We've been busy lately, as usual. We attended the Subamarine Birthday Ball a couple of weeks ago in Tokyo. It was at the New Sanno hotel, which caters to the military in Japan. David was the head of the planning committee for the event, so I think he was a little anxious beforehand, but once the event was underway, he was able to relax and we had a really nice time.
On Monday, our Japanese friends took us to a fish market near Miura kaigan. It is not nearly as big as the famous Tsukiji market in Tokyo, but unlike Tsukiji, which has a constant stream of tourists (it was even closed to tourists earlier this year because of some bad behavior),
everyone in this market seemed surprised to see me and David there. Of course our Japanese friends were helpful, but as we continually experience here, complete strangers were eager to show us things and explain-like how to cook and eat tuna eye sockets. We bought three different kinds of tuna- one for sashimi and the other two for cooking. The vendor threw in some special wakame seaweed for us first timers
everyone in this market seemed surprised to see me and David there. Of course our Japanese friends were helpful, but as we continually experience here, complete strangers were eager to show us things and explain-like how to cook and eat tuna eye sockets. We bought three different kinds of tuna- one for sashimi and the other two for cooking. The vendor threw in some special wakame seaweed for us first timers
The only disappointing thing was the traffic. Golden Week just ended here, which includes four seperate Japanese holidays. It is the biggest travel week in Japan-I guess we can chalk it up the three hours of bumper to bumper traffic as another cultural experience.
The pictures above are from the Sub Ball and the fish market. Hopefully you can figure out which is which!
Good stuff! Glad the sub bash went off well - David, you are quite the entertainer! The fish market looked great - I'll never forget how fresh the tuna tasted in Japan.
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