyaki, before meeting up with Troy.

I found the Omikuji area

And I cast away my bad fortune from the previous visit

I drew another fortune

It wasn't so good either

So I decided to cast it away as well

Chocolate Banana Taiyaki

Chestnuts Taiyaki

After being satisfied with my purchases and visit to the Asakusa, I left to go meet up with Troy in Akihabara. My train didn't take me to Akiba, so I walked and took some pictures along the way. When I met up with Troy, I made the comment this was probably our last time in Akihabara, so we took one last stroll around taking pictures.

We called Matt and decided to meet him in Shinjuku to grab dinner and to do Karaoke afterwards. For dinner we had shabu-shabu. I really enjoyed the shabu-shabu, it had plenty of vegetables and it was "all you can eat." Japan's "all you can eat," is a bit different as you pay per allotted time. At 90 minutes, it was about $35 per person. After dinner, we went to Matt's preferred Karaoke parlor and made complete fools of ourselves. Our timing was badly off, the English lyrics were often wrong, and I couldn't read the Japanese lyrics fast enough. That being said, karaoke was a lot of fun.