Since moving to Tokyo almost three years ago we have ridden on almost every type of public transport available: subway, JR train, private rail lines, shinkansen (bullet train), monorail, water bus and regular bus. But until today we had not ridden on the Tokyo trolley. It is the last trolley line of several that used to traverse the city up until the 60s. After some research, I discovered that the Oji paper museum is situated near one of the trolley stops. The Waseda trolley stop is close to a highly recommended folk craft store called Bingo-ya. So we hopped on the Namboku subway and rode out to Oji. From there we walked to the paper museum, one of three museums in a rather dreary little park near the station. The park is the oldest public park in Tokyo -- and it looks it. Perhaps when the trees come into bloom it will be more picturesque. The paper museum had three floors of exhibits that included paper making equipment, samples of different kinds of paper, origami displays and unusual items made out of paper, including two kimono and a model of Matsumoto Castle. After the museum we headed to the trolley stop. They run quite frequently so we didn't have to wait long. It was so tiny! Just one car with the capacity of a city bus. In fact, riding the trolley was much like riding the bus -- you pay your fare just as you do on the bus upon entering the car, you press the same kind of button to let the driver know you want to exit at the next stop. The one exception was the trolley bell that clang clanged away during our trip. The car was full -- we stood all the way to Waseda and a rather bumpy ride it was. As we had read, many of the riders were senior citizens, but there were several school kids and other young and middle aged adults as well. At Waseda it was quite a walk to Bingo-ya, but my intrepid navigator, Brad, found the way with no problem at all. We stopped and had a tasty lunch at a little ramen joint and then made our way to Bingo-ya. What a wonderful little store chock full of wonderful hand crafted items: textiles, paper products, ceramics, toys, handbags and wallets, clothing, kites . . . Some of the items were quite expensive but others were affordable. I bought a ceramic vase, a cute toy (a figure on a stick who puts a mask on and off as you slide the figure up and down) and a display rack for the fans that I have acquired while living here.