Sunday 20th May 2007 part 1
Yes, I know - I've muddled up dates again.
Never mind. I'm so far behind, consider this blog as a travelogue rather than a chronological diary!
One of Tim's workmates is over from the UK for an extended visit so we decide to take him (and us) for a boat trip. Starting from somewhere and ending in Asakusa.
We take the train. Trains. It's quite a trek from home to the starting 'port' and among many line changes, includes a journey on a driverless monorail which weaves through the skyscrapers of Tokyo. Then there's a long walk to find the boats. The place is incredibly busy, which was quite surprising. But in retrospect, if we'd known what was occurring at the other end of the trip, totally understandable.
To be honest, the boat trip wasn't particularly memorable. There's none of the historical interest of seeing, for example, London from the Thames, but the many bridges are interesting… if you get excited about bridges.
After half an hour or so we arrived in Asakusa.
And it was the busiest I have EVER seen it. There were people everywhere. Thousands and thousands of them.
Now it's normally a very busy tourist spot, but this day was something else altogether. We could barely move. Rhiannon was in danger of being trampled so Tim hoisted her onto his shoulders for safety.
What was going on? See the next post… boy, was I in for a treat!
