Tag: <span>sensoji temple</span>

Date: 28th March 2015

Yesterday was all Shinjuku, from the skyscrapers to the nightlife of Kabukicho. Today was going to be a packed day. I walked to the Seiyu supermarket nearby just to see what it was like inside a Japanese supermarket.

Meat section supermarket Japan — Seeing all the meat on offer made me wish I had a proper kitchen to cook

Ice cream section supermarket Japan — The ice creams I saw made me wish it wasn’t freezing cold outside :-/

Pastry section Japanese supermarket — I decided to come back at night to pick up some baked goods

Croquet section Japanese supermarket — There were plenty of croquets available too

Asakusa shopping street Tokyo Japan — Plenty of shops and eateries in Asakusa

Asakusa Don Quijote Tokyo Japan — I quickly checked out the Don Quijote here

Chocolates Don Quijote Asakusa — The ground floor was all food and snacks

Fetish costumes Don Quijote Tokyo Japan — The upper floors are electronics, fashion, sex toys… and all sorts of fetish costumes — French maid outfits to school uniforms

Asakusa shopping streets Tokyo — I left Don Quijote and walked towards Sensoji Temple

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Date: 26th March 2015

After spending days outside Tokyo — mostly Kyoto and Himeji — I was back in Japan’s impressive capital city. I was staying in the Asakusa area, popular for being close to many of Tokyo’s attraction — namely Nakamise Street, Sensoji shrine, Asakusa shrine and Sumida River. It’s why I chose to stay in Asakusa and booked myself at the Khaosan Tokyo Laboratory hostel for a few days.

Toshiba Japanese toilet buttons — Toshiba toilets, who would have thought 🙂 It was nice to sit on these on a chilly morning — because the toilet seat would warm up!

Khaosan Tokyo hostel kitchen terrace — I went upstairs to the kitchen to have my breakfast

Khaosan Tokyo hostel kitchen utilities — The kitchen isn’t very big but I didn’t find it very crowded either. It has all the essential appliances.

Khaosan Tokyo Laboratory hostel Japan — I got ready and went downstairs to check out the information the hostel had put up about attractions in Tokyo and how to get to each one.

Asakusa district Tokyo Japan — First attraction on today’s sightseeing list was Senso-ji temple, so I headed out in that direction

Mos Burger Asakusa outlet Tokyo Japan — Good thing there was a Mos Burger outlet nearby 🙂

I walked towards the end of the road Senso-ji was situated on just to explore the surroundings. There are quite a few banks around, so I got some US dollars exchanged.