Asakusa Shrine and Senso-ji Temple

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September 15th 2014

Published: November 28th 2014

I happened to stumble upon this, what I first thought was just an extensive shopping area, but later learned it is the site of the Asakusa Shinto Shrine and Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple Senso-ji. It was an interesting area so I decided to spend a couple of more hours there on the morning of 21 Sep prior to my long awaited first trip on a Shinkansen train down to Kyoto later that day.... Read Full Entry

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Doug Gschwind

Welcome to my travel blog. Thus far, I have shared a few of my recent trips, some highlights below : 1) Japan, Sep 2014. With the allure of a very foreign culture to me, non-English speaking, Hiroshima, Tokyo, Shinkansen (bullet trains), Tsukiji fish market, and Sumo wrestling, it was time for a two week break from life and traveled to Japan for the second half of September. Wow, what an amazing place, just loved every minute I spent there exploring. 2) On assignment in Berkeley, CA (Sep 2008 - Apr 2009). I explored the San Francisco Bay area in some detail during the weekends I was there ... full info

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Cool Store for Men's Shirts

Saw some very cool patterns here I have not seen other places in the US, but sadly, the arm length of the right sized shirt just wasn't long enough to fit me.

Actors drumming up business for their local show

Come on by!

One of them encouraged me in English to come see their show

Emperor's New Clothes

Dude, what happened to your pants?

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