Tokyo hopping - Blogabond

With Marion having arrived and recovered enough after the long travel we set off to make a big part of Tokyo ours today.
Oh, and with having two cameras at the ready now, expect more pictures of me, and of course of her, than till now in the following posts.

We started early in the morning with the Tsukiji fish market, where fresh seafood of all sizes and colors is sold everyday, the most popular part being the tuna auction in the early hours of the day where gigantic fish change owners to be used in high-class cooking.
Everyone is free to shop at this market of course and fish of this freshness and quality, but most importantly variety, is not easy to come by in most parts of the world.

Tsukiji Fishmarket

These vehicles are driving through the area all the time and can get quite dangerous. Taking kids there is not really recommended. They look pretty fun to drive, though *g*

Tsukiji sushi breakfast/brunch/lunch

Of course a morning at this market has to end with a breakfast/brunch of probably the best sushi in the world, made from fish that still swam freely a short time ago. We went to a small restaurant for this and, if a bit heavy on wasabi, it was of course delicious.
My eating habits changed quite drastically during my trip, the most obvious difference probably being the loss of my ability to eat large quantities without problem (the ones I celebrate with know what I mean), so the set I ordered was a tight fit. On the plus side I lost some weight and build some stamina, and not needing much food shouldn't be a disadvantage for a first-semester student having just come back from a quite expensive country ^^

Nigiri

Makimono

The next stop was Asakusua, the market, temple and Kitchen Town, but I already told you about those.

Senso-ji

As my girlfriend put it, you haven't seen Tokyo if you haven't been to the Tokyo Tower, so that's what we did after the shopping spree in Asakusa.
Standing taller that the Eiffel-Tower, after which its modeled, it offers a nice 360° look of Tokyo on its Observatory platform. Nice to see all the way to places you already have been, e.g. the Rainbow Bridge of Odaiba.