Anthony and Kimiko take us to a Buddhist temple called Senso-ji. People try to cover themselves in the incense smoke to heal themselves, and there are hundreds of drawers with fortune telling sheets. Once you've read them you tie them to trees or metal bars nearby.
There is also a big covered shopping street there, Nakamise-dori, which is popular with tourists. We picked up a nice woodprint of Mount Fuji in red and a few other little bits and pieces. Gemma finally relented and let me get a (tiny) lucky cat figurine.
For lunch we went to a conveyor-belt sushi place. Each plate has a distinctive design which tells you have much it costs. You pile up the dishes as you eat them and then they have a cool little machine that totals up your final bill.
In the afternoon we went to the biggest electronics store in Tokyo, Yodabashi, nine levels and spent about 3 hours going through each one.
By the time we got out it was dark so we headed to a manga bookshop and then into the electronics district Akihabara. One store had a famicon with SF2 out on the street so Anthony and I had a best-of-3 challenge on our old favourite game.
In the evening we headed to Rappongi Hills - the tower where Anthony works - to eat and then went to the 52nd floor to the viewing platform and to see the yearly Sky Aquarium display.
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