Very busy sign |
Really cute little car
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Tsukiji Fish Market |
Shoppers
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Bottom row, L to R: grilled abalone; lobster; and snow crab
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Oysters
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Raw oysters
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Sardines |
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Scallops and Oysters |
These are actually models of the available products. The sign says it is OK to take photos - not all merchants allow photos. In the middle row, to the right is "domestic R5 rank sirloin with sea urchin" and the price is 5000 yen or about $37.23 USD.
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This is an "Autumn Festival Home Run Sale" package of Kuroge Wagyu Beef Rib Loin slice. The regular price is 4320 yen($31.97) and the sale price is 3800 yen ($28.12).
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Bamboo shoots and wasabi
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Varieties of beans
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Mushrooms
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Assorted varieties of mushrooms
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Happiness is something you recognize - green Muscat grapes
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Close to the market street there is a Shinto Shrine: the Namiyoke Inari Shrine. The shrine features two large lion faces that are carried in the streets to celebrate the Lion Festival. |
Floral wall
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Japanese van - the vehicles (cars and all kinds of trucks) are so much smaller the American vehicles! It is like looking at toys. |
Small Japanese truck |
Sign on the back of a truck
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Lion at the Namiyoke Inari Shrine
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At the Namiyoke Inari Shrine |
Offerings at the Namiyoke Inari Shrine
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After a bathroom stop at our hotel, the group walked three blocks up the main street to the Mitsukoshi Department Store. It is huge and high-end, like Harrods in London. On the B2 level there is a huge deli department selling every kind of food. Our favorite was the bakery with real bread and rolls and croissants and sweet rolls. We bought a large cinnamon roll to eat later. It cost ¥300 plus 8% tax (¥324 or $2.24). There were sandwiches, all kinds of salads, things to take home and bake or microwave, etc.
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Mitsukoshi Department Store
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Ginza Place |
Unusual building
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A display inside the Mitsukoshi Department Store |
Yum!
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After our department store experience, we walked back to the fish market for our included lunch and ate with the crowds. The choices were grilled fish, fatty tuna, or sashimi. Marge ate grilled fish (it might have been salmon) and I had a chicken and rice bowl that was delicious - it came from a different market stall.
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Lunch in the Tsukiji Fish Market
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Restaurant menu card
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Water Supply and Fire Hydrant
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Water Supply and Fire Hydrant
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After lunch the group boarded a bus to go visit the Bonsai Museum again. It started to spit rain but didn’t rain hard. The Master was there and spoke to the group. The 50-year celebration was over and the garden was immaculate. Again, we toured the house (in socks on tatami mats) and then had a sweet snack and tea and learned little about bonsai - but the garden was beautiful.
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