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Also known as Asakusa Kannon, Senso-ji Temple architecture...

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TRAVEL: November 1998, January 2020


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Nakamise-dori Street, just outside the Hozomon Gate, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.



Nakamise-dori Street twenty-two years later, just outside the Hozomon Gate, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.



Food stand, Nakamise-dori Street, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 1998.



Food stand on the backside of Nakamise-dori Street, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.



Busy fried chicken shop on a side street, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.



Lynn enjoying her chicken, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.
For about $5.00 US you got this tasty pounded fried chicken slab as big as your hand.



Glass covered mall running perpendicular to Nakamise-dori Street, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.



Red bean cake shop, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.
Note the fish logo above the stand. These red bean cakes are often in the shape of fish and called Taiyaki, literally "baked sea bream."



Tasty bean cake in the shape of Haro Kiti, "Hello Kitty," Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.
We sampled two different cakes... one of the Taiyaki and this one with a chocolate filling.



Bakery window, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.



Restaurant menu in sampuru, "samples," fake waxy demonstration food, Senso-ji Buddhist Temple neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan, 2020.




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