We’re back and there’s no rest! Up at 6.00am to visit the Tsijuki Fish Market - a fascinating and very colourful place, with every type of fish/seafood that lives in the sea e.g. massive tuna, sea slugs, eels, clams…the list goes on…and it’s crazy, all action.
After a mid-morning snooze we headed to the Edo-Tokyo Museum to try and find out some history. And we learnt the reason Tokyo has so few old buildings is because they were either destroyed in the earthquake in 1923 or the bombing of WWII - the scale of bombing damage to Tokyo was equivalent to that of Hiroshima - pretty much destroyed then!
We then tried to catch a Sumo match, but it wasn’t Sumo Season. However, we did manage a “nosey” into the stadium and the ring looks a lot smaller than on TV.
The evening was then whiled away in Shinjuku watching some unusual dancing at another Shrine festival. Basically everyone joins in (mostly wearing their Kimono’s) and dances round a tower, and they all make a real effort to get the moves right (attention to detail very high!). It also gave us a little insight into how Geisha’s must entertain their clients - and it looks like it hasn’t changed in 100’s of years.
Day 2 - stopped in at Sony Aquarium - no real fish there of course! And finished the day off with a “rolling” Sushi (couldn’t leave without going - will miss a little Sushi!) and a beer at our local. When the barman found out we were on Honeymoon he presented us with a little scarf - seems it is viewed as very auspicious to be on Honeymoon….and as we mentioned previously it only got better at the Whisky Society!!
We also tried our luck for an upgrade at the airport - no chance, Japanese efficiency was in full swing!!
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