I can’t shop here!
Ginza, Ginza, Ginza… The ‘Rodeo Drive’ of Tokyo is at my proverbial back door and I can’t afford a thing… Well, that’s not exactly true… I did do a sweep of the Apple store and snagged the digital camera connector…
July 17, 2010
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Ginza, Ginza, Ginza… The ‘Rodeo Drive’ of Tokyo is at my proverbial back door and I can’t afford a thing… Well, that’s not exactly true… I did do a sweep of the Apple store and snagged the digital camera connector…
Saturday – July 17, 4am Yep – I went back. Back to Tsukiji Fish Market, aka the Central Tokyo Wholesale Fish Market… the largest in the world. This is where they have the famous Tuna Auctions and barter over a…
Thursday – July 15, 5pm I know this is a delicate subject…. but WOW! They think of everything in Tokyo. Everything!! I heard birds chirping this morning as I exited my hotel room… they pipe the sounds of chirping birds…
Wednesday – July 14, 10pm Landed safely in Tokyo. Melvin and I rode the Shinkansen (bullet train) from Narita to Tokyo Station. Much fun! Such luxury… in the Green Car. We then met up with one of my colleagues from…
So I’m in China now to start the real reason I’m over here – work. This will be the final post in this blog, as I’m certain none of you have any interest in my next eight days of administrivia….
It was a long trek to Hakone and Mt. Fuji on Saturday – but after being on my feet about 16 hrs the previous day, I was ready for a more restful tour. Mt. Fuji is considered by the Japanese…
Just kidding. The rest of the day was fantastic. (But you gotta admit – that’s one attention-grabbing opener.)I’ve never been a fan of “group tours.” If you haven’t noticed, I have a bit of an independent streak. But today was…
Warning: This post is not for the faint of heart or those easy-to-be-queasy. It is, in fact, a posting about a bunch of dead fish. Millions of pounds… of dead fish. Read on at your own risk. So when I…
I’m up here at 3am… oh, the joys of pre-jetlag. Up early and ready to roll — I’ll be dragging tail by this afternoon. I had a couple of hours before I leave for the famed fish market and thought…
Two good flights and every piece of luggage present and accounted for. Airport navigation to find a bus was simple. Arrived at my hotel around 6:00, dumped my bags and headed out on foot. Tokyo is famous for it’s culinary…
