Enjoying Historic Japan - Kappabashi Dori , lunch and the Shitamachi Museum

Check out Sherrie’s Art: We take a walk from Asakusa to Ueno down Kappabashi Street, where there are a huge number of shops selling everything for cooking from knives and bowls to plastic food. You can spend less than ¥100 on a cheap pair of chopsticks or up to ¥10,000 for a Japanese kitchen knife that you can personalise and which will last you a lifetime. Lunch near Ueno Station - Kakiage Soba Noodles (Hot Soba with Mixed Vegetable Tempura) Then to the The Shitamachi Museum which is a museum in Ueno. Located on the shores of Shinobazu Pond within Ueno Park, it is dedicated to the traditional culture of Tokyo’s downtown district, which is called Shitamachi in Japanese. A relatively small museum with an entry fee of only ¥300, but it is packed with such accurate and detailed recreations of historical streetscapes and living spaces that you may feel like you have travelled back in time. Something like google translate is handy, as most