According to travel forum
s, there are few famous temples in Tokyo. Sensoji Temple is the oldest Buddist Temple located in Asakusa (
浅草). It was still early in the morning when we reached the nearest station, I can't find any ATM nearby, and frankly speaking I was quite upset when I finally found one but couldn't make any withdrawal. Hey HSBC, thought you're "World's Local Bank"? You're not local in Japan. *tears* Anyway, my boyfriend come in rescue, I need to use his money which I consider myself quite lucky as he's able to make withdrawal from almost all the ATMs in Tokyo.
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| A policeman on bike. |
It was mad hot in Tokyo. I bought a cooling scarf from Disneyland and kept my boyfriend's neck cold, he was going to faint due to the super hot weather. I bagged 5 water bottles in my backpack and drank all of it within 3 hours. Can you imagine how dehydrated I was. I walked into 7-11 and stick my back at the refrigerator's door to cool myself down, and it's working though!
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| The Thunder Gate, Kaminari-mon |
To reach the Main Hall of Sensoji Temple, all the visitors first enter through a shopping street (Nakamise-Dori) from the outer gate (Kaminari-mon). There are plenty of shops selling Ningyoyaki, Osenbei, Yukata and souvenirs. According to one of the stall owners I've had a little chit-chat with, the street is about 300 meters and was operated since few centuries ago.
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| The Shopping Street, Nakamise. |
I highly recommend this dessert shop! It's located at the left, the last shop of the row.
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| Shaved-ice dessert with skewered Kibi-balls, yummy! |
Some snaps of Nakamise-Dori.
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Here we are, Sensoji Temple!
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| Hozomon, the second gate. |
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| Massive paper lantern hanging at the Hozomon Gate. |
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| The Main Hall. |
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| This is not Kimono, I assume. It's Yukata. |
I did some Google research on the prayer-routine.
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| #1: Rub the incense's smoke onto your head and body. |
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| #2: Go to the Dragon Faucet to wash your hands and mouth. |
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| Use the tool to get water from the fountain, don't soak your hand into the water! |
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| The Main Hall from the side view. |
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| Asakusa Shrine. |
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| Omikuji are fortune telling paper slips, tying for good fortune to come true or bad fortune to be averted. |
Within the temple itself, found more statues in the garden. I don't know what is the name in English, read the Chinese words, people.
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| Sky Tree. |
The Omikuji stall. Querents skake the metal containers until a labelled stick falls out. Find the 'answer' from the drawers.
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| My divine answer. |
And oh, the phone accessory that I mentioned in my earlier post is this!
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| Glow in the dark, creepy? |
It shocked me when I was fishing my phone in my bag. I couldn't find it so I look into my bag and it scared the hell out of me when I saw that little creepy face glowing in my bag! I took it off from my phone since then.
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| It sits on my phone. |
