Toriyoshi Shoten, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan

It was still blisteringly hot when I dared to venture out in the afternoon to have something to eat.

My target this afternoon was okonomiyaki but that search was for nought, so I ended up at a yakotori restaurant on Ueno, quite close to the JR lines called Toriyoshi Shoten.

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Tonkatsu Toyama, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

On my first morning in Japan I jumped on the Ginza subway line and headed to Asakusa with no real agenda in mind.

Popping out near the Sumida River I took a quick walk along Kasenjiki Park trying to stay in the shade to protect myself from the already blisteringly hot sun.

When the heat became too much I had a quick look to see what restaurants there were locally and a tonkatsu restaurant called Tonkatsu Toyama caught my eye.

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