Goofications

Today's itinerary included a trip out to Asakusa. Yay! Shopping is always fun there! We did get cleansed and bought omamori at the Sensoji Temple. The best part was that some Sakura trees were in bloom! Double yay!! On our way back to Shinjuku, we decided to take a detour back to Ueno and Ameyoko-cho to see what we weren't able to the day before. Had a slight altercation with the JR Service Rep in the Ueno Station who didn't want to let us out of his office. But it's okay. We got out of there and made it back to the hotel. Whew!

Entrance Sensoji Temple

It was a beautiful morning so all the bedding came out

Asakusa Mall

Camellia or Peony? I'm not sure.

Not sure what kind of citrus tree, but the newly opened Tokyo SkyTree is in the background.

Sakura

Me and the Sakura Tree

Amy and the Sakura Tree

I happened to be sitting when it was time for the maintenance workers to come out

This Sakura tree happened to be behind the fence.

But who can read the sign anyway? I got a branch to pose for me anyway.

My namesake: Ume

Okonomiyaki

Griller

Check out all the stuff you can choose from to grill. I took the Top Shell.

Amy's okonomiyaki

My okonomiyaki and top shell

Down this street there are figures like this on the buildings. If you don't look up, you'll miss it.

But I really wanted a picture of the guy with the Pampered Poodle.

I just had to have this picture. The sign says Wantanmen. Really??? Check out the one next to it. Tyu-ka soba. Chuka Soba? And I'm sorry I missed the one below it: Misora-men. Named after Misora Hibari? Maybe Miso Ramen? I could go on, and on, and on with this...