The Ueno Area - History in Art and Those Passed Away
I spent the afternoon of my second day, the 24th of October in the Ueno area...about 1.5 to 2 km to the west of Asakusa and my ryokan - a nice walk. I had lunch at an Udon place just south of the Ueno Station, under the tracks. To order my meal I had to go to a vending machine that had the pictures of meals and their respective prices. I inserted my 390 yen, pushed the button, brought my ticket to the kitchen and about five minutes later I was slurping (noisily as one is supposed to do) my noodles. I then headed through Ueno Park to Tokyo National Museum. It was just pouring rain...in fact it poured all day. Torrential rain...all day. I had never experienced that before, not for that length of time. I got soaked and parts of the park were saturated. The museum would be a good place to spend a few hours. I did three of the multiple buildings of the museum. The one that impressed me most was the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, mostly because I really liked the modern architectu...