Asakusa

Wakes up and hey! I am in Tokyo <3 I am super excited and cant wait to visit my usual hunts :P As I'll be heading Asakusa, Senoji Shrine today, this is my outfit for today!
*Warning : Long post w photo spamming lol!!!

Arent these rides so pretty?

One of the pullers, in ninja shoes ;o

Here is another, calling out for riders~

This one really look so cool! He even happily pose for me!

My usual hang out! I just LOVE this place, fresh sushi at super affordable prices! Just look at the queue ;O

Here are some of the ones i ate :P

Super yummy!

Sushi master at work~

Tokyo is so much warmer as compared to Hokkaido, i really NEED ice!

Handmade rice crackers~

Traditional toy shop!

Pretty chimes and fans!

Another of my fav snack that i MUST eat every time I'm here ^_^

As i continue to walk, i realize the drink doesn't make my tongue red at all! See!

The huge lantern where everyone takes a pic of!

There are so MANY stalls n food along this place towards the main hall of prayer. But cos i have been here zillion times, i did not take the pics one by one :P was more of busy heading directly to the particular few places i always go to, stuffing myself all the super yummy food etc

I also went for Omikuji while i was there. I can say i am very happy w mine! Shall keep it safely~
Those who wonder, i have taken these from Wikipedia what it is :
O-mikuji (御御籤, 御神籤, or おみくじ o-mikuji^[1]?) are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan. Literally "sacred lot", these are usually received by making a small offering (generally a five-yen coin as it is considered good luck) and randomly choosing one from a box, hoping for the resulting fortune to be good.

The o-mikuji is scrolled up or folded, and unrolling the piece of paper reveals the fortune written on it. It includes a general blessing which can be any one of the following:

• Great blessing (dai-kichi, 大吉)
• Middle blessing (chū-kichi, 中吉)
• Small blessing (shō-kichi, 小吉)
• Blessing (kichi, 吉)
• Half-blessing (han-kichi, 半吉)
• Future blessing (sue-kichi, 末吉)
• Future small blessing (sue-shō-kichi, 末小吉)
• Curse (kyō, 凶)
• Small curse (shō-kyō, 小凶)
• Half-curse (han-kyō, 半凶)
• Future curse (sue-kyō, 末凶)
• Great curse (dai-kyō, 大凶)

The o-mikuji predicts the person's chances of his or her hopes coming true, of finding a good match, or generally matters of health, fortune, life, etc. When the prediction is bad, it is a custom to fold up the strip of paper and attach it to a pine tree or a wall of metal wires alongside other bad fortunes in the temple or shrine grounds. A purported reason for this custom is a pun on the word for pine tree (松 matsu) and the verb 'to wait' (待つ matsu), the idea being that the bad luck will wait by the tree rather than attach itself to the bearer. In the event of the fortune being good, the bearer has two options: he or she can also tie it to the tree or wires so that the fortune has a greater effect or he or she can keep it for luck.

Signing off with love~
Elizabeth