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Collect Moments Not Things. I also have a website where I also publish fiction: https://neevedicampelli.wordpress.com/

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Silence

Ignoring me Is the new deed No one can hear me Even as I speak Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you hear me speak? Mic check Mic check No problems here What’s with this new feat? If you don’t listen either way For what reason should I speak? Silence Ignoring me Is the new reel Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Dude I’m not muted, am I? My vocal cords Are not for show Bro I am talking…

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Around Ameyoko and Ueno Station

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Ameyoko (アメ横) 

Ameyoko is a popular shopping district between the Ueno and the Okachimachi Station of the Yamanote Line* in Tokyo.  Originally Ameya Yokocho (candy shop alley), but usually just called Ameyoko since it used to sell a lot of candies. It was also part of a Black Market after World Warr II and sold a lot of American Products (Ame). You can find there a lot of cheep goods and apparently a lot of chinese managed stores as well as Izekaya and other Restaurants, which change the busy shopping street at night into a lively after work gathering scene.

* It is a circular train line that connects all of Tokyo's major city centers which makes it the most important train line in Tokyo. Even so one ride only costs 200 Yen regardless of the distance travelled.

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Ueno Park Temples

While strolling through Ueno Park, which occupies the precincts of the original Kan'ei-ji Temple*,

I more accidentally than purposely stumbled upon several temples. Retrospectively finding out the names of these temples was way more difficult than anticipated. In more than one online guide I used for aid, the temple names good mixed up. Thus the benevolent idea of creating a temple guide of my own occurred to me. I tossed that idea right away again though. Instead I present a walk-through  more precisely, my walk-through in exactly the order I visited the temples which is by no means the most efficient way. However, you will find out by visiting Ueno Park that you can find your way around very easily since there are a lot of signposts. And anyway, taking a stroll through Ueno Park is a very pleasant thing in itself.

The order in which I visited some of Ueno Park’s temples is as follows:

Kiyomizu Kannon-do; Gojoten Shrine & Hanzanono Inari Shrine; Ueno Toshogu Shrine & Kan'ei-ji's five-storied pagoda; Shinobazunoike Bentendo

*  Kan'ei-ji Temple founded in 1625. destroyed through various events along the time until the land got confiscated and made public in form of the Ueno Park

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Kamishibai 紙芝居  (Paper Play)

Kamishibai is literally the art to the tell a story or to stage a play by using paper images. While having roots deep into the past of Japan’s art history, its pictorial storytelling, it had its breakthrough during the Great Depression in the 1930 and gained great popularity again after the Second World War. Just as you can see in picture, kamishibai is a form of street theatre. You used to find them in parks or even at train stations. Similar to the ice cream van, the gaito* kamishibaiya** announced his arrival at the usual intersection by clapping his sticks together. However, instead of a van, the kamishibaiya used a bicycle. Of course, as soon as television was introduced, it took over the role of kamishibai in the entertainment industry. Same as puppet shows, kamishibai can still be found in primary schools or on occasion in parks such as the Ueno Park.

*street corner

**story teller

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Ueno Park

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11.10.2016

Ueno Park

is Tokyo’s most popular park with 300 acres filled with attractions such as museums, temples, shrines, natural attractions, important institutions and schools (Tokyo University, Tōdai).

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Around Ikebukuro at night

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Downtown (owarai)

is a Japanese comedy duo consisting of Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada. Formed in 1982, they are one of the most influential comedy duos in Japan today. They are best known for their stand-up acts, hosting numerous Japanese variety shows and their sarcastic, short-tempered stage personas. 

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