It's the Morning Glory Festival at Asakusa, so off we went, hot foot, to see the plants via a cafe - what else. Loads of people - naturally - and food stalls. All the plant stalls were loaded and it seemed the price was fix across the board.
Catch the Ginza Line metro to Ueno so we can wander the streets looking for - yes, you guessed right - lunch. Lovely tempura and cold sorba noodles. I desisted looking at the iPad again at the 6 floor electronics store opposite the station; buying "out of country" is a bit daft because, if there's a problem with the kit, service guarantees are often difficult to use even if the product has world-wide distribution; I made this mistake and didn't like the hassles.
On to the Tokyo Met only to find that it's closed for restoration until 2012. A quick glance at our well worn map showed that there were several temples in Taito-ku that we hadn't visited, so we legged it in their general direction. That proved to feel a lot further than it measured - aged limbs and a the need of coffee probably explained the dragging of feet.
Onward back to Ueno Park and a cafe of choice seemed to recharge feet batteries. A final sortie to the super market, where we were assaulted by heaps of delicious food, ended the day - a total of 5 hours hoofing in all. Temperature 28 C and 100% humidity with light, intermittent rain sort of oiled the limbs for the whole escapade!
It's better to travel than arrive ... then again ...