Summertime in Tokyo

Summertime, and the living is easy…or so the song goes. Well, in fact summer in Japan is anything but easy, it is so damn hot it makes you wonder if dying is such a bad option.

Aaaaanyway, so it was August and hot and I decided to go pay a visit to my friend Ceren, who was working in Tokyo. I buy a Shinkansen ticket and in four and a half hours I’m in Tokyo!

Here is the thing, Tokyo is a city one has to visit, but I would never ever choose to live there, it is very big and more expensive than most cities in Japan.

Since I don’t plan on criticizing the place, I’ll just start writing about my life as a tourist in Tokyo.

Since Ceren was working, I spent most of the time on my own, walking around the city and visiting everything I could, though, in the end, I didn’t half of what I have planned.

Early morning picture

My hotel was right next to Kaminarimon, this gate enters Nakamisedori, which leads to another door Hozomon, that in its turn, opens the wai to Sensoji.

This is not the Sensoji shrine, but I found the Pagoda way more interesting than the temple itself. To the left Hozomon.

Another of the so famous areas of Tokyo is Ueno park, honestly, one of my favourite places in Tokyo, with all the different temples and shrines, and the zoo, and a totem…

So noone gets lost

After you see the sign, up the stairs, and again, up another set of stairs, and you are on top of it! And ready to see the samurai that took his dog for a walk (and you will also notice that my camera had some seriour issues with the focus, it wasn’t me, no)

and of course you should take your dog for a walk

Since I was in Tokyo, I had to take the change to visit the metropolitan museum and take some pics of my nice Dotaku. Since, everytime I go for a trip I get asked if I visited any museums, this time I simply had to.

and the Metropolitan Museum of Tokyo

I’ve got tons of other pics of my dôtaku, and the shrines and temples, but this is getting boring, even for me, so let’s go to Roppongi and meet the Beckham.

I would simply love it if this wasn’t on purpose….

and old man

And another of the oh-so-famous spots in Tokyo is of course the statue of Hachiko in Shibuya, which is apparently the best place to take a nap!