Japan Day 3: Tokyo - Asakusa

Got off at Asakusa station to have a quick stroll in Asakusa area before heading back home to have dinner with my hosts. You just gotta love the public transport system in Japan. Almost all tourist spots are within a few hundred meters away from a train or subway. 

Series of shops leading to Asakusa

Nice scenic walkway, suggest you take this street versus the really crowded main street. Just take main street on your way back. 

Lots of shops selling different goodies

Minimalist yet beautiful architecture

Old world charm

As you walk down further you will see the hordes of tourists swarming the temples. Albeit, it was still peaceful. 

Such intricacies in design

Japan Day 1: Tokyo - Getting to Tokyo from Narita

Our flight arrived 4.5 hours later in Narita, as a row of beautiful rice fields greeted me. Too bad I was slow to take a photo as I enjoyed the noon skyline. Everything was nicely arranged. It was such an adorable sight to see rice fields neatly laid out. Photo below was a little too late, just see for yourself when you land in Narita airport. 

Narita

Pass cards and how to get around Tokyo

Before leaving the airpot I already bought a "Pasmo card" which is a re-loadable card that you can use for almost all the transportation systems in Japan. Even if different companies run the trains and subway systems, the Pasmo card will work without problems.