It all started at 6am when my phone's mp3 alarm started blasting and woke up everyone in the room :) I had to wake up early..with only so many days here, I cannot afford to waste any extra minutes. 5 hrs of sleep is all that's allowed for now.
Today was indeed a busy one, but I still could not do eveything I had in mind. I started by visiting Tokyo's biggest temples. The Meiji shinto shrine and the Sensōji buddhist temple (the two biggest in Tokyo).
Snapshot of Sensōji temple
From there I moved to the Imperial Palace gardens. Very relaxing and very interesting (the history behind it). I then passed quickly thru the financial district (Nikkei stock exchange) and moved to Ginza District. I was in luck, it was Saturday and the street is closed on weekends. Lots of shoppers buzzing everywhere. The prices are insane but it's so tempting. The Armani store was calling me.
After that i moved to Akihabara town (electronic town). Again, words cannot describe it. I assume it's like Vegas (tho I've never been to Vegas). I spent a lot of my time here, gawking at all the stores and finally gave in to temptation and bought something for myself.
By the time I exited one of their huge stores, it had gotten completely dark outside and I realized I was completely exhausted. 15 min walk to subway station then collapsed in one of the trains that brought me back home to Asakusa. I planned for Roppongi tonight but it will have to wait. My leg muscles literary gave up and gone soft on me. I just noticed I've done more stuff today that my whole year in Toronto. And that was the point. After some refueling, a sweet bottle of sake (damn it's good) and sleep, I'll go back at it tomorrow, soaking in the rest of Tokyo.
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