We docked at the Tokyo cruise terminal this morning on a cold & rainy day. Late in the morning, we took a taxi to the Tsukiji outer market. I hadn’t planned on going there because I had been told that it was crowded, but I figured the weather might keep some people away.
Despite the cold and rain, it was crowded at the market. I took this photo just as we entered the other market - once we got in there it was packed.
I would hate to have been there on a nice day.
We had lunch in a sushi bar that I found on Google Maps.
We ordered the Takumi shown below, plus an order of Marge’s favorite, broiled eel, and a roasted salmon collar for me.
With my beer and Marge’s sake, the total was 6850 yen, or $43. It was a very nice lunch at a reasonable price. The taxi ride to and from lunch was a bit more than the cost of lunch.
I have Apple AirPods Pro earbuds that are supposed to translate live, but I found that most Japanese people we dealt with at restaurants or bakeries speak enough English for us to manage, and the earbuds aren’t yet good enough at translating live conversations.
Tomorrow am, we leave the ship for our Airbnb in the Ikebukuro area of Tokyo where we will stay for 3 nights.
Ikeburuo is a neighborhood that our friend Susan showed us years ago. We like it because it’s not as crowded as more popular areas of Tokyo, and is full of little shops and restaurants. It also has a department store with a food floor full of goodies. In Japan, big department stores have a food floor, usually the basement floor.
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