The elegant old Meiji period building that houses the Ueno Museum of Art
The interior staircase in the museum
A display of the gold kannon statues temporarily borrowed from the Sanjusangendo of Kyoto
The Asakusa Kannon temple, one of the few places in Tokyo that still looks like old Japan
Street of shops leading to the Asakusa Temple
An artist who creates miniature plaques in the temple compound of Asakusa
Tokyo is famous for the traditional senbei, dry crackers with soy sauce and nori (seaweed) on them. Here is an old shop near Asakusa
New building design, Hibiya near the Ginza
The Uguisudani station where for many years I went to a local Shinto shrine to play and study Gagaku.
Sushi, ready to go and individually wrapped in the basement food section of Matsuya Department store in Tokyo
Many types of miso (bean paste) on display in Matsuya department store.