After walking past Kaminarimon, I was on the Nakamise shopping street. Both sides of the street were lined with many small stores and booths selling every kind of Japanese-y, tourist store, made in China trinket you could think of. I was surprised with the type of junk being sold that most people walking Nakamise were Japanese and not tourists.
At the end of Nakamise shopping street is the second gate to the Sensoji Temple, the Hozo Gate.
Sensoji Temple
I headed back to the subway and went over to the Ginza area. There is a lot of money in Ginza, both in the businesses there and in the wallets and purses of the people on the streets. I had been there on Friday when it was raining and felt very much out of place with everyone walking around in designer business wear...Saturday was no exception. Some streets in Ginza are closed to vehicles and the streets are packed with people out shopping in their designer casual wear. I wandered around for a bit but became quite self-conscious and feeling out of place so I high-tailed it back to the subway.
On Sunday my friend from Arizona arrived so the day was basically spent getting out to Narita Airport to meet him when, show him how to get back to the apartment on the various trains, and then we headed out to wander around Shinjuku at night. I think everyone's first exposure to Tokyo should be Shinjuku at night!
