Here are some photos from today. It was a pretty leisurely day. We poked around Tokyo Station, Ginza, and Akihabara, doing a little shopping but mostly just enjoying being on vacation. I rather liked some glass tiling at a restroom entrance in a subway station:
The same restroom had a little map thoughtfully indicating that both Japanese and Western toilets were available, and where to find them:
This is my favorite store in Akihabara:
The selection of tools and supplies for electronics prototyping is dazzling. I bought a particular tip for my soldering iron and a rather nice set of digital SI-unit calipers. That photo belies how busy it was in that area today; some of the streets were quite crowded. Of course they weren’t as crowded as Nakamise street near our hotel in Asakusa, which is always packed at this time of year:
Here’s me with a couple of steamed buns:
That’s all for today. I’m getting hit by a wall of jetlag-induced fatigue so I’m going to upload this post and then probably fall asleep.
