It's super cold outside compared to every other day I've been here and I made it to a department store to use the toilet so I could rest and write my blog whilst taking a lovely dump. First thing I notice is the seat is warm, not "oh god someone just took a crap in this thing I don't think it's hygienic" warm, but "OMG THESE JAPANESE ARE SO SMART WITH ELECTRICALLY WARMED SEATS" warm. I actually don't want to leave it's that good. Gosh imagine winter here.
Anyways this morning I got up and went to the fish market. It was like going to the Vic market but mainly based upon fresh fish. When I say fresh I mean like they're still alive in the buckets of water. I got into a few peoples ways but I got a few good photos. The first thing I noticed was the fact I had walked down here only last night. Massive shame. But I did go into the temple I wanted I see. I also got a bowl of "special salmon" which wasn't so special but it was okay. It actually came very quick. I almost didn't know how to open the tea jug, the guy next to me was about to help. Sure because I'm still trying to get used to using chopsticks like how Nik taught me last night as opposed to my very western style fashion. At least I don't stab the food. So imagine the immense pressure I felt flipping between the two styles. I was praying no one would just come to me with a fork, that's how ugly it got.
I walked down to Ginza, as put by Nik, rich people. I see. All the massive brands like Chanel, Burberry and so on were there. And uni qlo. The worlds biggest with 14 floors. So I got shirts for work. Their stuff is amazing. They can't come any sooner to Melbourne. Just like h&m.
However as I was walking down I saw this old man slap an old lady on the bum with his newspaper. He didn't know her, she just got off a bus. It was pretty funny actually...
Then I went and found the Apple store in Tokyo, it's like finding a $100 note on the floor, except you expect that note would have free wifi, along with the expected things like people going nuts for it and what not. But nope, no free wifi. Thanks Japan, heaps of wifi spots, but no free wifi anywhere. So I carried on and found a department store, which is where I was taking my warm toilet seat dump.
Later on I decided to go see Tokyo Tower, which as it says, is lighter than the Eiffel Tower and also taller. Taller maybe, lighter well yes, as amazing? No. Everything in Tokyo covers the tower, so it's almost pointless. At least in Paris the Eiffel Tower is the tallest thing in Paris itself, other than the sky scrapers outside of Paris but that's a different thing. Almost anywhere in Paris you can see the tower, but in Tokyo you practically have to be next to it to see the tower because now that the Tokyo Skytree is taller, it's also away from all the towers. It's also lost it's romantic appeal with the Eiffel Tower has because it's next to a small park, in the middle of nothing really. However, it's an icon and I appreciate that. But it's also lighter because there is less to it, but maybe it's taller because of the spire? Not sure. But the funny thing is, there's this 'mystery ball' which is on display in a cabinet and spinning around like it's a diamond, with lights all around it saying that they found it after 50 years when they cleaned out the antenna. And? I guess it's kind of like cleaning out the dishwasher after a while and finding random bits of gunk inside of it and thinking 'holy crap I better post this on facebook for all to see'.
I then went onto the National Art Centre Tokyo, an amazing building which reminded me a lot of the MCEC. Google it. Anyways, I went to see American Pop Art. As I was looking at it, I realised there were some pieces of art I've seen before, so I was impressed that some stuff I had seen, especially at the Ludwig museum in Germany were also moved to Tokyo.I even saw Andy Warhols famous Campbells Tomato Soup. I didn't think it would take that long, after all it was 1500 Yen, which is about $17 to see the collections and I was under the impression there would be more to see maybe. But no. I mean I paid 10 Euro's to see the Louve in Paris for a whole day. Regardless, this was a special art collection. I left, magically found my way on the metro back to Shibuya, because I refuse to go alone to Shinjuku. Get this, two metro stops cost me 180 Yen, but on the normal trains run by Keio, it cost me 100 Yen to go 7 stops.
I got back, went to open the door and Nik still had his student there at 6.50, he said to be back around 6.45. The door was locked and I was like 'woo I'm home' and I could hear Nik saying 'WOAH wait another 15min please'. So I went outside his apartment and used the wifi by the window, like the creep I am! But we got dressed, I went in one of the new shirts I got, borrowed a belt and hit Shinjuku for dinner. Below is a picture of the horse I ate. YES. Horse. We went to a bar later on and the guy was telling us how you can find beef penis, he actually said chin chin which means penis and that got my attention because all us Italians say is chin chin, and also bugs. I'm not so keen on either of them, but the penis has a lot of collagen so they believe it's good for the skin. Still not interested in it. I was only joking about eating horse dick. But then there are things like whale I still have to try and other messed up shit like raw chicken. Anyways as we were having dinner with Niks friends Kazumi and Ryan, the power went out. So they came around later on giving us some rice which had the pubs name in Japanese and a love heart shape. I couldn't understand what the girl was saying so she said to me 'present' I thought she said it was for me...everyone at the table said sure it's for you... so I'm going along with that. Also when we ate there we got to sit at those traditional Japanese tables, the ones without chairs, aka the coffee table.
Then I went and found the Apple store in Tokyo, it's like finding a $100 note on the floor, except you expect that note would have free wifi, along with the expected things like people going nuts for it and what not. But nope, no free wifi. Thanks Japan, heaps of wifi spots, but no free wifi anywhere. So I carried on and found a department store, which is where I was taking my warm toilet seat dump.
Later on I decided to go see Tokyo Tower, which as it says, is lighter than the Eiffel Tower and also taller. Taller maybe, lighter well yes, as amazing? No. Everything in Tokyo covers the tower, so it's almost pointless. At least in Paris the Eiffel Tower is the tallest thing in Paris itself, other than the sky scrapers outside of Paris but that's a different thing. Almost anywhere in Paris you can see the tower, but in Tokyo you practically have to be next to it to see the tower because now that the Tokyo Skytree is taller, it's also away from all the towers. It's also lost it's romantic appeal with the Eiffel Tower has because it's next to a small park, in the middle of nothing really. However, it's an icon and I appreciate that. But it's also lighter because there is less to it, but maybe it's taller because of the spire? Not sure. But the funny thing is, there's this 'mystery ball' which is on display in a cabinet and spinning around like it's a diamond, with lights all around it saying that they found it after 50 years when they cleaned out the antenna. And? I guess it's kind of like cleaning out the dishwasher after a while and finding random bits of gunk inside of it and thinking 'holy crap I better post this on facebook for all to see'.
I then went onto the National Art Centre Tokyo, an amazing building which reminded me a lot of the MCEC. Google it. Anyways, I went to see American Pop Art. As I was looking at it, I realised there were some pieces of art I've seen before, so I was impressed that some stuff I had seen, especially at the Ludwig museum in Germany were also moved to Tokyo.I even saw Andy Warhols famous Campbells Tomato Soup. I didn't think it would take that long, after all it was 1500 Yen, which is about $17 to see the collections and I was under the impression there would be more to see maybe. But no. I mean I paid 10 Euro's to see the Louve in Paris for a whole day. Regardless, this was a special art collection. I left, magically found my way on the metro back to Shibuya, because I refuse to go alone to Shinjuku. Get this, two metro stops cost me 180 Yen, but on the normal trains run by Keio, it cost me 100 Yen to go 7 stops.
I got back, went to open the door and Nik still had his student there at 6.50, he said to be back around 6.45. The door was locked and I was like 'woo I'm home' and I could hear Nik saying 'WOAH wait another 15min please'. So I went outside his apartment and used the wifi by the window, like the creep I am! But we got dressed, I went in one of the new shirts I got, borrowed a belt and hit Shinjuku for dinner. Below is a picture of the horse I ate. YES. Horse. We went to a bar later on and the guy was telling us how you can find beef penis, he actually said chin chin which means penis and that got my attention because all us Italians say is chin chin, and also bugs. I'm not so keen on either of them, but the penis has a lot of collagen so they believe it's good for the skin. Still not interested in it. I was only joking about eating horse dick. But then there are things like whale I still have to try and other messed up shit like raw chicken. Anyways as we were having dinner with Niks friends Kazumi and Ryan, the power went out. So they came around later on giving us some rice which had the pubs name in Japanese and a love heart shape. I couldn't understand what the girl was saying so she said to me 'present' I thought she said it was for me...everyone at the table said sure it's for you... so I'm going along with that. Also when we ate there we got to sit at those traditional Japanese tables, the ones without chairs, aka the coffee table.
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