Travel Day: Nippori and the Ginza

Today I went to downtown Tokyo. Normally, I could not do this alone but with my new English version train/subway map
and the SUICA card,
I can go alone and not get lost! Mostly.

Nippori is a station on the main circular line that goes around Tokyo. My train from Matsudo goes directly there so I didn't have to make any fancy train changes. Nippori is home to Fabric town. Blocks and blocks of fabric and cheap clothing. I met this resident of Nippori-

I bought Liberty fabric-

and this

I then got back on the train and went to Ueno station. Ueno is huge and it is easy to get lost. There I transferred to the Ginza subway line (I know it is the right one because of the orange band on the wall that matches the orange line on my map!)- The Ginza is the most elite shopping area. It is where all the designers have shops. I took this picture for DL at my old work since she might have enjoyed going in. I had to do it secretly so the doorman wouldn't stop me
I went across the street

For BG with her pen fetish- It seems the most venerated and beloved store is closed. I believe I heard that Wako is going to be torn down to make a bigger store. (Later, I found out that I was wrong. They must have been closed that day. The plan to rebuild has been stopped.) Wako was the most expensive store on the Ginza and possibly the world. The last time I checked the cheapest thing you could buy there was undies and the cheapest of those ran about $2000.