Nogi Shrine, Aki-Oka Artisan, and Yuzawaya Fabric Store

This is post #9 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip: Friday, November 10, 2017. Dave doesn't have to go in until later in the day, so we eat leftover bakery goods in our room and head out to another shrine: Nogi Shrine, chosen from one of those "Best Top Ten" web pages, the photographs having looked interesting.… Continue reading Nogi Shrine, Aki-Oka Artisan, and Yuzawaya Fabric Store

Scrambling in Shibuya, to Dim Joy in Ginza

This is post #7 of our Tokyo-Seoul trip: part 2 of Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Meanwhile, this was the beginning to Dave's day: finding his way to the National Cancer Center, south of our hotel, near the Tsukiji Fish Market. And his day begins... We both find the rules about smoking in public to be… Continue reading Scrambling in Shibuya, to Dim Joy in Ginza