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 Asakusa to Odaiba
Japan, the land of the temples. Late last month a bunch of furendos and I went to one of the oldest temples in Tokyo, Sensoji.  It worships Kannon or Guan Yin (觀音), the Goddess of Mercy. The entrance is adorned by this huge vermillion and black lantern, known as the Kaminarimon or the "Thunder Gate".
 
We went on a Sunday, so it was completely packed and the smells from the roadside stalls were delicious! 
Omikuji (おみくじ) is something I do every time I'm at shrine/ temple. Its a type of fortune telling, in which you make a little offering (usually 100yen) and you get your fortune. It ranks from Daikichi (大吉)(Good fortune) to Daikyou (Bad fortune)大凶. It does depend on the temple/ shrine itself. If you unlucky enough to get 'bad' fortune, you can tie it in the provided spaces and 'leave your bad luck behind.' 
They usually also have personalised sections in the fortune sheet, such as; love, work, health etc...Some places like Meiji Jingu will have their omikuji in the form of poems.

With the crew: Henri, Chris, Benjamin, Jenny, Irene, Patrick and Jin (Photo: Irene)
Close to Asakusa, is the soon to be open Sky Tree. Apparently people have started reserving tickets up to 5 months before... 


The Tokyo Sky Tree is the world's tallest tower and the 2nd tallest struture in world, at 634m, towering over the Tokyo Tower at 333m.

After loitering around the Asakusa area, we boarded the Water Bus, bound for Odaiba. This was the first time I had taken the boat and also gone to Odaiba. A day of firsts I guess! The boat heads down Sumida River which has a grand total of 26 bridges in a span of approx 27km. Something to do on the boat: wave to people and pretend you're on the Titanic! It's pretty interesting to wave at people on the shore~  One of my furendos was a compulsive waver!  It was super windy so in a lot of the photos, we all had crazyy hair.

 
With the Rainbow Bridge (Photo: Irene)
It was about an 40 min journey from Asakusa to the man-made islands of Odaiba. It was first created to protect the Japan shoreline, but now have been converted to a large entertainment area. The famous Fuji TV studios are also located there.  There are often 'all you can drink+ eat' cruises in the area,so foreigner who are absolutely smashed is not a rare sight (I guess).  The area is marked by the famous Rainbow bridge (it lights up at night... we actually had to consider why they named it that...), which connects Odaiba to inner Tokyo.  Odaiba is also a 20 something minute journey from Shinjuku by train, so its definitely convenient!  GO GO GO

Once you get to the island, one of the first things you'll notice is, you've come to New York!!! (Cue: ♪ In New York~ Concrete jungle, where dreams are made of.  )

 Yea that is a miniature Statue of Liberty.

There is this cute like 'Showa' themed arcade/ shopping town in one of the buildings and it was where I found this. I think this was near the Takoyaki Museum. Which definitely reminded me of Namja Town in Ikebukuro!!


So that is Asakusa and Odaiba for now!

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