Asakusa

Eye candy. Shopping in Japan is a pleasure for the eyes.

In the shopping street in front of Asukusa Temple there are a hundred tiny shops: stores with glass cases filled with the porcelain high-fiving cats; glass cases full of the beautiful silk bags that the women carry with their kimono; shops full of food - rice crackers in boxes wrapped in highly patterned paper. Souvenirs and junk, junk and comedy moustaches, wigs and children's ninja sets.

Afterwards we wash our hands. We walk up the shallow steps and into the temple. Inside they are throwing coins into God's collection box and praying.