Yesterday, we left our Narita hotel, picked up the rest of our participants in Tokyo and started our tour with the Asakusa Kannon Temple, an active place of worship featuring the largest paper lantern in Japan.
Our group was quite diverse. It was made of Filipinos, Indians, Japanese, Caucasians, British, Singaporeans, Canadians, Americans and... French, of course!
At the same time, we began our never ending shopping at the Nakamise Market, located right next to that temple.
The fun part of the day began when we had the chance to try our hands at making sushi with a congenial sushi chef and ate our own food! For digestion, we strolled through the Tsukiji Outer Market and its many restaurants and shops.
This was followed with a visit to the Imperial Palace, former site of Edo Castle and current residence of Japan's Imperial Family where we took countless pictures.
Our busy day concluded by visiting the Tokyo Tower, a 333 meter high replica of the Eiffel Tower, 13 meter taller, but definitely not nearly as charming!
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