Onsen, Sumo, Golf and too much Tokyo

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Symbol of Kawagoe, the Bell Tower

 

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Walked to the site of Kawagoe Castle

Not much to see


Back toward Kawagoe Tower; looking forward to the 12.00pm ringing of the bell


Wall of the inner moat of Kawagoe Castle, tucked away between houses

This bloke pops up again


Happy Shrine




Located on Happy Street

 

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Ringing of the bell was quite the fizzer

Intrigued by this one




Wandered into Kumano Shrine




Had to try out the foot massage walk









Time to go looking for a basashi restaurant

 

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Kept searching

No luck finding some horse, found my way into an izakaya






Ended up being an all female affair working the izakaya, and got a nice signed business card at the end of the meal


Back to the station


Inside


Back at Omiya

Then Ueno



Hotel room

 

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And the view




Decided to go fro a walk to Asakusa.
Through Ameyoko market



Streets of Higashiueno


Kappabashi






Went to the tourist information centre for a view of Nakamise Street


Back down to street level

 

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Dinner at Ippudo