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| 茶の君野園 matcha green tea soft ice-cream |
Leaving Asakusa (浅草), we took the subway to Ueno (上野) station. Our destination is a snack store called 二木の菓子 located on Ameyoko (アメ横) where many other tourists recommend it for its variety and low prices. Today we actually bought a carry-on size luggage case with us in case we were to buy lots of snacks. After heading to the station, one of the exits from the subway station connects to a department store, 01 City where it also has a Muji in the same building. We went there to shop some more before going to Ameyoko. This decision has made our luggage case full before heading to Ameyoko. Ah!!!!!
Later, we finally went to Ameyoko. It is a local market place with more than 500 small shops which sells seafood, vegetables, fruits, clothing, cosmetics, bags, shoes, and lots more. We went into a drug store and noticed their prices are somewhat cheaper than the other drug stores in other areas of Tokyo. We also passed by a shop called 茶の君野園 which sells tea leaves produced from their farm. This shop has very good soft ice-cream made from Japan’s famous matcha green tea (宇治の抹茶). We ordered the matcha soft ice-creams and sat down on a bench inside the shop for a short break. The staff in the shop don’t speak much English but they were all very nice and helpful when I attempted to ask for information on certain tea leaves. We ended up getting a few packs of tea leaves from the store. Surprisingly, the store gave us a cute Hello Kitty handkerchief as a gift with all my purchases.
We finally got to the snack store (二木の菓子) and I actually missed its location the first time around, as it is not directly located on Ameyoko, but on one of the side streets. It in fact has 2 stores opposite to each other and is like a mid-sized snack supermarket. There are so many varieties of snacks there and prices are all pretty good. While we were filling our basket with all the goodies, we heard someone ringing a bell from the outside. My sister and I headed out to see what is going on. Woo! The store is doing so special sale, they put out cases of snacks and you can just grab a pack for just 100 yen. Each person is limited to 5 packs. Initially we did not know what was going on because we couldn’t understand what they said. However, by observing all the people around and how they grabbed the snacks in the box, we know it must be a good sale. So I jumped into the crowd and got a few packs as well. One of the staff tried to tell us these packs are originally selling for 300 yen (with 3 fingers) and was now only 100 yen (1 finger). In the end, we got way more than what we could carry. With all the purchases at hand, we were forced to head back to the hotel and skipped our trip to Ikebukuro (池袋). My sister was very sad.
Later, we finally went to Ameyoko. It is a local market place with more than 500 small shops which sells seafood, vegetables, fruits, clothing, cosmetics, bags, shoes, and lots more. We went into a drug store and noticed their prices are somewhat cheaper than the other drug stores in other areas of Tokyo. We also passed by a shop called 茶の君野園 which sells tea leaves produced from their farm. This shop has very good soft ice-cream made from Japan’s famous matcha green tea (宇治の抹茶). We ordered the matcha soft ice-creams and sat down on a bench inside the shop for a short break. The staff in the shop don’t speak much English but they were all very nice and helpful when I attempted to ask for information on certain tea leaves. We ended up getting a few packs of tea leaves from the store. Surprisingly, the store gave us a cute Hello Kitty handkerchief as a gift with all my purchases.
We finally got to the snack store (二木の菓子) and I actually missed its location the first time around, as it is not directly located on Ameyoko, but on one of the side streets. It in fact has 2 stores opposite to each other and is like a mid-sized snack supermarket. There are so many varieties of snacks there and prices are all pretty good. While we were filling our basket with all the goodies, we heard someone ringing a bell from the outside. My sister and I headed out to see what is going on. Woo! The store is doing so special sale, they put out cases of snacks and you can just grab a pack for just 100 yen. Each person is limited to 5 packs. Initially we did not know what was going on because we couldn’t understand what they said. However, by observing all the people around and how they grabbed the snacks in the box, we know it must be a good sale. So I jumped into the crowd and got a few packs as well. One of the staff tried to tell us these packs are originally selling for 300 yen (with 3 fingers) and was now only 100 yen (1 finger). In the end, we got way more than what we could carry. With all the purchases at hand, we were forced to head back to the hotel and skipped our trip to Ikebukuro (池袋). My sister was very sad.
As for dinner, we decided to return to Takashimaya Shinjuku (高島屋) for some fancy take out. Therefore, we ended up dinning in our hotel room for our last night in Tokyo.
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| Our dinner for the last night at Tokyo |
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