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Restaurants display their menus in windows with plastic food that looks like the real thing.

This red pavement is a designation in Tokyo for a dangerous intersection approaching

Out gate to the Senso-ji and the Asakusa Temple

The street leading from the Thunder Gate to the Temple itself is lined with small shops selling souvenirs. These shops themselves are part a living tradition of selling to Pilgrims who walked to Senso-ji.

Dominating the entrance to the temple is "the Kaminerimon" or Thunder Gate. This imposing Bhuddist structure features a massive paper lantern to suggest thunderclouds and lightning.

Senso-ji is an ancient Buddhist Temple located in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan It is Tokyo's oldest temple.

Lighting Incense burns away qualities within oneself in order to reveal a pure self within..

Area in front of the Senso-ji

The alter of the Senso-ji

Inside ceiling of the Senso-ji Temple.

Temple of Asakusa. Within the temple itself, there are o-mikuji stalls. For a suggested donation of 100 yen, less than a dollar, visitors may consult the orade and devine answers to their questions. You shake labled sticks from an enclosed metal container and when the stick falls from the container you read the corresponding answers than retrieve from 1 of 100 possible drawers and read your fortune..

One of the many food stalls

Walking the street of the from the entrance to the Thunder Gate

The Tokyo Skytree is a television broadcasting tower and landmark of Tokyo. It is 1,902 feet , 634 meters high. It is the tallest structure in Japan and second tallest in the world. At the base is a large shopping complex with an aquarium.

A visit to Skytree starts on the 4th floor where tickets are sold to the 350 meter level $22.45. A fast smooth elevator ride takes visitors to the top floor of the first observation deck where tickets for the second observation deck can be purchased for $11.23.

The First observation deck at 1,050 feet, 350 meters, Tembo Deck the lower of the 2 decks spans 3 levels with great views from all its floors. See it from this level at sunset over Tokyo.

The top floor of the 350 level features tall, broad windows that offer 360 degree panoramic views of the city. Middle floor has a souvenir shop and The Musashi Sky Restaurant. The lower of the 3 floors features a cafe.

A second set of elevators connects the Tembo Deck to the 450 meter, 1,350 feet high, Tembo Gallery - Dubbed "The Worlds highest Skywalk". It consists of a sloping spiral ramp that gains height as it circles the tower.

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