Our 1st night (of 5) at the Tokyo Backpackers Hostel. We shared the room with girls from Holland, Germany, Indonsia, and Japan...yes, Patti and I were the most mature guests in the establishment.

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When we first got off the train we were lost but found this little french bakery....it was a favorite starting point to our days, close to the train.

Buddha at a temple in Ueno

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morality monkeys at a shrine

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We had a wonderful guide our first day in Tokyo. Tamayo Miyata is a 'Tokyo Free Guide'. Mark and I enjoyed her so much a couple years ago we requested her again and were so very pleased that she accepted.

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The information is so much more real when explained by a knowledgeable local.

large tombstones

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Patti has always enjoyed looking at cemetaries and this was a different variety.

I'm not sure if the ravens were really much larger in Japan, or if there are so many and they let us get closer. They seemed huge.

The beautiful ?jade? stone caught our admiration

Getting tired Ashle?

Sakura lined streets and we were there at the perfect time!