The Imperial Palace is home to the Japan Imperial family and is only open 1 day of the year to the public (Jan 1). Here, you will also get a very nice view of the Tokyo Metropolitant.
Directions from Sunroute Higashi Shinjuku to Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Take the Oedo Metro LineFrom Higashi Shinjuku toward ths lidabashi interchange. Then change to Yurakucho Metro Line towards Sakura damon
Pic 1 : Tokyo Metropolitant view at Tokyo Imperial Palace
Pic 2 : Tokyo Imperial Palace
Pic 3 : Tokyo Imperial Palace
Since we only found out that the imperial palace is open once every year, we decided to snap a few photos and proceed on to our next destination , the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa.
Directions from Tokyo Imperial Palace to Asakusa ( Sensoji Temple )
To get there , we walk towards the Otemachi station (10-15min walk) and took the Tozai Metro Line towards Nihombashi and change to the Asakusa Metro Line and heads towards Asakusa.
Upon reaching Asakusa, we look for the nearest exit towards Sensoji Temple. Just directly opposite the exit, we came across a noodle shop and decided to stop by for lunch. Though the shop is small and located at the small alley, we were quite suprise that the noodle in pork /soya bean soup is quite delicious.
Pic 4: Menu
Pic 5 : Vege with pork
Pic 6 : The shop interior design
Pic 7 : What we had...
After lunch, we headed straight for Sensoji temple which is located ~5-10 minutes walk from the exit of the metro. The temple, also known as Asakusa Kannon temple is Tokyo's oldest temple.
Beyond the Hozomon main gate stands the temple's main building and a five storied pagoda. You will also be greeted by stalls selling souvenirs on the left and right hand side of the walkway. The Asakusa Shrine can be found close by the temple's main building. We spend almost 1/2 day over here.
Pic 8 : Sensoji temple
Pic 9 : Walkway towards the Shrine
Pic 10 : Automated biscuit maker.
Pic 11 : Sensoji Shrine
Pic 12 : Around the Sensoji temple
Pic 13 : Around the Sensoji temple
Pic 14 : We saw a sakura tree blooming in the temple.
Pic 15 : Statues the Sensoji temple
Pic 16 : Hokkaido Ice Cream. A must try is you arein Japan. We had 2 of this itself while walking around the temple.
Pic 17 : Shops brightly litted by at night
From Asakusa, you could head to Odaiba ( refer to Tokyo Day 1 ) using the water bus. As we have been there the day before, we decided to head to the famous electronic city ( Akihabara ). On the way back to the Metro Station, we pass a fruit stall at the junction turning into the alley.
The fruits are really fresh and the orange place in front of the shop caught our attention. We decided to try the RM20 orange. The orange ( apparently from Hokkaido) have been engineered to have a very thin skin and it is very juicy. However, that would be the first and last RM20 for me to the rest of the trip...
Pic 18 : Apples ( ~RM8 / ~USD 2 per apple )
Pic 19 : Orange ( ~RM20 / ~USD 5 per orange )
Directions from Asakusa to Akiharaba
From Asakusa, we took the Asakusa Metro line and made a interchange at Asakusa bashi to the JR line to Akihabara.
Akihabara (or own as Akihabara Electrical Town or Akiba) is a major shopping area for electronics, anime and otaku goods. This is one of the 2 place you have a high chance to bump into otaku ( people dress up in anime characters). You'll also come across a few adult shops here and I happen to bump into one that has 5 stories selling various adult goods.
Pic 20 : Anime /Games shops in Akihabara.
Pic 21 : Akihabara Town
Pic 22 : Adult shop at akihabara ( pop life )
We spend our time here until 10pm where all the shops close and head back to our at Sunroute Higashi Shinjuku. To head back from Akihabara to our hotel, we took the JR Yamanote line to Shinjuku change to the Oedo Line.
When we arrive at our hotel, we realize that we have note eaten dinner so we went to a shop just slightly down the road from Mcdonalds and ordered a takeaway.
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