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Published: April 29th 2012
Fish for sale
They auction the Tuna one at a timeCHRIS
We woke up very early and went to the fish markets (you don't want to go there it stinks even if you do like fish). We walked around and saw a lot of dead fish, fish with their heads cut off, clams, eels and other things I shouldn't mention. When we got to the end of the market where they were selling the dead tunas we were told by a guard we were not allowed to be there, so we were pretty lucky to see the big tunas. On the way out we saw a huge pile of used foam containers which is what they stored the fish in with ice.
After that we went to breakfast at a traditional sushi restaurant and it had raw fish that I refused to eat.
We walked to the Imperial Palace but it wasn't open so we went to the fountain park for a little while and then we went to the Imperial Palace public garden which was very big. There was a big moat around the Palace which you wouldn't want to swim in because the white swans would peck you on the head. We saw where the old
Tuna
Then they cut it up to sell to individual shops or restaurants village used to be there but it was burnt down in a fight in the 16 hundreds.
When we went back to Shinjuku we went to the 45th floor in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Tower and we saw out over the Tokyo skyline. We did not get to see Mt Fuji as it was hiding. At the souvenier shop I bought a Pokemon toy and a toy car for my three year old cousin (Damon or Ang don't tell Xavier).
At dinner we sat on cushions on the floor with no shoes which was very nice. the only problem was the people next door were shouting a lot with jugs of beer.
MATTHEW
Saturday we got up very early to go to the famous Tokyo fish markets. It was pretty gruesome There was a tuna fish caught that morning being gutted and beheaded in front of us. The guy flicked the head towards us. Where the head rested the ice turned red, how fresh. There was plenty of other stuff like octopus tentacles, fish tails, huge mussels and scallops, eels and mussels the nice of a dinner plate. Walking around the fishmarkets was pretty
Other seafood
It's not just Tuna at the fish market dangerous, ice to slip on, guts flying and eels squirming and to rub it in they had electric carts buzzing around everywhere as well.
After all that Mum and Dad tried to make me eat raw fish. I had it and didn’t really like it, but at least I tried it. Chris refused to eat anything at all.
We made our way down to the Imperial Palace where the Emperor and Empress live. It was surrounded by a very large moat which looked a bit fantastical like something out of a cartoon castle. In the Imperial Palace there were lots of cherry blossom trees still in flower. There was a big lawn where all of the slaves and women would have stayed in the old days. There was also a temple or 2 – of course we didn’t actually see any of these. They were all burnt to the ground in 1624 between two Shoguns who were fighting to control the country.
Then we took the train to Shibuya crossing which is the really really really busy crossing in Tokyo where we found the statute of Hachiko which is the dog that died waiting for
Imperial Palace
Some of the gardens are open to hte public its master to return from the train station nearby.
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