Things are starting to shift, I woke up just before 4:00 but then managed to get back to sleep and didn’t come to again until 7:15. Hallelujah!!
It was our last day before we board the ship so we decided to go back into Tokyo and see some more of it. Now we have re-familiarized ourselves with the railway system, it was a lot simpler than yesterday. We caught the 10:00 train from our station and were able to stay on it to Shibuya Station where we transferred to the Yamanote Line which is Tokyo’s circle line. We got off at Ueno Station so we could take a walk around Ueno Park.
Probably not the best time of year to visit but we still enjoyed it. Part of the park houses a large pond that is filled with dead/decaying lotus plants.
I would imagine it would look stunning when they were in their prime but even so, it still had an attraction albeit an eerie one.
The park is also home for Tokyo Zoo and Tokyo National Museum and the National Museum of Western Art, none of which we really had time for today.
Before our next train journey, we had a spot of lunch at a vegan noodle restaurant at the station.
We then did a quick detour to visit a small shrine close to the station before returning to get another train to Asakusa station to get a view of the Tokyo Skytree.
We had discussed going up but given the recent seismic activity, I think Nicole would never have forgiven me had we gone up and an earthquake happened. So, in the end we settled for a nice view of it while walking along the river.
As it happens, at 2:20pm just north of Tokyo, there was an 5.7 earthquake out at sea but we never felt anything
One of the other reasons for visiting this location was to go to the Sensō-ji is which Tokyo’s oldest Buddhist temple.
It’s a very busy tourist venue and there were loads of money making schemes being practiced on the gullible.
We had a good walk around then decided to make our way back to the hotel and were lucky to get a direct train right through to Yokohama Station. It was absolutely rammed but we boarded just at the right time and place and were able to sit down for the whole hour of the journey.
While on the train we witnessed the most amazing fiery looking sky out of the window and I managed to get a sneaky photo without getting noticed.
After that, it was a quick change to get us back to Minatomirai Station and the hotel. After a quick nibble of a few items we picked up from the mini mart we took one final walk around the local area.
Tomorrow we board Diamond Princess and start the cruise element of this holiday.
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