Japan continued

On days 4 and 5 we did a lot of more walking around Tokyo. We mainly explored the Asakusa, Ebisu, and Ueno neighborhoods. Asakusa is an older, more peaceful neighborhood in the northeast part of the city. There is a big area of outdoor shopping stalls around Thunder God Gate, and a large five story pagoda and the city's largest temple, Senso-ji, nearby. From Asakusa we took a boat ride along the Sumida River to a big park where there were still a few cherry blossoms left.

Ebisu is in the southwest part of the city and has lots of high end shops as well and a section of vintage clothing stores. It's a nice area, but some of the stores are hard to find since they're down side roads and back alleys, and it's pretty pricey. I think Shibuya and Shimo-katazawa are better for shopping.

Tuesday was our last day so we headed headed to Ueno to walk around for a bit before catching the train out to the airport. There is a huge park in Ueno which includes a zoo and a couple of museums. We just walked around the park and checked out a couple of the shrines, but it was nice ending to the trip.