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Home / Content / 2019 / September / Date: September 11, 2019

  1. Cooked to order

    We paid at the door and were seated upstairs, so that we could watch the preparation. It cost something like £10 for a generous lu…

  2. Tenmatsu Nihonbashi

    Spotted a traditional tempura restaurant by the river - not a tourist in sight

  3. Papermaking.jpg

  4. Ozu Washi

    This shop was established as a paper wholesale store called "Ozuya" in Nihombashi in 1653. There is a paper museum as well as a fa…

  5. Flags

    Reminders of the Rugby World Cup everywhere - starting a couple of weeks later

  6. Washi shop

    Our first visit to a paper shop - lots of beautiful things inside (cards, stationery, brushes and decorative papers)

  7. Tube ads

  8. Commuters

  9. Life

    Good supermarket below the Skytree - "thank you for coming to life" (is that intentional?)

  10. Skytree

    Very close but seems far away...on our way to the station to visit washi shops on our free day. There are many, but Tokyo is vast,…

  11. Street view

    We will miss the crossings in Japan, not least for their different sounds

  12. Wednesday morning

    Roof terrace in daylight - our last full day in Japan and we are wondering why we bought raincoats for the trip

  13. Tokyo view

    Skytree is so tall that it's almost impossible to fit it all in a photo. When we visit, it is the tallest tower in the world at 63…

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