It takes time to get oriented to a new city. This morning we set out to buy a Suica Transit Card to make it more convenient to pay for subway rides. The subway stations are huge and the cards aren’t available at every station but we were successful with the help of friendly staff at the Tokyo Station.
In our effort to find an ATM, we stumbled into the Tourist Office. The staff there gave us city maps, some good suggestions for planning our time here, and the location of the nearest ATM – in the 7-Eleven across the street. Our plan to go the the Imperial Palace Gardens was scuttled as we learned that they are closed today.
It’s lunch time so we decided to walk to the Tsukiji Fish Market. It’s a crowded maze of shops with all things seafood and exotic snacks.
Market stall vendors sell beautiful cuts of seafood to restaurants and locals.
And, specialty shops sell knives – a must for the perfect slice of sushi.
Below, a cheerful gentleman works hard to lure customers into his shop.
A shop just for omelettes!? Next time we go, we want to try one of these cold Japanese omelettes as they seem to be very popular.
When we headed out for dinner this evening the weather app assured us that the chances of rain this were very low but, we got wet! It’s a rainy Friday evening in Tokyo and in spite of the rain, all is well!
