Asakusa and Hama Rikyu

I have had a "location" problem preventing me attaching photos to Blog, but may have solved it - we will see. NO I HAVE NOT!!!
Forecast for today is again high 30C's as we head for Asakusa and a walking tour with student guides, only to be confronted with "tour cancelled due to extreme temperatures". So no student tours, but the senior Tokyo guides are in action and we team up with two for a walking tour of the Nakimise St lead in,  and the Sensoji Buddhist Temple and Shinto Shrine area.
Nakimise St is over 200m long and leads from the outer gate to the second gate and is full of shops/stalls of all sorts - the oldest having been there for 330 years.
The original temple was built in the 7th century but the area suffered serious bombing during WW11 and has since been rebuilt into one of Tokyo's principal tourist areas. The temple is entered via the Kaminarimon Gate (outer gate) and an inner gate (Hozomon Gate) where soul's are cleansed, offerings are made, fortunes determined etc. I was the receiver of good fortune and spent plenty of time touching the sandal that ensures strong, ongoing mobility!!!!!
Beyond the Hozomon Gate is the main temple hall and a five story pagoda.
The whole area was packed, one of our guides estimated 90% tourists (primarily Chinese) - lots of rickshaws, girls in kimono (many having hired them).
Our guides were both the quintessential Japanese senior gentlemen (although a little younger than me) and both with fathers who fought in WW11 - so it was a most interesting shared experience.
After farewelling our guides with lots of handshakes, arigato's and bowing we headed back for an iced coffee etc at Asakusa's Tully's Coffee (our chain of choice).
Then down to the river bank for a 35" trip down the Sumida River to Hama Rikyu, a large landscaped garden whose seawater ponds change with the tide. It was originally built as a feudal Lord's residence and duck hunting ground in the Edo period (1603-1867) but has later become a popular strolling garden. We took the ceremonial tea in the tea house, with obligatory sandals off, socks on - and sit on the floor!!!! Fortunately there was a bench option!!
A walk back to the local station and return to Tokyo Station - the most crowded train to date, before the obligatory stop off in the massive Daimaru food hall for dinner selection (this time a big mixed Japanese  plate & seafood). For the first time, it was a successful exit to the correct corridor for return to our apartment. (Oakwood Premier has 185 apartments and hotel rooms - last night, all but one was occupied.)
Then to our on-site Lawson's to buy a cold can - and divest some of the build up of coinage, a major issue in Japan, where everything below 1000 yen  (about $14) is coin (6 different coins, down to 1 yen - about 1.3 cents) - so it's a weight and disposal issue (particularly as tipping is frowned on).
Out for walk after dinner to a close and very impressive wide boulevard with exclusive shops - one had previously been the Grand Opera House and Pat was of the view that the basement food hall was the equal of Daimaru, another, a multi floor bookstore and galleries. All the streets are full of restaurants and bars, and every building has a basement the same.
Back to our guest lounge, where we pretty well seem to be its only users.