Tokyo Fish Market

This morning we woke up to a cold and wet Tokyo morning. Winter is certainly on its way! With a maximum of 13 degrees and 70% chance of showers, we weren't going to plan too much outdoors.

The old fish market at Tsukiji was on my list of places to visit, so we thought this might be a good activity to do today.

Only 1 train station and about 1km walk, it wasn't too far and worked up an appetite. When we arrived, it was already packed with locals and tourist, buying fresh fish, meat and vegetables, sushi, cooked food and sake.

We did a lap around and then started to do some tasting of our own. Angus had a cheese croquette, Ella a squid skewer and egg omlette roll, Clint a scallop skewer and I had eel. With lots of other free samples of pickles, nuts, sencha tea and dried fish, we were sated. It was only 11am!

Clint and I found a boutique coffee roaster, which was great. On the whole, Japanese coffee isn't that good.
After wandering the market for a few hours, we then headed back to the main shopping areas of central Tokyo to get some presents for ourselves and for others.

Clint and I bought some shoes and clothes and the kids some toys. Success all around.

By the time we caught the train back to our apartment  it was almost 6pm, so we stocked up on dinner supplies from the supermarket and had a casual dinner at home.

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