Travelogue Japan Day 5 All Day on the Toei cont

I dont know what it is about my camera but zoomed in shots like this are not coming out sharp.  Maybe its time to get a new camera.  Anyway, I got to the Arakawa line via the Asakusa, Oedo, and finally Mita subway lines.  It runs along the city streets as well as in between house and businesses in some places

I rode the entire line basically twice and got off at two locations.  This is Minowabashi, the eastern terminus for the line.    There looked to be a wide boulevard a few blocks from here but its so well shielded you wouldnt know unless you saw it.

Not far from the disemarkation point, 7-11 has a department store.  As in japanese department store with a supermarket on the first floor and goods on the upper floors

Its a well stocked store with aprepared foods section.  Prices are good and th selection is decent

Bentos were also available in addition to the piece by piece selections

The next place was Machiya.  The only reason that got me to get off here was the pachinko parlor.  Why?  I dont know.  Moving on, theres a subway and train station located here so Ithought it made this place more attractive to residents

A pachinko place just like the tens of thousands of others throughout the country

A quick stroll up the street revaled this place to get some cheap food.  Tokyo can be expensive but you can find bargains if you look for them

This place seems to cater deep fried goodness as well as ready made meals for the busy Tokyoite.  They had incredible looking tonkatsu platters

I had to do some back tracking to get back to the Oedo line in order to proceed to Shinjuku.  I was thinking about getting dinner here.  The choice is Subway or Sweets Paradise.  Subway is a chain sandwich shop we are familiar with in the states.  Sweets Paradise is an all you can eat dessert place that also offers pizza, pasta, and curry.  I will let you speculate which one I chose for dinner

After dinner, it was time to walk off the...food I had for dinner.  Night had already fallen and thelights of the city have come up.  AcrossYasukuni dori is Kabukicho, the red light district

The train tracks seperate the western side from the eastern.  There are a few shops on that side but the bulk of the night life( bars, restaurants, clubs) is on this side

A mutual meeintg spot for tourists and locals is located in front of the Lumine complex situated above Shinjuku station.  This is on the north side of the station.  creens like this were a big shcok on the first visits.  They awed and amazed at how brilliant and sharp they were.  We just didnt see these kinds of things in the US.  These are fairly commonplace at home and no longer have the impact they used to, for me at least