After a night clubbing in Shibuya, our plan was to go to Tsukiji, the fish market. It is situated in Ginza district right in the center of Tokyo. It was amazing. We arrived there at maybe 7 o’clock in the morning. It was so busy. The fish was either very fresh, freshly dead or alive. And when I say fish, I mean all sort of creatures one can harvest from the sea. From the standard 1-ton tuna to the star-fish and including among others crabs, sea-spider, sea cucumber and all kind of terrifying creatures that populate your nightmares (wouaaahh). But fortunately, all of this is edible! So we got our chopsticks ready and went for the closest sushi bar!! Yumi!! It was a treat! Unagi (eel, anguille), Tako (octopus, pieuvre), Squid (w/ tentacles) (calmar), etc. Very delicious. A nice alternative to the traditionnal bakery back door (which is hard to find here).
Following the Tsukiji excursion, we went on a trip to Asakusa with the japanese lessons group. It was really nice. We went there by boat from Ginza. This is a trip from the center of Tokyo to the periphery, so we had time to see the city from the river. A disturbing view : all the homeless living under the bridges at the riverside…
This picture is completed by a walk in Ueno park which is a major homeless settlement in Tokyo. And those people seem pretty active and organized. They hang their laundry, you can often see some doing some manual activities and they don’t ask for money. This is not the traditional homeless stereotype. Makes you question our modern world…
Then, Asakusa was nice but crowded. Many small shops selling kitsch and crapy stuff (and less crapy stuff from time to time), many tourists, but a beautiful place
But then we were very sleepy and we slept a bit on the boat on the way back (we still hadn’t sleep if you recall). We stopped then in a beautiful park. There were many blossoming trees. I will put soon pictures in the photo stream, don’t worry. And finally went back home for some hours sleeping… Wouf. Very cool saturday!!!!
