We found a small park (Kioicho) and stopped to eat.

Rana searching for fish

Tokyo Garden Terrace

Next stop was the Senso-ji Temple and Asakusa shopping district. We explored the stalls with their tourist trinkets and local foods. Rana found a small independent shop with stylish goods where we bought a little plate to add to the collection back home.

Senso-ji and stalls

Asakusa stalls

A mixed bag of luck but not too bad!

With night settling in we finished off our first day in Tokyo with a trip to the Sky Tree. The views from the observation deck were amazing and really hit home just how vast the city is!

Rana is confident she can navigate to Sky Tree without a map!

Tokyo; a photo can’t do it justice.

With the Cityscape sprawled out in front of us we contemplated on the meaning of life.... but mainly we contemplated food and sleep!

With jet lag kicking in we meandered our way through the labyrinth of escalators and corridors of Sky Tree Town and back to our hotel.

With the chilled start to our tourist activities over we were ready for bed!

The view of the park had a surreal quality thanks to the pastel coloured grass

View from the top of the castle foundations

Moats surround the grounds of the Imperial place

After the park we walked around the perimeter of the palace grounds, constantly getting in the way of the mass of Japanese out for the Saturday run!

We stopped at Tokyo Station, a grand building designed to mimic European style, and found an Okinawan restaurant. It seemed like a safe bet as surely Okinawan cuisine would be heavy with fish options, but no such luck! Somehow Rana ended up with 2 pork dishes and I ended up with extra pork for my noodles!