The kids both woke up around 3 AM. URGHHHH. I guess I can’t blame them since that would be 11 AM PST. I managed to get them to go back to sleep, eventually…. DD went back to sleep later, so woke up later and we got a pretty late start. I figured we would be recovering from jet lag though, so the only plan was to wander around Asakusa.
Lunch was at Yoroiya Ramen. The owner was friendly and spoke good English. We chatted a little and turns out he visited the U.S. for 2 months when he was young. They had soy sauce ramen with either yuzu or dried plum. It was good having the sour taste break up the salty. I still prefer tonkotsu style (pork bone broth) though. We also had some gyoza, which were delicious. I don’t remember how much it cost because it was cash only, but it was inexpensive.
This was the dried plum one:
After lunch, we wandered around the little shops in Asakusa and took some pictures. Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) was under renovation and completely covered so no pictures of that. The kids got some little toys. DD got a Hello Kitty little purse and money set, yen of course, so I guess it’s a good souvenir…? DS got a model kit of the cat from the Yo-Kai Watch cartoon series.
We then went to Matsuya department store in Asakusa Station and saw where the entrance was for the train to Nikko that we would take in a few days. We wandered into the supermarket in the basement and saw some seriously expensive fruit! One mango for 4320 yen, a small watermelon for 5400 yen!
We were all shopped out by this point and jet lag catching up with us, so we went back for a nap.
Dinner was at Doma-Doma, which is in a building right next to the hotel with a bunch of other restaurants. It had started drizzling when we went out and we didn’t feel like getting the rain coats, so this was a random pick. All the restaurants had pictures on the ground floor and I saw a picture of okonomiyaki (savory Japanese pancake). That was why I picked it, but the okonomiyaki turned out not good – way too salty. 
The restaurant was kind of a fusion izakaya (Japanese beer house – though we didn’t have any alcohol).
Takoyaki the size of a baseball with a sparkler on top! A lot of wow factor looking at it, but way too salty again.
This karaage (fried chicken) was yummy. The potato salad came in a separate bowl and the waitress told us to mix it in. I’d never had this combination before, but it totally makes sense.
Pizza I got for the kids (they also had some other Italian dishes, which is why it seemed fusion). It was meh to me, but the kids ate it.
Clams for clam-loving DS:
We also got edamame and the meat skewers sampler (very good), all for 3800 yen (credit cards accepted). Most of the items were only 490 yen. Way cheaper than back home!
Travels with 2 Kids 