Akasaka to Asakusa

On Sunday we traveled from Akasaka to Asakusa. Before we left there was a ceremony to bring good luck to the hotel. I caught the end of it and took a few pictures. It seemed like everyone was having a great time. We had visited Asakusa earlier in the week so I didn't take a great amount of pictures. Once we arrived in Asakusa, five of us decided to take the subway to the Tokyo National Museum to further our understanding of Japanese history. The exhibition of Japanese art was really easy to follow because it was placed in chronological order. You can get a good overview of what I saw by clicking here. During our visit to the museum an a capella group from Harvard sang in the entry way. They are performing and traveling around the world during the summer. It was fun to watch and listen to them perform they did a great job. Outside of the museum was a really nice area to walk and enjoy the beautiful weather. There were some people performing in the area and trying to sell some interesting gadgets.

I took the remainder of the day and night and wandered around the streets of Asakusa. I did a little shopping, but mostly people watching. The streets were quite busy considering this is still part of Tokyo and it was the weekend. Enjoy the pictures from the day. You will see the high amount of bikes used to get around the city. Many of them have baskets to carry things home. There are plenty parking areas set up both above and underground.