Travel diary
Shiny Japan 2005
Day nine - August 15
Nijubashi, Ginza, Tsukiji, Ebisu to Kaminoge
On another hot summer day I hoped to see the world's largest wholesale fish market but I was too late. At 11:30 am even the market for consumer was closed. It is said that you have to get up at around 5 to see the wholesale market in action where fresh fish is sold every morning like on a battlefield.
I solaced myself with Nigiri sushi in a nearby restaurant where these were awesomely inexpensive. 903 yen for a sushi plate on the menu. More than enough for 1 person in my humble opinion.
Just hundreds of metres further I went shopping in BicCamera (bought a camera filter) and took a rest in a sofa at MUJI. Muji is great... they have this special mix of selling furniture and own-branded food like cookies or milk tea -- recommended and cheap which are a good alternative to expensive drinks in so-called konbini aka coanvenient stores. This sofa was so relaxing!! Maybe some customers thought that I have no place to go than hanging around at the MUJI store. Does Tokyo really have nothing to offer? ;)
Since I was already in Ginza I passed by the Sony Showroom presenting the new High Quality camcorders. Except of its impressing quality there was nothing else exciting in there.
Heading over to Marunouchi I brought myself to take a photo of the emperor's castle. Nijubashi where it is located is really extremely large and it seems to be larger than it is because hardly any people where around. Thunderstorm was bound to come up, so I went to Tokyo station quite fast...
JR Line Tokyo -> Ebisu
Stupid as I was (maybe too tired) I forgot that museums were closed on Mondays. I learned that this is common almost all around the world. Standing in front of the Photography museum I decided to walk around the station, took pictures of western-style buildings and walked all the way to Kaminoge in around 2 hours... I wanted to do some sports for a good night sleep. On my way there I couldn't believe it but I finally found myself in a supermarket. Tokyo's supermarkets are hard to find if you have ever been there. I was happy to find 150 Yen apples and 100 Yen Yakisoba. Saved me money on the other day!
The residential area is not really famous but by walking on foot you actually see how big Tokyo is. You might go more than half a day just to get from one corner to another of Tokyo.
Shortly before arriving with a soaking wet of sweat t-shirt in Kaminoge my friend Kumi called me, so I walked around the station (people must have been astounded why an Asian looking guy is talking bad Japanese on the phone and is walking around the station entrance). The street was noisy, so I had to ask her all the time what she was actually saying.
After eating Chinese in Japan style cold Ramen (have never seen that in Taiwan though) at a local restaurant I returned to my hotel 1 hour 30 minutes away in Minamisenju.
Shiny Japan 2005
Day nine - August 15
Nijubashi, Ginza, Tsukiji, Ebisu to Kaminoge
On another hot summer day I hoped to see the world's largest wholesale fish market but I was too late. At 11:30 am even the market for consumer was closed. It is said that you have to get up at around 5 to see the wholesale market in action where fresh fish is sold every morning like on a battlefield.
I solaced myself with Nigiri sushi in a nearby restaurant where these were awesomely inexpensive. 903 yen for a sushi plate on the menu. More than enough for 1 person in my humble opinion.
Just hundreds of metres further I went shopping in BicCamera (bought a camera filter) and took a rest in a sofa at MUJI. Muji is great... they have this special mix of selling furniture and own-branded food like cookies or milk tea -- recommended and cheap which are a good alternative to expensive drinks in so-called konbini aka coanvenient stores. This sofa was so relaxing!! Maybe some customers thought that I have no place to go than hanging around at the MUJI store. Does Tokyo really have nothing to offer? ;)
Since I was already in Ginza I passed by the Sony Showroom presenting the new High Quality camcorders. Except of its impressing quality there was nothing else exciting in there.
Heading over to Marunouchi I brought myself to take a photo of the emperor's castle. Nijubashi where it is located is really extremely large and it seems to be larger than it is because hardly any people where around. Thunderstorm was bound to come up, so I went to Tokyo station quite fast...
JR Line Tokyo -> Ebisu
Stupid as I was (maybe too tired) I forgot that museums were closed on Mondays. I learned that this is common almost all around the world. Standing in front of the Photography museum I decided to walk around the station, took pictures of western-style buildings and walked all the way to Kaminoge in around 2 hours... I wanted to do some sports for a good night sleep. On my way there I couldn't believe it but I finally found myself in a supermarket. Tokyo's supermarkets are hard to find if you have ever been there. I was happy to find 150 Yen apples and 100 Yen Yakisoba. Saved me money on the other day!
The residential area is not really famous but by walking on foot you actually see how big Tokyo is. You might go more than half a day just to get from one corner to another of Tokyo.
Shortly before arriving with a soaking wet of sweat t-shirt in Kaminoge my friend Kumi called me, so I walked around the station (people must have been astounded why an Asian looking guy is talking bad Japanese on the phone and is walking around the station entrance). The street was noisy, so I had to ask her all the time what she was actually saying.
After eating Chinese in Japan style cold Ramen (have never seen that in Taiwan though) at a local restaurant I returned to my hotel 1 hour 30 minutes away in Minamisenju.
posted by airone at
17:38
2 Comments:
Hi. I did not realize that my name was there. Did you write it long time ago?????
Anyway your Japanese wasnt that bad. Now its getting much better!!
Hope you will update your diary more soon.
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Anonymous, at 7:27 PM
Thanks for your comment. I didn't post it a long time ago, so never mind.
You actually read it a few days after my publishing.
Thanks for flattering... there is still much to study ;)
I hope I won't be too lazy to update.
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airone, at 1:05 PM
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