Japan- the journal Day 3-4
Day 3 Our plan Tuesday was to shop for souvenirs early, then return to the park to visit another one of its attractions later. When we’re on vacation, souvenirs are usually a last minute thought and a scramble near the end to find something for everyone back home. This time, we thought we’d take advantage of our free-form plan and get that task out of the way early. Ueno Park is just north of a bazaar district called Ameyoko. We got there early in the morning as people were setting up their shops and wandered around looking at all sorts of wares. The salespeople were uncharacteristically aggressive, but it was all part of the bazaar atmosphere. After buying a few things, we headed out into the rest of the neighborhood for more shopping and to find a place for lunch. We found these topiary pandas decorating one street. At a pharmacy, we successfully managed to ask for allergy medicine and get instructions explained by the pharmacist in Japanese with a li