Day 5 in Japan

In Asakusa, Tsune-chan, John, Patty, our mother, Fred
and Ken-chan.



Here are Jessica (left-right), Yoko, Yuichi, Miho, Fred, Tsune-chan and Hiromi in the Ginza. Tsune-chan and Hiromi are the parents of Yuichi and Miho. Yoko is Hiromi's cousin. Their mothers are sisters. Yoko visited us in Columbus in 1995. Believe it or not, she's 37.



Another busy day in the Ginza.

SUNDAY, MAY 25

Today, we go to the Ginza, which is a high end shopping district in Tokyo. Or as my brother said, "We finally go to Tokyo?"

The Ginza is typically compared to Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale and Fifth Avenue in New York City.

We have lunch in a restaurant called Hage-ten. The waitress explained that the original owner was bald. Hage in Japanese means bald. Ten is short for tempera. Now, the restaurant is in hands of his grandson. We ate a great meal of tempura.

Jessica is a vegan and I think of all of us, had the most difficulty with meals. She relented a few times and ate something with a fish base.

After going to a few stores, including the Apple store, we went to Asakusa, which is a tourist place, but still a fun shopping district. It's got the distinctive "gate" with huge statues of the gods of thunder and lightning. It seems everyone who goes to Japan has their photo taken there.

There are some high end stores there, as well as tacky souvenir shops.

And everyone loves going to Asakusa.