Asakusa

Next stop.. Asakusa.

Asakusa is home to such sights as the Asahi Beer tower, Nakamise Market, Sensoji temple, and for a limited time Krista and Katy. If there was one thing that stood out about Asakusa, it would be the staring. Even though the areas we went were teaming with tourists (albeit mainly Asian), Krista and I felt the presence of many unabashed eyes fixed on us, and a few cameras. I had gotten used to the occasional staring, giggling, pointing and random "hello's" (or even the odd person shouting 'American!' at me) but when you're accompanied by a big-eyed, platinum blonde American- the incidences become much more frequent.

We did see some very cool parts of the city & even a dragon dance. And our last hour was spent talking to an elderly 4 ft. tall Japanese man who had many opinions about American-Japanese relations & communication. Despite the cold weather he stood in the park in shorts and t-shirt, feet wrapped in paper & stuffed into sandals, and spoke with us for about half an hour.

These were our last 2 nights spent in Japan, onward now to Taipei!

The somber wait for the train that will take us away from Japan...

The river, Asahi building, & Tokyo tower..