My friend Ted was in town and we deiced to do a "East side shitmachi tour" and the first stop in Shin Kiba was display of the Lucky Dragon NO.5 ship that was accidentally bombed in the Bikini Atoll and was inspiration for the Godzilla films.
Iconic director Yasujiro Ozu's place of birth.
A memorial on the poet Basho walking tour that we followed part way.
Lunch at Airs.
More Basho related sights.
The shire for teh resting place of Lord Kira's decapitated head famous from the story of "The 47 Loyal Followers."
Next a local park.
Next onto the Edo Museum for an exhibit on Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
We also stopped in to see the poermanent collection since it was only 200 yen more.
Very futuristic looking space.
Ended with beers and grub at Popeye-Tokyo's oldest craft beer bar.
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