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Panda bus offers free rides to sightseers in Tokyo's Asakusa district

TOKYO, Japan - A bus in the shape of a giant panda runs under the gate of Imado Shrine in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 9, 2010. The bus offers free rides on a circular route stopping at eight main tourist spots in the district including the Thunder Gate of Sensoji Temple, the old Hanayashiki amusement park and Imado Shrine, popular among young women who believe it can help them to tie the knot.

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Panda bus offers free rides to sightseers in Tokyo's Asakusa dist

TOKYO, Japan - A bus in the shape of a giant panda runs under the gate of Imado Shrine in Tokyo's Asakusa district on April 9, 2010. The bus offers free rides on a circular route stopping at eight main tourist spots in the district including the Thunder Gate of Sensoji Temple, the old Hanayashiki amusement park and Imado Shrine, popular among young women who believe it can help them to tie the knot. (Kyodo)

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A leisure boat on the Sumida River

Roofed boat taken at the bank of Imado River in front of Yumei-ro where Sanya-bori (moat) merges with Sumida River. The water is too shallow to allow the boat to float, which explains why the photograph is so sharp. In the rear is Mukojima, site of Ushijima Shinto Shrine and Chomeiji Temple. Found in the collection of Uchida Kuichi preserved at Nagasaki Municipal Museum, this photograph was verified to have been taken by Uchida in 1872. This is one of the copies later made and sold.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐25‐0]

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A leisure boat on the Sumida River

Like photographs #2665 and #4543, this was taken at the bank of Imado River in front of Yumei-ro at the mouth of Sanya-bori. Ushijima Shinto Shrine, also called Ushi-no-Gozen (presently located at Mukojima 1-chome, downstream) and Choumeiji Temple are amid the tall trees at the rear. The person leaning on the handrail in the centre may be Uchida Kuichi. If so, this photograph was probably taken by his apprentice. The photograph was sold after being trimmed and tinted.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐44‐0]