Today, we set out again to see many more sights.  We even revisited a few from our last trip to Japan since it was raining a lot the last time here. Asakusa, Senso-ji: Senso-ji is a buddhist temple that lies right in the middle of Tokyo.  The bustling city streets reach right up to its perimeter and within that there are a myriad of shops and food vendors.  Here’s a picture from in front of the temple gateway: On our way up to the gate Sara decided to get an omikuji (fortune).  To retrieve the fortune one tithes a 100円 (yen) piece and then shakes a metal box with a small hole on top.  Inside the box, which is sealed other than the hole, are many wooden sticks and when you finally manage to get one out by shaking the box you will find it has a number on it.   You then take that number and find it on a wall of little drawers.  Once you find your drawer with the matching number you open it up to get the fortune.  Sara’s fortune was terrible, calling for disease and misfortune for the next year.  In the case you get a […]
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