UENO.

Ueno was described as the old town, the complete opposite of high tech Tokyo central. When we got there we did find a few open areas but it was generally just the same neon, techno-mall kind of look as the rest of Tokyo.
Our first taste of the quiet life was in a local park where we seen the Saigo Takamori statue, which was a samurai warrior walking his dog. Nice and down to earth. Although quite a lot of homeless folk hanging around the park areas, some of which seemed a little up market for tramps (had mp3 players on their sleeping mats).
As we walked further out we could hear loud rock music. It was coming from a stadium where a band was playing. They sucked. Their singer sounded like bad karaoke.
Further on there was a lake/ really big pond, covered with Lilly pads. There was a really oriental building in the centre.
We decided to finish off our evening with a movie. However when the only movie on was cheesy disaster movie Poseidon, we thought we'd rather watch grass grow and decided to pass.