Day 3 1st full day in Tokyo

One of the reasons we came on this trip was to see the cherry blossoms.  Our timing worked out perfectly because the blossoms in Tokyo are in full bloom, and only lasts for about a week.

We started the day with a walk through a small neighborhood with shops.  We passed this flower shop whose owner was relaxing among his flowers.

We passed a young lady with a wagon full of her little charges

We started our 1st day with a visit to the cemetery where the last Shogun is buried. Fortunately there were a profusion of cherry trees in bloom.

Saw a container hotel with rooms the size of large caskets.  4200 yen per night. about $38.  Our hotel, which I think is a businessman hotel, is about $150 per  night.

We had lunch in a restaurant popular with locals.  The entre was fried chicken which I liked, but Joe didn't

Cherry blossoms in bloom in many places, being witnessed by throngs of people in Ueno Park.  Walking through Ueno Park's avenue of cherry trees felt like trying to swim upstream through a river of people.  

Dinner was at an Izukaya restaurant about a 15 minute walk from our hotel.  I think an Izukaya