Trip to Tokyo [東京之旅] (1/27/2013)

Everything got much better this day.

今天事情順利多了。

It was a sunny day. We walked to Sensoji from the hotel. There was not much to say about this tourist attraction, as it was not my first time there. All I now remember is we had a good time that day. We ate ramen at a restaurant that offered English/Chinese menus. After that, we found a Starbucks accidentally, so we got in and enjoyed the afternoon sunshine and street view from the window, drinking our coffee. 

天氣晴朗，我們從旅館走到淺草寺。對於這種觀光景點實在沒啥好說了，而我也不是第一次來淺草寺。但我們在那邊玩得很愉快。中午在一家有英文/中文菜單的餐廳吃拉麵。吃完中餐後隨意逛，發現一家星巴克，所以就跑進去邊喝著咖啡邊享受午後陽光以及窗外街景。

Ekimise, one of the landmarks at Asakusa Station [淺草站附近的駅見世是一個地標]

We walked across the Azuma Bridge (吾妻橋) and the Skytree was near. There was a long slide where kids could play. Jody got much better so she joined them.

我們走過吾妻橋，不遠處就是晴空塔了，附近有個超長溜滑梯。Jody童心未泯，就跟著小朋友排隊去玩了。

The long slide near Skytree [晴空塔附近的長溜滑梯]

It was getting dark, and the tower lighted up.

天色漸暗，華燈初上。

The skyline at Skytree [晴空塔附近的天際線]

The Skytree at night [夜晚的晴空塔]

Solamachi, the market place in the architecture supporting the Skytree [空町是晴空塔底下商店街的名稱]

Souvenirs at a gift shop, national flags of Australia and Taiwan [禮品店的紀念品，澳洲與台灣國旗]

Before buying the tickets to the observation deck, you had to get "time coupons" indicating the time slot when you could buy the tickets. There was probably more than one hour before we could buy the tickets, so we ate dinner at Ippudo (一風堂). And then we joined the long line of people waiting to purchase the observation deck tickets.

在買上瞭望台的票之前，要先去拿「時間券」，上面規定哪個時段可以去買票。因為離可以買票時間還一個多小時，我們先去一風堂吃拉麵。吃完後，我們加入排隊買票的長隊伍。

Stuffs in exhibition at the place where people were waiting in line for the tickets [排隊買票時可以邊欣賞展示品]

The view of Sumida River from the Observation Deck of Skytree [從晴空塔的瞭望台看隅田川]

It was late, so we took the subway from Oshiage to Kuramae via Asakusa line, and walked back to the hotel.

已經晚了，所以我們從押上搭地鐵到藏前(經由淺草線)，然後走路回旅館。