Day two in Tokyo and we headed out early for a cappuccino. Don't get me wrong - the green tea is lovely, but we need a jolt to wake up! Speaking of jolts, did we mention the cars drive on the opposite side of the road. Now that was an exciting way to start the day... For breakfast, we went local and headed into a little shop with vending machines. Looking at photos, you select what you want to eat and buy tickets. We include a photo to illustrate how easy i...

We just got back from our twelve hour tour!!! Sitting down to green tea to write you this blog... We had a bit of jet lag this morning and didn't get to the Tsukiji Fish Market (the world's biggest fish market) for the tuna auction at 5am. We dodged carts, bikes and little trucks that whipped through the fish market. It puts real meaning to the word abunai!!! In the photos, you can see that we enjoyed a delicious sashimi brunch, even Pam (thanks to a lot of w...