Thursday, July 24, 2008

after todai, we looked around the area - kikuju (land of chrysanthemun). first we stopped at this place where the face of the person printed on our 5000yen notes once lived at.
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and i can't really remember what this temple was for, but ya, it's just there. if you are reading this and you know what it's for, do tell me.
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a rather pretty flower i spotted around there.
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thenwe walked down this path that seems to be the place where people often bid farewell to whoever's leaving. it's supposed to be a u-shaped one ith a slump in the middle. i can only grasp half of the japanese explanation.
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stopped at a o-sakana-ya. where fishes are sold.
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inside the shop.
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and outside the shop.
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what are the fishes doing at the corner?
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cute puffy goldfish!
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after that we looked around the buildings. it's quite amazing that tokyo still has buildings this old around. i guess there's always a rural area in a bustling city.
oh tis building is actally 3 floors. it's one of the few houses whic survived the fires of edo (a period of time when fires were common).
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pawn shop
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a park
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a community-like place with various activities conducted
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public bath!
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some more houses.
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a water-mill?
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here's the portrait of the person on the 5000yen note.
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a place like spca, but only for cats.
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a house which seems to sell... milk?
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finally we arrived at the edo museum. it's called bunkyo furusato history museum.
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first floor
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going to the second floor...
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i should get one of these for wini.
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i'm only ever interested in the costumes. so sue me.
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eee!
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all the antiques.
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white house?
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old writings
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old money
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bonds!
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and a rest in the toilet.
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and our final final destination - a little shrine. no idea what's its significance though.
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there's students from rikkyo posting their wishes too!
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