I'll take you in my backpack

6/24/10 We took the Shinkansen to Atami (first time riding this "bullet train"). It flies! I captured a video but wasn't quick enough to get the front of the train as it zipped by us! Enjoy! From Atami 6-24-10 *click on the picture and it will bring you to the Picassa album where you can see the video. I was having a hard time uploading it to the blog!* Once again on our way back, we had to get off at the Shinjuku train station...once again we did not take the right exit (there are approximately 230840320984 to choose from). We have yet to take the same way out, and we have yet to take the correct way out. Perhaps before we leave here! I hate this train station!

6/22/10 This morning we got up at an offensive hour (leaving the hotel before 5 am, like I said, offensive) to go to the Tsukiji Fish Market. This is the central fish market in Japan and if you get there at 5am (before the trains start running (and no we did not get there by 5am) you can catch the Tuna auction. Fisherman/women from all over the world sell their catch over here (a couple of large tuna can sustain a person financially for the year. Many of the fish bring in close to a million dollars). I wore my flip flops (because it's hot and humid and why would I want to put on sneakers?!), I quickly learned that that was not a smart decision when walking around a fish market (with water, blood, guts, fish, parts, etc all over the floor). I hope I don't get some kind of Japanese fish disease as a result (do they exist?!) The fish market was interesting, but there is little in life that is worth getting up and leaving before 5am... When we got back to Shinjuju we tried ...