Final Japan Post

This is seven months late, but I never really finished my posts on Japan and wanted to do that before I started posting about my newest adventure. I'm actually at the airport right now on the way to Hong Kong, followed by Taiwan.

But first, let's wrap up the Japan trip. On our last full day in the country, we explored some other areas of Tokyo. In the morning we went down to the Tsukiji Fish Market, which is famous for having insanely fresh fish (literally just caught) for sale. After walking around the market area (no pictures, it was quite crowded), we popped into a well-known sushi place to grab some fresh fish. It was conveyer belt style so we could just grab whatever looked good. The highlight of this meal was definitely the fatty tuna, which was honestly one of the best things I've ever eaten.

 

After filling our bellies with insanely delicious sushi, we walked up to the Ginza neighborhood, which is know for its high-end shopping. There was a big pedestrian-only street lined with hundreds of nice stores (some Western and some Japanese). I'm pretty sure I spent an hour in a 5-level stationary store. Poor Tommy and Bryan!

 

After this, we headed to the Imperial Palace in the Chiyoda neighborhood. The palace is located inside of a very lovely park and the views of the palace itself are quite lovely:

After enjoying the sunset in the park, we traveled to Shinjuku and went to the observation deck of the Metropolitan building. From here we got some great views of the city, and could also catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji in the distance (it's on the ride side of the picture, just above the clouds:

We spent the night wandering around the neighborhood of our hotel (Ikebukuro, which was very lively), visiting some good craft beer bars. We went to the airport fairly early on Sunday so that we could hang around the in the Narita mall before flying home (and fill our bags with amazing Japanese candy).

That about wraps up the Japan trip! I might do one more post that contains our final itinerary, for anyone who is traveling there and would like to do the stuff we did. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!