Day 1: Sensoji Temple & Edo-Tokyo Museum

Today we woke up bright and early for our first day in Tokyo. The weather was pretty nice- 79 degrees, partly cloudy, and humid. We had our first convenience store experience, which was really cool. In fact, I was so tired that we ended up getting all three meals at the "konbini" as they're called here. The rice balls are AMAZING. :)

Anyway, after breakfast we headed over to Sensoji temple, one of the oldest and most famous sights in Tokyo. The number of people there was daunting but that's basically how it is nearly everywhere here. We're trying to get used to staying to the left- up stairs, down stairs, on sidewalks, getting on trains... Basically very different. Back to the temple though, the gates leading up to it and the temple itself were really beautiful. We didn't go inside but I got a lot of pics leading to it. The entrance street is lined with tourist shops with all kinds of things- mainly keychains & phone charms. On the way out, we grabbed some softserve- green tea and red bean- before going up to the 8th floor of a tourist info center, where there was a really good view of Tokyo.

After the temple and lunch, we took 1 subway and 2 trains to the Edo-Tokyo Museum, which was basically all about Tokyo's history. There was a replica of a kabuki theater and the first ever telephone booth in Japan. It also had info about the great Kanto earthquake of 1923. Speakng of which, at 3 this afternoon we were in our hotel and experienced our first earthquake here! It was small though, thankfully. Actually, mom felt one at 1 am but I slept through it.

It was a good day. Unfortunately, we are both jet-lagged and exhausted. And wary of the cockroach who scurried out of our room under the wall. -_- Ok, well, I'll see you  tomorrow!