Day 5 (Friday): Asakusa
I woke up at the usual early time and ventured out to my new morning hangout at Caffe Veloce. I hung out in my hotel room for a while, reading the English newspaper and watching Japanese television, waiting for the tail end of rush hour before leaving. I took a couple of connecting subways to get to the Edo Tokyo Museum . The architecture of the museum is a funky fusion of old and new. It's in the general shape of a sumo wrestling auditorium but built with a contemporary eye and modern materials. This museum was all about displaying the history of Tokyo. Upon entering the museum, I found signs offering tours in various languages. I decided to take them up on their offer and inquired about a tour in English and a nice older lady was available. Her English was good but she had trouble with certain vocabulary words. She was a sweet lady who had a funny laugh that was exactly the same every time. It was kind of like the tail end of Woody Woodpecker's laugh. We talked abo...