We got up early to leave the luggage to keep ready at the reception after leaving the hotel room. For breakfast we bought some groceries and went to Ueno to pick up a circular Yamanote Line Nippori. In the end we ate breakfast at Nippori station because the train was full and there are no seat until then.
Nippori is one of the few neighborhoods in Tokyo where you can see houses and sanctuaries of the Edo period (1603-1867). The vast majority of buildings of this era Tokyo were destroyed in the great earthquake of 1923 and the bombings of the Second World War.
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We started the visit by the Buddhist Tenno-ji temple, close to Nippori Station. It was closed but we could walk around the small garden and watch him Buddha statue which is its main attraction. Dating from the seventeenth century and became shortly after the Great Buddha of Kamakura following his style, though on a much smaller scale.
Tenno-ji
Then we strolled through the Yanaka cemetery, full of wooden boards (Touba) and Commemoratives tombstones. Leaving the cemetery, the route followed by a street of low houses that gave the feeling of being in a town rather than a big city like Tokyo. All oozed tranquility ...
Yanaka Cemetery
The next point of interest was the temple of Kannon-ji. We were in an area of many temples and were hard to tell which was which. We had to ask a couple of times to see if we had already passed us. People, even not knowing English, was very friendly and tried to be understood. Finally, an older lady who had accompanied us on a grocery bike to the door of the temple. It was closed but we walked into his graveyard to see the sights of the modern city (according to the guide) but hardly appreciated.
Kannon-ji
street in Nippori
As we were near Nippori station we decided to go to our next ride. That's why we took the Ginza line (G) of the subway to Asakusa. There is the famous Senso-ji we visited the first day. We now had the advantage goshuin-cho proceeded to search the house where you get a new signature. The truth is that we struggled to find his own, we realized that it is impossible to find if you do not know what you're looking for. He was in the room Yogodo, one of the secondary buildings of Senso-ji. It was built in 1994 to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the birth of Ennin, the monk who founded Senso-ji.
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Senso-ji, from the living Yogodo
We realized that the first day had not walked through this area, so we went to see the room Awashimado opposite Yogodo. This building is old, the seventeenth century and is dedicated to Awashima, a protective deity of women. We went to see the garden Demboin, the residence of the head priest of the temple, but is not open to the public.
I awashimado
Hozo-mon, with the bottom Skytree
Dimos terminating the second visit to Senso-ji and headed to Chingodo-ji temple where the ride began Lonely Planet Tokyo. It is a small temple located just outside the Senso-ji without much interest. Had a few Jizo statues protective of travelers and children. This temple is located in Demboin-dori, one filled with small shops and restaurants very authentic street.
Demboin-dori
We were then walked to Kaminarimon-dori, the largest avenue in the neighborhood of Asakusa. While we were walking we saw a lot of nice restaurants. Too bad it was too early to eat even were neither 12h.
Kaminarimon shopping arcade near-dori
Then the route took us to the temple Higashi-Hongan-ji just as the monks were doing a ceremony. It was the first temple we saw with chairs and we sat for a while to see what was done. It was originally built in the seventeenth century in the Kanda district, but six years later due to a fire he moved to Asakusa. When we went out to do us a goshuin and proved to be the most expensive in all of Japan: 500 yen.
Inside the Higashi Hongan-ji
The path ended at Kappabashi-dori, a shopping street basically dedicated to the kitchen. There were shops of kitchen utensils, uniforms for chefs and waiters, accessories restaurants (like the famous red lamps), Japanese style tableware, ... We thought there would be more plastic food shops but only saw two. And they were very expensive, a small plastic sushi worth 1000 yen. We made Street rise and fall and get to Asakusa-dori decided to keep going back to the hotel. We arrived faster than we imagined.
Nippori is one of the few neighborhoods in Tokyo where you can see houses and sanctuaries of the Edo period (1603-1867). The vast majority of buildings of this era Tokyo were destroyed in the great earthquake of 1923 and the bombings of the Second World War.
See Japan 6: Tokyo III in a larger map
We started the visit by the Buddhist Tenno-ji temple, close to Nippori Station. It was closed but we could walk around the small garden and watch him Buddha statue which is its main attraction. Dating from the seventeenth century and became shortly after the Great Buddha of Kamakura following his style, though on a much smaller scale.
Tenno-ji
Then we strolled through the Yanaka cemetery, full of wooden boards (Touba) and Commemoratives tombstones. Leaving the cemetery, the route followed by a street of low houses that gave the feeling of being in a town rather than a big city like Tokyo. All oozed tranquility ...
Yanaka Cemetery
The next point of interest was the temple of Kannon-ji. We were in an area of many temples and were hard to tell which was which. We had to ask a couple of times to see if we had already passed us. People, even not knowing English, was very friendly and tried to be understood. Finally, an older lady who had accompanied us on a grocery bike to the door of the temple. It was closed but we walked into his graveyard to see the sights of the modern city (according to the guide) but hardly appreciated.
Kannon-ji
street in Nippori
As we were near Nippori station we decided to go to our next ride. That's why we took the Ginza line (G) of the subway to Asakusa. There is the famous Senso-ji we visited the first day. We now had the advantage goshuin-cho proceeded to search the house where you get a new signature. The truth is that we struggled to find his own, we realized that it is impossible to find if you do not know what you're looking for. He was in the room Yogodo, one of the secondary buildings of Senso-ji. It was built in 1994 to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the birth of Ennin, the monk who founded Senso-ji.
See Japan 6: Tokyo III in a larger map
Senso-ji, from the living Yogodo
We realized that the first day had not walked through this area, so we went to see the room Awashimado opposite Yogodo. This building is old, the seventeenth century and is dedicated to Awashima, a protective deity of women. We went to see the garden Demboin, the residence of the head priest of the temple, but is not open to the public.
I awashimado
Hozo-mon, with the bottom Skytree
Dimos terminating the second visit to Senso-ji and headed to Chingodo-ji temple where the ride began Lonely Planet Tokyo. It is a small temple located just outside the Senso-ji without much interest. Had a few Jizo statues protective of travelers and children. This temple is located in Demboin-dori, one filled with small shops and restaurants very authentic street.
Demboin-dori
We were then walked to Kaminarimon-dori, the largest avenue in the neighborhood of Asakusa. While we were walking we saw a lot of nice restaurants. Too bad it was too early to eat even were neither 12h.
Kaminarimon shopping arcade near-dori
Then the route took us to the temple Higashi-Hongan-ji just as the monks were doing a ceremony. It was the first temple we saw with chairs and we sat for a while to see what was done. It was originally built in the seventeenth century in the Kanda district, but six years later due to a fire he moved to Asakusa. When we went out to do us a goshuin and proved to be the most expensive in all of Japan: 500 yen.
Inside the Higashi Hongan-ji
The path ended at Kappabashi-dori, a shopping street basically dedicated to the kitchen. There were shops of kitchen utensils, uniforms for chefs and waiters, accessories restaurants (like the famous red lamps), Japanese style tableware, ... We thought there would be more plastic food shops but only saw two. And they were very expensive, a small plastic sushi worth 1000 yen. We made Street rise and fall and get to Asakusa-dori decided to keep going back to the hotel. We arrived faster than we imagined.
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