Twelth... I think.

Kind of lost with the days at the moment.

I'm on my way to Asakusa today

I don't even remember what's there but

It's on the second half of the area map from my hostel

So yesterday I went to Ueno which was on one side and today I'm going the other side

I don't think it's 10 am yet and I'm already dying. It's super hot

Unbelievably hot

We'll see how it goes from now

Let me just stay here for a minute because I don't know which way I have to go, I have to check on my map

But yeah it's pretty darn hot already

I should have packed some shorts but I saw my shorts and I said

'You know what it's October it's freezing, I'm never going to wear shorts' and today it's 26C again

So I'm dying

And before I say bye, I just wanted to show you this nice shot of Tokyo Sky Tree right there in front of me

Probably going to go say hi to it also even though I don't think I'm gonna climb all the way above

I'm a sweaty, horrible mess but I've arrived at Asakusa

This is just the entrance I believe. Behind me you have the infamous 'Gacha' machines where you can get 'gachapon'

Which are 'collectible' sort of figurines

And these ones are in front of Don Quijote which is a huge store where you can get just about anything I believe

I've never been inside, I'm just about to

I'm just, you know, introducing it

And I think I'm going to try some gachapon if I have enough money.

I don't really tend to buy small things that kind of crowd me

But I saw this one which is for cats and my cat is probably going to hate it and hate me for getting it but

But I just need to bring him back a souvenir from Tokyo Japan so let's go get that

Then let's go to Don Quijote. I don't even know if I'm going to be able to film in there, I don't know how busy it is

But I think it's like tiny spaced... like a lot, a lot of things from what I've seen. We'll have a look.

Anyway, I'm dying here, the sun is so hot. Hopefully they have air conditioning inside. First let's find our 'gacha'.

This is the one I'm going to get. You either have apple, watermelon, banana, strawberry, this one is melon I think and orange.

I don't know which one I want. I like apple, it's really cute. Banana is absolutely ridiculous and the strawberry one...

I like those three. So I'll see which one I get.

I think this is about... I think it's 300 yen. I don't even know if I have that change, I'll check.

If not I'll have to come back later.

Ok so I found 300 yen

Which is just under three euros. I know, I'm a little crazy.

So let's see if I can figure this one out or if I'm absolutely a stupid tourist person

Let me just twist this

And there we go.

And I think I got the orange one. Which is not too bad. I think that's the one I got.

Really cute. Okay: gacha, off my bucket list. For Japan anyway.

And Patchi, I'm coming for you.

I gotta watch where I'm going because it's getting super crowded at the moment

Unbelievably crowded and with the heat... woah.

So behind me are a bunch of little street shops? Can't find the name... street shops I'm going to say

There's food, there's souvenirs...

And I'm trying not to get tempted by all the souvenirs because they're quite pricey cuz I'm guessing that this is quite a touristy area.

Now I'm gonna bother everybody cuz I'm finally gonna go see that temple

I keep discovering new things and I'm like

Ok I'll just go check this out then I'll go see the temple and then when I'm done checking that out there's another street

And then another and then another so

Now, I'm walking back towards the temple probably bugging the hell out of everybody trying to take a picture

But guys: I'm coming through.

Just prayed for good fortune.

So with all the temples I'm going to see on this trip

And all the offerings and the prayers I'm going to do, I expect a lot of good luck.

Just kidding. Mostly it's just about gratitude. That's what I believe anyway.

I had my Omikuji drawn. Luckily I have a good luck

But if you have bad luck, not to worry, you have to tie it onto here

See? Looks like today, not too much bad luck.

And if you draw good luck like mine: best fortune so I'm going to be very lucky. Very good.

And also it's number 8 which for me is a good number. Infinity number.

So if you have a good fortune, you take it home with you. Bad fortune: you tie to the rack.

Got a free cold green tea

Apparently it's a famous green tea here and it's quite good.

I find that tea here is brewed quite strong so there's a little bitterness, more than I'm used to

But enjoying it nonetheless and I got it from the stand here behind me.

Looks like today I'm going to be enjoying street food more than anything

This is I think- I'll correct myself while editing - Monzya Manju

Kind of looks like a Nikuman. I think it's the same principle, it's like a steamed bun

But inside there are vegetables and pork I think though it might be kind of a stir fry inside a bun, I'm not sure. We'll see

Right now it's steaming hot

Not sure I can eat it right away but I'm definitely going to enjoy that. It smells so nice.

By the way, I forgot to say: people know me as a vegetarian though I do call myself a 'reducitarian' more

And when I'm abroad, definitely like now in Japan which is a huge opportunity

I just eat anything because I want to experience it to the fullest

So, this is pork. I would usually not eat pork back in Belgium but

When in Japan, I'll do as Japanese people do

Itadakimasu

Sticky!

Everytime I think I'm done, I turn and there's another alley that looks interesting

I mean look at this behind me: there's a shop dedicated to strawberries. I mean I need to get away from here.

I'm just going to buy every kind of street food... I want to try everything I find. I'm like 'ooh what's that? I want to try that.'

What am I going to do?

Dammit, I think I got my cat the wrong one. I should have bought this one but it wasn't there before!

My cat will never be a rabbit. I'm not going to buy another one, I mean...

Darn it! My cat's an orange!

I think I may have found my next job here. I'm going to be a caricature artist at that place. Sounds good.

I don't know what to do. I'm at a crossroads. That way or that way?

I think I'm going to go that way. And then come back. And then go that way.

I think. We'll see, maybe I'll find something else.

I'm serious guys, it just never ends.

You turn and then there's another turn and then there's more gacha that I keep looking at

Thinking like 'do I need this in my life?'

It's everywhere!

I know the answer is no but I can't help myself looking at them and -aah I need this!

No I don't but still I need it!

I see everyone queuing up for this ice cream sweet bread right here

But I gotta admit: I'm full right now

I wouldn't be able to manage it and I'm not sure that ice cream and bread

I don't know.. I can't wrap my head around it. Maybe next time.

Right now... I'm full.

You know what? I'm surrounded by people who are eating and I don't care, I'm going to vlog.

I found a spot in the shade and I'm going to enjoy it while I try yet another thing, another street food

I'm full so this is probably the last thing... I believe it's called Taiyaki. Again, I'll correct myself if I'm wrong.

And they have different fillings. I think traditionally it's filled with red bean paste. This one though is pumpkin.

I said I would try pumpkin flavoured stuff when I came to Japan and I'm going to do that right now.

This is hot by the way which I wish it wasn't

This is amazingly good. It's sweet flavoured, I can taste the pumpkin but it's not overwhelming

Inside

Definitely delicious. Recommend.

I'm gonna sit in the shade, enjoy this.

I don't know where I'm going to go afterwards. I'll just check on my map later.

So I just got unbelievably lost

I was looking for this place, this bridge that I'm just about to cross, across the Sumida river that you see behind me

You can also see -hang on - Tokyo Sky Tree

And here you can see a part of what they call 'The Golden Turd' which is actually the Super Dry Hall or something like that

And the reason I got lost.. well first I got lost because I went in the completely wrong direction to the one I though I was going to

And then I had to escape a clingy guy who kept asking me if he could come with me

And he was like 'where are you going?' with his translator, Google translate and he was showing me sentences

Like 'where are you going? can I come with you? what are you doing here?'

I was like: 'I'm walking'

He was like 'Are you only walking?'

And I was like 'Yeah, I'm only walking, I'm visiting'

And after a while he was like 'can I have your Facebook?' and I was like 'no'

'Can I come with you?' and I said 'no, sorry'

I hate saying no to people, it puts me in an embarrassing position and I know it shouldn't but I really dislike saying no

Sorry and then after a while I was walking really fast and I thought that he was gone

But he caught up to me and was like 'can I still get a selfie' and I said 'fine but now leave me alone'

He was taking so many selfies and I was like, can I go now?

Ok let's cross this bridge. That was an adventure, for sure but first let me show you this view because it's amazing

You need to see this. So happy I found this and now we're gonna cross, so yes!

Found this little park. I think it's just Sumida Park

So I had to walk through it

Probably going to get lost again by doing so but I just wanted to find some cool, find some shade

All by myself like this, it's a little eerie

It's completely empty apart from that guy who just walked by but

Empty

So hopefully this isn't supposed to be a really weird park

And hopefully I can walk through it and I won't have to turn around. Ooh there's something up there.

You now what? I just turned and this is what I just found behind me so

Guess I did go the right way after all

I don't know why I'm going to Tokyo Sky Tree actually...

I saw that my next destination was about 1 hour walk away so I said screw it

I'm walking towards the Sky Tree

I don't know why I'm walking to there but I guess I just want to go there

There are probably things to do around. I don't know

I'm going to walk to there, maybe rest up for a few minutes and see if I really want to do the 1 hour walk

Or I can figure out how to go... it's like a garden place

Or if I do want to go there

It is pretty impressive though

Don't know if you can see it if I turn around. Yeah there it is.

Just waiting to cross the road.

Found it. Finally

I'm afraid to look down in case my legs are gone

I finally found the Sky Tree. Took a while.

And now we have a nice little music. Aaand...

Exactly what I was looking for: an area to sit and watch the Sky Tree.

I wonder how much it costs to go up the Sky Tree

There are no lines outside so...

Let's at least have a look.

Guess what guys? I don't know what happened

I found myself in the elevator going to the first deck of Tokyo Sky Tree

Seriously. I just wanted to sit down and chill outside but I went in and there was no one there

I got here in under 5 minutes, I'm not kidding you

No queues, no lines, no nothing and it's amazing. It's seriously amazing

The elevators are super fast, you whizz up, you feel your ears pop for half a second

And then you get this fantastic view.

This view.. ok now the lighting is better but you don't get the view

This view is perfect. You got the Sumida River to my right

What else can I see?

I'm going to have a walk around to see what else I can find

But honestly guys, if there are no queues like today

It's Thursday in October and it must be around 4 pm?

4 or 5 pm

Definitely 4 because it's still light. No one there. No one

I mean sure you have to pay for a view

And from what I've heard the queues are sometimes 50 minutes just to get a ticket

And then you have to wait I don't know how long to get in the elevator

But... I am so lucky... I can't believe I'm here

I wasn't going to come here and now it's worth every frigging yen

because the view is.. I mean this camera doesn't do it justice because it's getting dark already, it's a little misty

But the view is breathtaking

So I'm not really sure what to do right now because the next destination I wanted to go to

Is over there and it takes one and a half hours to get there

I could check out which transportation I could use but I don't have any connection yet

So either

See my hostel is there and it's going to take an hour for me to get back

It's as you can see past 5pm and it's getting dark already

Either I go back to Asakusa Temple where I hear that at night it looks really pretty

And then I go back already

I can stay here as long as I want but yeah...

Or... I don't think I'm going to go to the gardens today

I mean it's going to get dark so...