Jan 30
Tokyo Day 2
Another day filled with adventure and merriment. We started the day with a healthy youth hostel breakfast and headed to Waseda University where we met with ETHS grad, Mitchell (Emma's older brother), who is studying there for the year. Following a campus tour, Sensei showed his true powers in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Building, which we then ascended in order to see Tokyo from above. Next we ate a leisurely lunch at Denny's before training to Ueno Park, where we saw a rare and beautiful display of winter peonies and Ueno Toshogu Shrine. Last was a journey to Asakusa for a short visit to Senso-ji (temple) and on to the Tokyo Sky Tree for a night view of the glittering Tokyo skyline. Dragging ourselves home, we got Mos Burger for takeaway to eat back at the Youth Hostel. Clocking in at 10 miles, today paled in comparison to yesterday's 15 miles - putting them together though, we walked nearly a marathon worth of Tokyo sights.
elevator fun
Taking photos on Theta 360 with ipad remote requires direct skin contact. What do you do when you are holding hands with everyone?
Tokyo Metropolitan Building in Shinjuku
HADŌKEN: "the activity of taking a photography of people doing fight moves in the air, and later posting the photograph online. Some people smash the ground to create a shock wave, others spread out their arms to send their energy in two different directions." Source: Online Open Dictionary.
bottom center is where the Hadoken action took place
above: writing and posting haiku inspired by the peony garden at Ueno Toshogu
right: early plum blossoms
below: Ueno Toshogu (shrine)
trees in Ueno park lit up in pink (pre-cherry blossom)
Senso-ji in Asakusa at dusk in front of the famous Kaminari-mon
Nakamise, a shop-lined street between Kaminari-mon and the temple complex
A side street in the Asakusa district
Tokyo Sky Tree lit in a rainbow of colors
A view of Tokyo from the Sky Tree (Tokyo Tower in red, and Sumida-gawa running through the concrete jungle)