Tokyo, metropoli por excelencia en Japón; ciudad donde la cultura y la innovación van de la mano.
Dia 1, Lunes 16 de Junio de 2014. Day 1, Monday 16th June 2014
El primer dia llegue a media mañana y me dirigí directamente a la parada de Asakusa. Allí busque unas taquillas donde puedes dejar la maleta, cogi la camara y salí a investigar. Justo en frente del templo Sensoji vi un gran edificio donde, aunque no es una oficina de turismo, te daran un montón de información sobre la ciudad y los festivales, también en la siguiente calle hay un Starbucks. A las 16:30 encontre la salida A5 y esperé a que Mika y su amiga llegasen para enseñarme esa parte de la ciudad. Mika es una señora magnifica que me contactó a través de Couchsurfing; me enseñaron el templo mientras pudieron practicar inglés conmigo, Mas tarde me invitaron a cenar alli cerca y pasamos un buen rato.
Sensoji Temple
Mika´s Friend
You can have a nice ride around the city
Big lantern in the middle of Sensoji Gate
I love this photo, wish somebody would have took it for me!
The first day I arrived around 12:00 and i went directly to the metro station Asakusa. There I searched for some lockers where I could put my bags, I tokk the camera and went to investigate. Just in front of the Sensoji temple I saw a big building where they will give you a lot of information about the city and festivals eventhough it is not a tourist info office, also next to it there was an Starbucks. At 16:30 I found the exit A5 and I waited for Mika and her friend to arrive; they were going to show me that part of the city. Mika is a wonderful lady that contact me by Couchsurfing; they showed me the temple and meanwhile they practiced English with me. Finally they invited me to have dinner and we had a great time.
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Hasta llegar al templo, hay diferentes puertas, en medio un precioso mercado donde puedes encontrar muchisimas cosas desde tiendas artesanales hasta los gatitos tipicos.
Asakusa´s Market inside the temple.
Typical masks in the temple´s market.
On the way to the temple, there are many doors, in the there is a beautiful market where you can find many things from artesanal shops untill the typical cats.
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Nos acercamos al templo y alli saqué mi fortuna...¡ mala fortuna! ¡Vaya forma de comenzar el viaje! Peor no hay problema, até mi mala fortuna en el templo para que se conviertiera en buena fortuna :)
If you get bad fortune, you alway can tie you fortune and let it convert into good one:)
We aproached to the temple and I tried my fortune.... Bad fortune! What way to start my trip! But no problem I tieded my fortune to the temple so it woul become lucky :)
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Al lado, me llevaron a otro templo mas pequeñito; un templo sintoísta. Antes de rezar debes realizar un ritual, en el que con unos cazos te purificas. Primero debes lavarte las manos con el cazo, la boca y terminas lavando el cazo; te acercas al altar, haces dos reverencias, dos palmas con las manos y rezas. Una vez has terminado, haces otra reverencia.
Purification.
Next to this big temple, there is another much more little; a Shintoist temple. Before praying you must do a ritual, where with the help of some ladle. First you must clean your hands with the ladle, then the mouth; you get approached to the altar, the you make two reverences, clap your hands twice and you pray. Once finished you reverence again.
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Antes de que anocheciese y nos fuesemos a cenar dimos una pequeña vuelta por el barrio y hasta encontramos unas maikos que estaria de regreso a casa. ¡También encontre este dulce en forma de pez que estaba relleno de chocolate y estaba delicioso! Para acabar el dia Mika me ayudo a llegar a ala estacion Ikebukuro donde conoci a Kento mi Couchsurfer host en Tokyo.
Añadir leyenda
Maikos around the neighborhood.
Before it was dark and we would go to have diner, we walked around the neighborhood a little bit and we founded some maikos that probably would be coming back home. Also, I bought this sweet with fish shape that had chocolate inside and it was super delicious! Finally Mika helped me to arrive to Ikebukuro Station, where I met Kento my Couchsurfer host in Tokyo.
