The Asakusa district in Tokyo is a real tourist trap, traditionally a ‘pleasure quarter’ – we don’t have many of those in NI.. – it’s a great day trip for the temple and the market.
Photographically I arrived with an Olympus Trip 35 / Fomapan 100 which had a broken meter so was shooting manually on 1/40th – and a Nikon F60 loaded with Tri-X. On probably the brightest sunniest day of the year. Probably a case for digital..
Anyway – the Sensoji temple


A Chōzuya, for pre-worship purification
Then for shopping, there is the Nakamise arcade area.



It’s a smallish area but you can still be sold the guided tours








The magic of travel is that at home two of the least likely things I would do would be worship and shop. With or without the camera.