Category: Japan
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Lunch Counters & Counter Culture
The next morning we headed for late breakfast/early lunch in this tiny tangle of streets. There was a line to this corner noodle stall with only counter service – about 8 or 9 stools – and a fast turnover of mostly men, slurping quickly and loudly. I sat down in the middle of all these…
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Weather & Wings
A rainy day, so we hit the Edo-Tokyo Museum. It was huge, with all sorts of interactive, moving and miniature displays. We ended up spending way longer than anticipated there! Edo is what Tokyo was called before it was the capital. The museum is right next to the sumo stadium, and when we were leaving…
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Trees & Traffic
Breakfast adventure! Grabbed some things from the konbini. Still not sure what I ate? First stop of the day: the Meiju Shrine. A huge, beautiful green space right in the heart of the city, we were shocked when we walked up. The trees are giant, the city noise drowned out and – since we got there…
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Flowers & Fish
Because of our, ahem, early bedtime, we all woke up at about 3 am and decided to try for the fish market. We missed the tuna auction (seats are limited and rumored to basically be all taken by about 4), but wanted to walk around anyway. It’s basically a fend-for-yourself situation, since it’s a commercial…
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Tokyo First Impressions & Toilet Tales
Well it took 30 hours of travel, our first vending machine stop, and some friends at the konbini (the convenient store – they pulled out a phone book of maps (?) and got us on the right path) to get to the apartment. Sarah and Matt were already asleep and we were exhausted, trying to…
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Travel Log
Our last ATX meal? Salt Lick breakfast tacos, of course. Excited but sleepy, we got on the plane only to be told the plane’s battery wouldn’t hold a charge. It might be a quick fix or they might have to fly parts in. (Which seems inefficient? But maybe that’s just me.) The grumbling out loud…
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Japan is Calling
…and I must go. Tomorrow. (Apologies to John Muir) test post!
