Up at 4 am this morning after going to bed at 10 pm last night.   Felt a bit sleepy and tried to get a bit more sleep but ended up getting up around 5:30.  Had some coffee in the room – and decent pour over pack that definitely helped wake me up.   Had a nice shower before getting ready.  

We went down to the station shop area and found a nice little bar restaurant to have a sando.  I got one with bacon and another plain one with an iced coffee.  The sandos were really tasty.

After breakfast, we managed to collect our Shinkansen tickets from the machine and load/buy Suica cards.

We then made a quick stop at the hotel before heading out to Asakusa and the Senso-ji Temple.   Very crowded by the temple with a lot of tourists.   Walked down to the Kappabashi street area,  which has a bunch of kitchen and knife stores.   Spent a lot of time looking in stores both out of interest and to get some air conditioning as it was very warm and humid.

Went to a place for lunch and had some beef tongue yakiniku set and a very large beer.   Probably a bit warm out to be grilling in front of the hot grill but it was easy and good!

Did a bit more wandering around and looking at various shops,  including a store that had a high end vintage section, which included various luxury brands like Rolex, Louis Vutton, and Hermès.

Then caught the Ginza line back to the hotel and grabbed a water and an ice cream sandwich to enjoy in my air conditioned room

After a quick break in the room, headed out for a bit of a walk to the Imperial Palace.   Still hot out but less direct sun.  Took a few photos before heading back towards the hotel.

Headed back for dinner at a sushi conveyor belt place close to the hotel, which was great and a lot of fun.   We managed to get the Hokkaido salmon before it sold out.  Also tried some lobster guts, scallop,  crab,  roe, three roe of tuna, mackerel and some others.   They had a screen at the table where you order and then the sushi you picked comes flying down the conveyor belt and stops at your table.   You collect it and press a button on the screen.   Very fun!

After dinner,  wandered around for a bit and then headed for a beer in a craft brewery a few levels up.   Definitely a lot of local people in this place enjoying after work drinks.   I have a beer called Cat Punch.

Looks like Vector Brewing makes a number of cool beers:

Afterwards, we went back to the hotel as everyone was pretty tired!