Looking for temples (day 4 and 5 in Japan)

Day 4 and a bit of day 5!

Today me and Dejan went for a very long walk around Taito city. Tokyo is very nice if you are a lover of anime and manga, but also want to see a bit of their old traditional culture, because you can find many temples in shrines hidden betwen the Tokyo streets.

Our first destination would be the Sumida River, but we decided to research a bit. We went in to some side streets and found a shrine. We probably wouldn't go inside, but there was a very nice old man that opened the door and showed us in.

The shrine was dedicated to Hiraga Gennai, a famous Japanese scholar and author from the middle of the Edo period.

We continued our walk to the river, and when we finnaly arrived to our destination we decided to sit down and eat our breakfast. It felt nice to sit outside and because of the wind it did not feel as hot as the other days.

We went on a long the river side and saw many people (mostly tourists). Everyone was taking pictures of the highest tower in the world called Tokyo Skytree, so we decided to do the same!

We also saw many interesting people along the way. Many girls were wearing the Japanese traditional clothing Yukata and some even agreed to take a picture with me.

We also saw another very cute Lolita that also agreed on taking a picture with me. She was very suprised and at the same time very happy. She even told me that I am very kawaii! ;u; Soooo nice!

That day we also went by the Soji temple. We noticed the market and many people so we decided to take a peek. It was amazing, they were selling so many traditional Japanese stuff like food, candy, clothing and even chopsticks. Me and Dejan also bought a pair for ourselfes!

We also got the chance to experience the Japanese traditions and we enjoyed it very much (even though I got a bad fortune... T____T ).

And just when we thought the day couldn't get any better, we managed to get new friends at the hostel and we had a very very long conversation. One of them is from Japan and just moved from Osaka to Tokyo and has yet to find an apartment. It was trully a nice way to end the day.

The next day, we continued our search for temples within the city, but this time in Nippori.
We saw quite a few and even some that aren't even marked on the guide map.

It would be pointless to just write down what we saw so here are some photographs that we managed to take: