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Today is the last post on various parts of Tokyo. One of the most exclusive and expensive areas of Tokyo is called Ginza. Its like one of those places where you can take a casual stroll and unless you are the wife of a very well salaried man you can not afford to do anything except breathe in the area. The place is also home to an Apple store, something that I definitely had to see since there are no Apple store’s in India. As you are well aware by now I love to hang around in electronic stores. There are also a lot of other decadent stores as you can see in the photos above. Tokyo although a very brightly lit city like most of the western or developed world can be errily quiet at night. What contrasts it with lets say Delhi or Calcutta is that you can hear the crows, the click clacks of women’s high heel shoes when they walk on the streets and even children in the neighbourhood. I guess that has more to do with no street noises or horns.

Ueno on the other hand is a complete contrast from Ginza. It is my favourite area in Tokyo. The huge Ueno park is not only beautiful to watch cherry blosoms in the spring time  but it is also a cultural area where you can find museums and the Tokyo zoo is just next to the park. What I love the most is the street market in Ueno. It is one of the finest places I have found to buy clothes and shoes! Just near the street market is a speciality market underground where you can find many ethnic food stores including Indian food. I could find all kinds of daal, spices and foods from other parts of Asia including Indonesia, Thailand, China etc. Ueno park is also home to a lot of cats and it seems that people like to feed them.