Tokyo, day 2, part 2

Next stop was the old temples at Asakusa. It was very very busy and we saw the temple which had been mostly reconstructed after being destroyed in world war II. We left the tour at this point and wandered the very busy streets to arrive at the tourist information centre which we climbed 8 floors for great views on the Tokyo Skytree.

The Skytree was our destination for later in the day though and in the meantime we caught a train to Ueno Park where there is supposed to be cherry blossom at this time of year but, due to a recent cold snap the blossom has been delayed.

The park was also busy and clearly ready to engineer cherry blossom visitors with pathways set out with lanes to keep the visitors moving. There was also a street entertainer with a monkey which I didn't really expect to see in Japan. We didn't stop to watch the show though!

It was soon time to head to the Tokyo sky tree!Read more