


Asakusa is a downtown area of East Tokyo and it is famous for Senso-ji, a Buddhist temple. It was rebuilt in 1958 after it got burnt in one of the 1945 Tokyo air raids. There is a gate called "Kamirai-mon" (picture above), from the gate to the temple, you walk along "Nakamise-dori" street, which has shop after shop. You can buy and eat snacks or sweets while walking, which is not considered to be good manners elsewhere in Japan. The street is very crowded with tourists, but it makes this traditional shopping area even more exciting.
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Is that Bjork in the second picture?
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