Karaoke, Fish Market and Sushi for Breakfast!

Day 2 in Tokyo - Evening
After sightseeing in Tokyo all day, I went back to the hostel because I was absolutely shattered. Chatted to some American guys, and went to bed for a nap. I woke up 4 hours later (nooo! I didn`t mean to sleep for that long), and went downstairs. One of the American guys that I had been chatting to wrote me a love poem, which was pretty very bizarre! It`s a lovely gesture, honestly... but how am I meant to react?? Not wanting to lead him on, I read it, smiled, went bright red, told him it was very good and thanks, and went back to writing in my journal. Toni - you would have been proud of him... it was pretty good!

I then overheard some people talking about going to the fish market the next morning, which is something that I wanted to do too so I joined in their conversation. They were planning to leave at about 5am the next morning, but one of the guys wanted to stay up instead, and go there in the morning without going to bed. None of the others in the conversation wanted to do this, but it sounded like a great idea to me, so I rallied up the troops, and 6 of us went out to a karaoke bar. I didn`t really think that I`d like it, but in fact I LOVED it! It was so much fun!! I think I`ll leave it in Japan though...

 Kenny giving it some!

  
At 4.30am we left the karaoke bar to head for Tsukijishijo Fish Market. 

We wanted to get in to the auction, which is apparently quite an experience, but got there too late, at 5.30am.

 

 The amount of polystyrene that they got through was absolutely insane.

So after wandering through the market, Kenny, George and I went for sushi (at 6am!). We found a really good sushi restaurant (defined by the fact that it`s been established for over 100 years) and sat down. Apart from the octopus, which was really quite tough, it was all DELICIOUS! You could tell that it had litterally come straight off the boat! Unfortunately, it means that I can never have sushi again, because it will never be as good!

 

We got back to the hostel at about 9am, and I went to sleep... the rest of day 3 in Tokyo was therefore pretty much written off... so I booked myself in for another night there.

What a wicked day. 
Tokyo = great culture, great food and great people! And I L.O.V.E it.