We had breakfast at our hotel again. In addition to bread and rolls, they serve a traditional Japanese breakfast of rice and miso soup. After breakfast, we started out to Asakusa.
It was incredibly hot. Everything we read told us that July/August were the worst months to visit because of how hot an muggy it was - they weren't wrong! The heat index was over 100 before noon.
At Asakusa we wandered through a tented shopping stall district on our was
to Senso-ji Shrine. We bought a few souvenirs on our walk.
When we reached the shrine, there was a square billowing scented smoke for purification. You were supposed to wave the smoke over your head for good health.
There was also a fountain with cups for more purification. You hold the cup under the fountain, then pour the water over your hands.
The Shrine was pretty neat, but it was so hot we didn't stay there long. We stopped for ice cream on our way back to the subway.
We decided our next stop should be something indoors, so we went to check out the Kabuki-za theatre. Unfortunately, when we arrived, it appeared to be closed due to construction. We stopped in a park near by for lunch of packed sandwiches and fruit. It was so hot by now that when we tried to sit on the stone steps, it burned our legs through our clothes!
Still thinking that inside was the best option, we stopped at a nearby department store and wandered for a bit. The department stores are so big, this one even had an art gallery! Unfortunately, we arrived slightly after it closed. We went up to the beer garden on the roof for drink, and people watched a bit. The beer gardent had table top grills for meat and veggies.
After the beer garden, we went back to Roppongi Hills area from yesterday and had a wonderful dinner at Moti, an Indian restaurant we found listed at bento.com. We ordered the Alu Gobi and an eggplant curry with Naan. Everything was wonderful and spicy!
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