Tsukijishijo- Asakusa!

Posted by Beverly's World June 27, 2014

Tsukijishijo- Asakusa!

Konnichiwa...It is me Beverly again! (Of course). Forgive me to be foolish as I'm so happy to be free tonight and spend time writing my blog. Ok. Back to the topic. Probably you all already have the correct answer for what I am going to share in this post by reading the title and my greeting, right? Yes! It is about my Tokyo trip again. There will be 2 places of Tokyo in this post which are Tsukijishijo and Asakusa.

Tsukijishijo

Or we can call it as Tsukiji Market(築地市場) located near the Tsukijishijo station. The market contains two sections which is "inner market" (jōnai-shijō) and "outer market" (jōgai-shijō). The inner market is a wholesale market where about 900 wholesale dealers operate small stalls. It is also where the auctions and most of the processing of the fish take place. The inner market opens most morning at 3am and many shops start to close around 11am. Unfortunately, we did not have chance to visit to the inner market as we woke up late that day. It was impossible for us to make it as we reached Tokyo at 11pm the night before, checked in to our hostel at 1am, slept at around 4am unless we go straight to the market without sleep.

Anyway, we were able to visit to their outer market where it is a mixture of wholesale, retails and a lots of seafood. There are many restaurants, especially sushi and sashimi restaurant in the outer market. Most of the shops close by the early afternoon. So please be sure that you can wake up early to visit to the market.


We looked happy to begin our trip even though we were tired.

Spotted this pretty girl in the train.

Japanese 拿督公？

You can get all types of fresh seafood over here. Just name it and they have it.

Cute doggie. She is sleeping while waiting for her owner.

Drinking Asahi early in the morning. @.@

First time tried the cold Tamago and it tasted yummy. Love it!

Call me Macha girl!

Asakusa(浅草)

It is located in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, which is a district that famous for the Sensō-ji (a Buddist temple dedicated to the bodhisattya Kannon. We were lucky enough that the day we visited to Asakusa is the Sanja Matsuri or Sanja Festival (三社祭). It totally surprised us that we had the chance to participate in one of wildest and largest festival in Tokyo. The Sanja festival is held after the cherry blossom session on the May third weekend every year. During the festival, the Japanese (no matter they are men or women, old or young) will carry a big beautiful mikoshis (portable shrines) and walk around the street in front of the temple. There is a leader who shouting loudly in front of the group and all of them will follow the rhythm. I did not really understand what are they shouting but I think probably is about their trust and appreciation towards the God. It was a big crowd that gathered and visited to the temple for prayers during the festival. Although it was so hot and crowded, we enjoyed it as the experience of Japanese culture.