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Sunday, we got out early so that we could check out the Winter botan (peony) display at Ueno.

(The line to get into the zoo was krazy! going from the zoo all the way through part of Ueno park!)

If you remember we saw the dahlia display in October.

The admission for the peony display was 1000 yen, a little higher than the dahlia display, but the area was bigger and there were lots more flowers to see.

So pretty! This display runs from January 1 to February 23.

From Ueno Park we went down the street to Shuetsu, which apparently was the first shop to make fukujinzuke, the pickles that you usually see served with curry in Japan.

They have been in business for over 300 years!

They also gave us some recipes to use their fukujinzuke in, can't wait to try this.

While looking for lunch, we ended up at Gyu-sha for lunch since the other places we wanted to try had krazy lines.

I ordered the 180 gram hamburger curry...1250 yen (tax included)

The curry was not made from scratch, but the patty was made from 100% beef, unfortunately there was some gristle in there but this was still tasty.

Satoshi ordered the 300 gram hamburger with wafu onion sauce...1590 yen (tax included) which came with rice.

It came out sizzling and Satoshi said he enjoyed this.

After lunch we walked towards Jimbocho and had pour over coffee at Glitch Coffee.

I had no idea how expensive pour over coffee could be...live and learn...

I think my cup of Ethiopean was 1500 yen (tax included)...eep

It was floral and I enjoyed this but will stick to espresso drinks in the future here...

Satoshi chose a Columbian bean and his was 1000 yen (tax included)

His coffee had a citrusy tone to it, he said he enjoyed this.

And then we walked to Tokyo station.

It was nice to be outside.

Hope you enjoyed our outing as much as we did.

Shuetsu

3-29-5 Ueno

Taito, Tokyo

Hours: 10:00-19:00 daily

Gyusha

6-5-9 Sotokanda

Chiyoda, Tokyo

Phone: 03.6803.0529

Hours: 11:30-15:30 (lunch), 17:30-22:00 (dinner)

Glitch Coffee

3-16 Nishikicho

Chiyoda, Tokyo

Phone: 03.5244.5458

Hours: 8:00-19:00 (Mondays-Fridays), 9:00-19:00 (Saturdays & Sundays)

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