Ueno Park, Yanaka Ginza, Sengakuji Temple, Beer Museum Yebisu
DAY 8
We started out Day 8 by catching the Yamanote line to Ueno station where we met our friend.
Before our trip, all of the weather forecasts said that the sakura would be in full bloom during our time in Tokyo. However, just before we arrived, cold weather descended upon Tokyo and lasted for most of our time in Japan.
We didn’t mind too much because we actually prefer cooler weather and had just seen the sakura last year. But it was still nice to see some of the earlier blooming flowers out at Ueno Park.
After our stroll through Ueno, we leisurely made our way toward Yanaka Ginza.
Yanaka Ginza is a small shopping area reminicent of old Japan.
At the beginning of the shopping street we had a snack of kinako dango.
It’s really fun to check out the products in all of the small little shops along the way.
Towards the end of the street we stopped for a snack of tempura.
I had one of my favorites…nasu or eggplant tempura.
After picking up some souvenirs, we caught a bus back to Ueno where we picked up lunch from the basement of Matsuzakaya Department Store.
We brought our lunch to eat in front of the pond back on the other side of Ueno Park.
We had potato croquettes and onigiri.
This ikura onigiri with shiso was the best onigiri I have ever had in my life!!
After lunch we caught another train to Sengakuji Temple. If you are familiar with the 47 Ronin story, this is the temple where they are buried.
The 47 ronin, lord Asano and Kira are all buried in Sengaku-ji.
And finally we ended our day with a look around the Ebisu area of Tokyo.
While Ebisu is a very nice and modern area for shopping and strolling, the main reason we were there was the Yebisu Beer Museum!
And the highlight of the museum for my other half? The 500 yen beer sampler…
DAY 1 & 2: Meiji Jingu, Harajuku, Omotesando, Shibuya, Ikebukuro
DAY 3: Mount Asama, Shiraito Waterfall, and Karuizawa
DAY 4: Ghibli Museum, Odaiba, Asakusa
DAY 5: Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ochanomizu
DAY 6: Tsukiji, Ginza, Akihabara
DAY 6 (Part 2): Kappabashi, Asakusa, Okonomiyaki, Monjayaki
DAY 7: Japanese Baseball at the Tokyo Dome
DAY 8: Ueno Park, Yanaka Ginza, Sengakuji Temple, Beer Museum Yebisu
DAY 9: Nikko Day Trip – Toshogu Shrine and Yuba
DAY 10: Fishing in Tokyo
DAY 11: Kanamachi and Shibamata
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10 comments - May 31, 2009
It looks like you ate your way through Japan! Beautiful pictures as usual. I really want to see sakura in Japan. I bet it’s crowded with people though. You always see people picnicking under the pink trees.
omgosh – GORGEOUS!
pearl
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Hey sugarlens,
Yup, I had a great time eating my way through Japan! And while it was crowded, it wasn’t too bad that day. But yes, lots of people were there reserving picnic spaces for later that afternoon and night!
Hey Pearl,
Thanks!
Fabulous! I would have liked the cooler weather too…makes it so much more comfortable especially when you’re on foot all day long. Cool bokeh on the kinako dango!
Hey rowena,
Thanks for noticing the bokeh. I only noticed it the other day when I was choosing my pictures for this post!
picture looks cool.
I love the picture of the cherry blossoms. oh and of course, i love the pictures of the food too!
Hi Dawn,
Thanks for stopping by!
Hey Lauren,
Thanks, I really like the color in that one too!
fantastic post! when was your visit? My friend asked me to take her to the temple of 47 ronin but I didn’t know what she meant…thanks to your post I can find it!! Thank you
Hi Mari,
You’re welcome, glad I could help!
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