We got up early this morning and went down to the fish market. We were going to get up and be down the market for 5am to watch the tuna auction but they only allow 60 people in at a time and we didn't want to be down there at that time in the morning and not be able to get in. That would have been a long morning and a waste of time! We still got to see loads of fish mongers in their wellies and aprons, lots of fish shops and shops selling fresh vegetables and dried fruits. We went around the big warehouses, it stunk of fish and there were loads of polystyrene containers with the fish in; it was all waiting to be loaded onto the lorries to be shipped out. A lot of it had already gone though!
There were a few little side streets of fresh sushi bars and food stalls, the queues were miles liz for almost every single one! It was crazy, the fish must be lovely in there!
We watched a guy auctioning off dried shredded shrimp in the street, he was stood on a stool with polystyrene containers stacked up to make his table.

We stopped at the family mart and bought some sushi, it was sort of a pic and mix and hoped for the best that we liked it because there is no English writing on the packets; we liked them... Well I did! Scott wasn't too fussy haha!

The next stop was back to Ueno to visit the national history museum, a lovely walk trough the park. It was sort of quiet for a Monday!

There was a flower and Japanese tree market in the park, the funny shape trees that grow sidewards and in all different shapes! They were all really pretty, just a shame they wouldn't fit in my rucksack!

The museum was closed and maybe open tomorrow, great! We each got a Starbucks and sat in the park for a while and enjoyed the fresh air away from the huddle and bustle of the city!
We decided to head back to the hotel and chill before we went out tonight, we were going to be going out early because I read that the best time to spot a geisha girl is just before it gets dark; however when we got back to the room and I checked the Internet a little more thoroughly almost every site that I trawled through said it was really difficult to spot a working geisha in Tokyo and that a 2 hour tour of a tea house and entertainment of a geisha girl was £100 per person. The best place to see them in Japan is the old city, Kyoto.
A little disappointed but there isn't much we can do about it.

We went straight to Akihabara district, this is apparently 'Tokyo's pride and joy area' they have all the electronic stores and comic stores here.
The lights were fab! Tokyo are very behind in their electronics and games scene in some aspects. They don't advertise the new games like Xbox and playstation, they are still advertising SEGA and they have comic book stores with the figurines and card trading stores. There were lots of young girls dressed up like Japanese comic dolls with frilly little dresses on and long socks!

Most of the stores were big and bold full of electronics with Japanese signs everywhere, I think I read that the merchandise is tax free here but the power watts aren't very high so the goods are only really good for japan.

We got food in a traditional little Japanese cafe where we have to order food off of a ticket machine. Yummy as always!

After gauping at all the lights and Scott had a go at the claw machine in one of the games arcade, we went over to Takes***a street, the area of all the high Japanese fashion for young teenagers. However everything seemed to be closing so it was sort of a wasted journey, so Scott got a chocolate crepe and we headed home!