Day 13 - Shibuya, Harajuku & Tsukiji

An early start today as we trekked off to the vibrant (??) and very busy Tsukiji FISH market. What a sight! I saw lots of "things" which I never seen before and doubt (hope) to never see again!


It was very interesting and this was something that I had mentioned wanting to go to...


It's just that I walked away feel a bit sad for all the dead fish, and moreover, concerned about the state of the oceans, if this is indicative of we are ganking from the waters on a daily basis. Sorry for sound a bit "conservationist" there! I mustn't have felt that bad (or got over it very quickly) as we then went to a sushi bar onsite, and chowed down on a selection of what essentially was raw fish (also prawn, squid & cooked eel) on RICE! This was not a cheap one at 3500 Yen a serve.


Walking away very full and a lighter hip pocket, we wandered down the main street of nearby Ginza, which is full of Luxury goods (i.e. Gucci, BVLGARI, etc) which were not on the shopping list. Very interesting though.


Next was HARAJUKU station, which is well known for it's eccentricly dressed youth, they didn't fail us today either - would love to be able to go on a Sunday when apparently it is TEEMING with such specimen.


Harajuku also is the location of a shrine called the Meiji Jingu Shrine. This was built in honor of Emperor Meiji. Very beautiful!


After a quick look at SNOOPY TOWN, we proceeded onwards to close-by Shibuya. We ate lunch at a Japanese BBQ restaurant, which was very yum!


The reason we went here is so that Sean could find a tackle store and it was finally located - after some time walking the cold streets. :) While we was busy in the store, I filled up on Japanese cosmetic items, at a local pharmacy.

With very sore feet we proceeded home, to find out that our great idea to change our return date was not suitable with the hotel as they are fully booked tomorrow night. I think we have found another one though, fingers crossed, or we will be sleeping in the subway station tomorrow.

I think I am coming down with a cold.