It took about 1 hr 15 min in air conditioned comfort on the Keisei Line to go from Ueno to Narita city. The wall of heat (about 32 C) sort of hit us when we got off the train. We wandered into town and broke the first rule of the culturally aware traveler - MacDonnald's for a loo pit stop. I have to admit the coffee was OK but the loo came as a surprise. Let me explain ... Maccer's usually has a nice clean loo so we old crispies find it more pleasant than the usual grotty holes-in-the-ground that seem to plague most of the worlds public places. This Maccer's is in Japan so there is a little surprise in store for the unwary round-eye ... no not a squatter. A fully fledged, electronic throne! DON'T fiddle with the buttons unless you want to get soaked, de-odourised or hot-air-blown. I kid you not. Once, I had to search for the power socket to turn the thing off ... not a happy bunny at that point in time. Rested but definitely shaken and stirred!
Back to reality ...
We walked through the old town and had a quick look at the Shinshoji Temple. After watching a couple dashi (floats) being hauled up the hill we decided to have lunch. A very pleasant restaurant with loads of fans to cool us down. Tempura and cold noodles - excellent!
Late afternoon and a temperature in the high 30's persuaded us to retreat to the air conditioned train back to Ueno.
Last, and obviously, ... the supermarket for a health dinner.
