Walking tour of Akihabara

Took the morning off of sightseeing to walk around and try to get lost. It wasn’t easy. So many helpful signs and metro stations. When it was time to be where I needed to be. It was a 10 minute walk lol.

After a good lunch and terrible cup of coffee, the tour started. The guide is a really modern Japanese woman. She works for tips which is amazing if you know the Japanese.

I learned why there aren’t any goddamn trash cans anywhere. She said its because of the Sarin- gas terrorist attack. The religious cult put the poison in trash cans. So, no more trash cans. Lots of people died. Sad.

I had a nice snack dinner and was wrangled into an interview for active show, again.

Almost every night there’s something happening in the lobby common room here.

I’ve seen a cooking class, a sushi class, a calligraphy class, a learning Japanese class, tv shows filming, and a game show. Its pretty neat.

Today is the sumo match!! Finally it is the day.

Have a lovely night

Kamakura day trip

Very nice day in Kamakura today.

Like all former capitols of Japan it has soooo many temples and shrines. Also lots of tourists on buses 😦 To be fair there’s enough to go around.

The weather was perfect for doing lots of walking, about 55 degrees and sunny.

I skipped lunch completely and had snacks all day. Had a pretty good waffle and mochi and other assorted yummies.

It was good to get in the country a bit. If I’d had more time I could’ve been to the beach too. Next time.

That’s all for now

Long Sunday walk

Had a lovely day tagging along with a hostel roommate on her day of sightseeing. She went on a walking tour/pilgrimage route in a nearby city in Tokyo.

It was really neat. Each shrine and/or temple was really different. One had hundreds of visitors, another one it was only us. Along with lunch and snacks, we were busy all day.

Would highly recommend this to anyone interested in history or world religions

Also I did laundry

Also there was a drunken fistfight and the cops came. Drama!

Tomorrow is a day trip to Kamakura

Saturday at the Tokyo dome

https://tokyocheapo.com/events/furusato-festival-tokyo/

So there’s this annual 10 day event in Tokyo celebrating the foods and culture of Japan. I’d seen it TV before and always wanted to see it. Imagine my luck when I found it is happening here, now!

I ate and drank until my tummy hurt. So, winning!!

Later a nap and a cooking class.

The class was in Japanese, so I may have missed a bit. But it wasn’t too hard to follow along and pay attention. I know about 10 Japanese words now, so that helped. As is always the case, real home cooking is the best. I could make homemade miso soup now so that’s cool!

Tomorrow, laundry.

Goodnight!!