Last Day At Asakusa

Main entrance to walkway towards Sensoji Temple.

Branching side-street covered shopping mall.

A side-street off the shopping mall.

Back on the main walkway towards the temple.

Sensoji Temple

My fave ramen noodle soup dish at Chabuton.

Today was my last full day in Tokyo. Tomorrow I fly back to South Korea. Today was also the job interview I mentioned yesterday. Let's just say the interview was pretty intense. All in all, it took about two hours as it also included a short information session by the company. There where almost a dozen people there as well. I'll let you know how that went when I know myself.

Afterwards, I went back to my hotel room, changed, had lunch at the restaurant next door and then headed out to Asakusa. If you will recall from my trip there last year (see here), the main temple was still under renovation and was fully covered. I did not see it then. I did today. The last few photos of that section are of Sensoji Temple, both inside and outside. They did a great job on the renovation as the temple looks gorgeous and so pristine, now.

The walk up to Sensoji Temple was quite interesting as well because there seems to be a new inside-outside shopping mall, a la Nakano Broadway's design, there that I don't recall seeing last year. Most of the stuff there was mostly for tourists as this is the most touristy place I'd seen since I've been here. As you can see from the first few photos, the usual shop lined walkway towards Sensoji Temple branches off to this mall.

Today, as was the case with all the days that I have been here, was hot, hot, hot! The heat and humidity made things very difficult for me to want to do anything outdoors. The dehydration and nausea associated with that was the worst part of the vacation. I can't handle the heat anymore! I think this was also the reason why my guts were not well behaved this week either. Today was another one of those gut wrenching days. At least, it didn't happen during the interview in the morning hours. I think next time I plan a vacation, it'll be for cooler weather months, assuming I have a say in when I can take my vacations. And, I did not have a say as to when in this case.

Anyways, my last stop of the day was back yet again to Chabuton at Yodobashi Camera. It may not look like much in the photos, but this ramen noodle soup is DELICIOUS! It was totally unplanned, but I ended up eating diner there every evening of my trip. Even the nausea did not stop me. Of course, after eating, that nausea went away.

And, so another trip winds down to a close. After I fly back tomorrow, it's back to work again on Friday already. I don't know if I will ever be back here again. And, that's not because I don't want to. I do. It just depends on the job situation. If I cannot find a new job in Asia, I will not be able to afford to come back here for vacations. We'll see what happens.