Fish, fish, fish, fish...

Being a food obsessed individual, a must-see on my Tokyo list was of course the Tsukiji Fish Market. This is the world's biggest fish market, but it also sells every type of pickled or dried food you could conceive of, fresh fruit and vegetables and beautiful ceramics. It was incredibly busy and the short old women were particularly pushy and unforgiving in the crowds. I would have liked to see the tuna auctions, but you have to line up very early in the morning and only 140 tourists are let in each day.

There were many sashimi restaurants to choose from in and around the markets (most closing by 11:00am), so a breakfast of sashimi was in order. In conclusion, it was the freshest, tastiest, most mouth watering sashimi either of us have ever had the pleasure of eating!

Main street with market alleyways to the right

Fresh seafood

Fish and salmon fillets

Dried fish galore!

My favourite piece of sashimi 

With stomachs full of sashimi, we decided to head to Ginza - Tokyo's answer to New York's Fifth Avenue! Ginza definitely feels different to other parts of Tokyo. The streets are cleaner, the footpaths less crowded and the price tags much higher. We had a really relaxed afternoon, with two beer stops (one in an imitation English pub and another in a hybrid German beer hall) and a coffee break in Japan's 'finest' coffee establishment.

Whilst exploring the streets of Ginza we came across a four storey toy store. The entire second floor was full of stuffed toys and every creature (real, mythical or animated) was there. I especially liked the toy cats!

It's Sansa!

The next floor was full of Lego and Mike got a little too excited and really wanted to buy a Lego Star Destroyer.

Mike with the Lego

He only bought a Lego Star Wars key ring in the end

Next on the must-see list was the Sony Building, which is definitely a place for gadget geeks with its six floors showcasing Sony's latest developments. The 3D TVs were really impressive and we found a little point and shoot camera we might go back and buy tomorrow.

We finished off our day with a wander through Mitsukoshi, which has been dubbed 'the Harrods of Tokyo' and is also Japan's oldest department store.

Part of a fantastic mural in the Tokyo subway