Asakusa

Yesterday was a Japanese holiday, but of course we were working as usual. Although we worked more of a normal work day instead of the usual double shifts. Helena (my personal guide in Tokyo) took me to Asakusa to see the market and the beautiful temple. The market really had a lot of good things to buy as presents and souvenirs, so I might have to go back there some time. And of course there were lots and lots of things to put on you mobile. I don’t think I have seen one single person in Japan without something hanging from their phone. Sometimes even a stuffed animal so big they almost need a separate bag just to put the phone in.

When walking along the street with the market and going through the gates to the temple it finally arises in front of us. This big old… tent? The entire temple was undergoing some reconstruction and was completely covered. How ironic. Especially since I just a few days ago laughed at a friend who had a similar experience… =) Unfortunately we also came a couple of hours late so we couldn’t go into the temple. However, the surroundings were really nice and we found a small Japanese guy (as if there are any big ones) who most likely wanted to practice his English. He took on the task to be our private guide and started leading us all over the Japanese garden that lied in the vicinity of the temple and he just kept going and going. We kind of got the feeling that he wanted to hang out a bit longer than we did and it’s a good thing that Helena is a bit more firm than I am otherwise we would probably be talking to him still.

After the temple we went for a walk around Asakusa and ended up taking some pictures, purikura. If we had it in Sweden it would probably be a huge thing for 14 year old girls, but since I’m so young at heart I thought it was really fun to try it. Although everything gets a bit more complicated since everything is in Japanese… We ended the day at Starbucks with some fika and girl talk before going back to Roppongi.