This morning we went to the Tsujiki Fish Market. It is the largest fish market in Tokyo that has 200,000 pounds of seafood move through it each day. It was started in 1935 and had a large indoor area where vendors sell their seafood. We had a tour from one of the former students of one of the professors of Meiji University. We were all very tired from the club but we made it through the tour. There are a lot of small vehicles that go through the market that you have to watch out for. One of the guys almost got his foot run over. We saw the tuna that had been auctioned off that morning. It is about $30 per kilo for a tuna fish. After the tour we went to a sushi restaurant where they had prepared a platter of sushi for each of us. There was tuna, eel, fish roe, sea urchin, and other fish on the plate. It was not very appetizing to have sushi after a whole night out and especially for breakfast. It was probably the freshest sushi that I will ever have and the tuna was really good.
On the subway ride home every one was falling asleep but we made it back to the hotel. I slept from 8:30 to 4:30 and then got up and went to get some dumplings and vegetables and liver. It was really good and inexpensive. After this I went to Harajuku. I went to some stores and checked out the Japanese fashion which is really different from our clothes. I also went to a really good Mexican place that was probably some of the best Mexican food that I have ever tasted. They had a Mariachi band and a really cool ambiance.
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