Tokyo: Part 3

Tsukiji Fish Markets

I hauled my sleepy bones out of my capsule and caught the subway down to Tsukiji by 6:30am. The fish auctions were bustling long before I woke up but there was still action down at the markets. Motorized delivery carts recklessly honed around corners, whole tuna lay out on benches, live crustaceans, octopus and other fish were been prepared for delivery and packing. It was all pretty full on to be walking amid at 7:00am so after a while I called it breakfast time and slid open the door of one of the sashimi restaurants on the edge of the market. It was the freshest fish I have tasted and the raw flesh literally melted in my mouth in the way chocolate does. Sugoi oishikatta!

Old martial arts posters in stark contrast to the glitzy surrounds of Ginza

I walked up to the glitz of Ginza and checked out the latest tech at the Sony Building. I soaked up the buzz with a coffee at a street café under one of the giant digital advertisements. Juxtaposed against the ultra modern was an underpass, with its flaking martial arts posters and old Tokyo bars. But I was headed next to Akihabara to see if I could pick up some cheap electronics.

Outside the station hot girls dressed as maids handed out flyers to their themed café. At a store I did buy a 2GB USB keychain for next to nothing, and then wandered on round the corner. There were plenty of anime (Japanese animation) shops and I began to nosy around a few of these.

Anime Porn posters

Anime is not just cartoons for kids but is an active obsession for just as many adults. All kinds of characters are on show, many with figures of 36, 24, 36. The deeper I delved into this colourful world the more the innocent gave way to erotic anime fantasy. You read right, sexually imaginative DVD’s and figurines featuring needy, desiring young female anime girls. I picked up some flyers for your interest

I returned to Tokyo station and bulleted back home on the Shinkansen. Tokyo, I think, is a pretty cool city to live. (see photolog > japan > tokyo for more pics)

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