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Tokyo 2025 – Day 6 – Asakusa Gyukatsu – 03/13/2025   Okay, so picture this: we're in Asakusa, having just spent the morning getting delightfully lost in the maze of shops surrounding Sensoji Temple. It's almost 2 pm, and our stomachs are rumbling louder than a Tokyo rush hour. We're famished! My brilliant suggestion (if I may say so myself 😉) was to revisit Asakusa Gyukatsu, the place where we'd had that incredible Katsu experience on a previous trip.   Little did we know, our hunger pangs were about to be tested. The line snaked around the block! Seriously, the wait time was estimated at a whole hour. But hey, when the food is this good, a little wait is totally worth it, right?   While we queued, some of us indulged in a bit more souvenir shopping (you can never have too many quirky Japanese trinkets!), while others took another stroll around the vibrant Sensoji area, soaking up the atmosphere. Finally, at 3 pm, our moment arrived! We were seated.   The re...