Japan Day 6

For previous days see Moscow / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5

I'm sorry but it's a Japan post again. This time my dad and I went to Akihabara before leaving Tokyo for Kyoto.
I wonder if you can see how much I changed since then.



Random shot of a garbage truck. I was impressed at how clean it is compared to Belgium. They get out of the car, put gloves on, open the truck to put the garbages in, close it and get back in the car.
I wonder if only Belgium is dirty.





Breakfast time.



You didn't see them all but I think my dad took a picture of every police officer he saw.



Asakusa's metro station and Asahi beer's poo, I'm gonna miss you.









We stopped at Ueno first to get our Japan Rail Pass.



And this is Akihabara.













Trying to act cool. You just look bored.





Probably my worst meal in Japan. Though worst still tastes good.
I found the otaku in myself that day and couldn't stop buying, so we were too hungry and stopped at a random restaurant chain.



Mirai Nikki's elevator.











Here are some of the stamps I got crazy about.
I discovered stamps on the first day in the metro and found out they are everywhere afterwards. Subway, castles, sightseeing, museums.





We checked out before leaving for Kyoto and took pictures in front of the Khaosan Tokyo Samuraï. Goodbye, it was nice staying there.



That's when I became a Japanese. I can text while doing anything!





Bye Asakusa. Bye bridge. Bye every-morning-path.







We bought a bento in the shinkansen, but I wonder if any Japanese buy them in.
If you buy them out, the box is about twice the size and half the prize (though ¥1000 is not that expensive when you come from Europe)







Kyoto station. Sad I don't have better pictures.

We took a crowded bus, got off with difficulty and started to look for the house.
A man who was taking his dog for a walk said hello. He came back 2 minutes later without is dog and offered to help us. He didn't know where the house was, but phoned the owner and brought us there.
Japanese kindness once again ｡ﾟ(T^T)ﾟ｡.







It was already late so that's all for that day.
Next day we'll explore Kyoto and I'll probably go back to the pictures-heavy posts
Sorry!

Japan Day 2 (Tokyo)

For previous days see Moscow / Day 1

The second day started without luggages again (/ω＼). We decided to go out early to get at least some underwears and wash our clothes on the rooftop. Unless the shops in Tokyo only open at about 10AM. So we headed to the Senso-ji first.

In front of the Kaminarimon and the Hozomon, the entrance gates to the Sensô-ji. You can see I was quite embarrassed to play the tourist (〃∇〃). These places are actually quite impressive IRL.

Sadly, through my pictures you can't even imagine how big and impressive the Sensô-ji is. It's also so lively you feel the urge to be a part of it. With my dad we processed to the symbolic hand washing and mouth rinsing, then bought incense sticks and burnt them (though I did the same move to aim the smoke to my face as Japanese people did, I still don't know what it means... anyone ?). I also had some difficulties to put my sticks in, since it failed the first time and I had to get it back from the hot ashes (＞＜;)

There are smaller temples around the Sensô-ji and as it was a matsuri period, there were many food stalls in between. Very colourful !ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

That's also when we discovered food tickets machines. We were looking at the nearby restaurants and were amazed by people choosing and paying for their food from outside. We discovered later it's actually pretty common in Japan (＾～＾). This way cooks don't have to touch your dirty money.

After eating we finally went to buy (too big) underwears and basics t-shirts at UNIQLO. We planned to come back to the guest house, have a shower while our clothes get washed...

Finallyyyyy ≧(´▽｀)≦

Later this day we headed to Ueno. We ate dinner at a stall directly in the street (you also have my dad's bare pate in bonus). The man was super happy to see a foreigner and tried to speak in English when I ordered bubble tea "tapioca !" (^ε^)♪. I ordered a kind of buns, and understood I had to make a hole, put the sauce in, drink the sauce, then eat (^ε^).

I have no picture worth showing from the park or anything, since it was too damn dark. We headed back to Asakusa at about 10PM and I spent some time in the kitchen with my computer, saying to my mom how awesome Japan is ☆

Day 3 will be around the Tokyo Dome !