Starting the day in Tokyo, I awoke at 430am, and could not fall back asleep, then Asim awoke. Still not used to this new timezone. So Asim and I waited till 630 rolled around and we headed off into the refreshing Tokyo rain to the Fish Market. What a sight, pure chaos and... hey ya smell that, know what that is? That's fish, i love the smell of fish in the morning, smells like victory. The had closed off the auctioning of the fish to the general public so we didn't get to see all that, but we did get to witness the processing of the fish. Saws and fins flying everywhere and every minute another cart speeds by, almost hitting something. It was quite a thing. and i spotted some Unagi.
Then it was time to have some breakfast, a traditional Japanese breakfast, consisting of sushi, rice, fried egg, this potatoe salad thing and coffee, lots of coffee. Very Tasty. But things in Tokyo have come to an end for now, we'll return on the 14th for a last horra.
It was time to take the Shinkanzen to Takayama for our 2nd Major city. Known for fine woodcraft and it's Sake breweries, Jerred (our tour leader) said that Takayama has a style all it's own due to it's solice in the mountians. With a 5 hour ride and a quick train switchover in the middle, we were there. With a bus waiting to take us to the hotel. It was only about 10 degrees celcius, i think that's about 40 degrees ferinheit. But i didn't really notice.
So we all took a quick look around and returned to the hotel for a traditional japanese smogashboard. Awesome. beef, fish, vegetables were all there to try. I sucessfully tried a taste of everything, but I couldn't finish it all.
And after dinner, a nice dip in the hot spring of the hotel. So nice and relaxing. I can't wait till tomorrow to do it again, and try out the different sakes at the sake breweries.
Later.
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What the heck is going on in that bucket above??? I hope you didn’t eating any of those fish.