Whitney woke up bright and early and got us to the Tsukiji Fish Market sort of on time. The fish market is a very busy place, with motorized & human-propelled carts going every which way at very high speeds, and it is a little overwhelming but you know you better stay alert because otherwise you’re going to get run over by a cart and it is going to suck.

We saw thousands of stalls selling all manner of marine life (in various states of fresh -> frozen). Tuna, sea urchin, squid, snapper, shrimp, eel, etc. It was raining and that helped keep the fish goo from getting on our clothes.

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After a very long flight, we made it to Japan. I’ve never been on a flight that long before, and it turned out to be pretty awesome. Basically I ate, slept, watched movies, and read on my nook…pretty relaxing, even if it was in a very small space. I had joked with my brother about carrying a sign with our names on it, but he scoffed and said “I’ll be the tallest guy there”. Turns out he was right. We took the Narita express to Tokyo (ooh! pretty! and fast!), and made it to Ikebukuro, where our hotel (the b ikebukuro) was.

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