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I flew 12 hours to compete in Tokyo, Japan in the DHC Cup Girls Championship. While I was in Tokyo, I was able to do a little sightseeing. My favorite place was Asakusa. It's an old part of Tokyo that still preserves the traditional Japanese culture. There's a huge gate that opens up into Nakamise street, which is almost like an outdoor flea market, filled with lots of Japanese crafts and souveniors. At the end of this line of shops is the Sensoji Temple.
It's big and really beautiful. On the way up to the stairs of the temple there were various rituals performed by locals. There was a a little well that had incense burning and everyone went up to it and pulled the smoke from the incense towards their bodies. Then there was a fountain with soup laddels in it and people scoopped up the water from the upper part of the fountain, then put it in their mouth and spit it out in the lower part of the fountain.
I then headed to the part of town called Shibuya, a trendy fashion area full of really cute shops. The area is near Harajuku, the Gwen Stefani inspired part of Tokyo. From there I stopped at Ginza, another shopping area full of high-end shops that boasts the highest piece of real estate per square inch in Japan.
After browsing around, I went to the Imperial Palace, which is the home of the royal Japanese Family. The grounds are enormous! The entire palace has a moat around it, complete with swans and there are several entrances.
Enjoy the pictures!
I flew 12 hours to compete in Tokyo, Japan in the DHC Cup Girls Championship. While I was in Tokyo, I was able to do a little sightseeing. My favorite place was Asakusa. It's an old part of Tokyo that still preserves the traditional Japanese culture. There's a huge gate that opens up into Nakamise street, which is almost like an outdoor flea market, filled with lots of Japanese crafts and souveniors. At the end of this line of shops is the Sensoji Temple.
It's big and really beautiful. On the way up to the stairs of the temple there were various rituals performed by locals. There was a a little well that had incense burning and everyone went up to it and pulled the smoke from the incense towards their bodies. Then there was a fountain with soup laddels in it and people scoopped up the water from the upper part of the fountain, then put it in their mouth and spit it out in the lower part of the fountain.
I then headed to the part of town called Shibuya, a trendy fashion area full of really cute shops. The area is near Harajuku, the Gwen Stefani inspired part of Tokyo. From there I stopped at Ginza, another shopping area full of high-end shops that boasts the highest piece of real estate per square inch in Japan.
After browsing around, I went to the Imperial Palace, which is the home of the royal Japanese Family. The grounds are enormous! The entire palace has a moat around it, complete with swans and there are several entrances.
Enjoy the pictures!
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