I feel I have done everything I wanted to do now in Tokyo... Harajuku girls, Shibuya cross-way, Yasukuni shrine, a festival, crowded trains and today I wrapped everything by visiting the popular Sensoji Temple in Asakusa. Other than its infamous Kaminarimon giant lantern, it is peculiar for having an open air market leading to the main gate (Hozomon). If you are looking for souvenirs, that is definitely a place to go. Things are quite cheap and you can find a bit of everything... from cheap pocket-sized souvenirs that probably has the ubiquitous "made in China" stamp to expensive looking statues and antiquities waiting to be purchased by the willing but unaware tourist.
I did a bit of shopping myself, bargaining for a pair of sunglasses on the pretext that I cannot buy expensive sunglasses because I break or lose all of them within weeks. Indeed, since my trip in Wakayama, I seem to have contracted a curse that makes me lose or break all my sunglasses. Maybe I did not respect the protocols or I didn't pray properly on Mount Koya. Well, I got these ones for 20$.
I am also starting to be cheap because I know I will be spending alot in the next few weeks.. I will be playing the Jet-Set tourist in Hong Kong and Thailand.
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