After an excellent and interesting hour or so in the Museum I was ready for an early lunch and what a delicious lunch it proved to be as well; we sat down to sizzling dishes over tiny flames of Sukiyaki – a dish of sliced beef fried rapidly with vegetables and sauce, tuna sushi, miso soup and a tangy small salad of shredded ginger and pickled radish. This small starter practically blew my brains out it was so hot and I swear it was this that cleared my head cold!! I should add that I vacated the table for a short time to deal with the effects of this dish but returned to enjoy the meal with chop-sticks although the large wide snake like noodles in the beef dish did prove to be a bit of a challenge with these implements but as our guide had said the Japanese find it strange it you don’t’ make a noise whilst you eat so I sucked these snaking, tasty strings of noodle into my mouth!!!
The short walk from the restaurant back to the bus gave me an opportunity to feel and see the bustle of this city that truly looks like something out of Batman but without the sinister aspects of Gotham City. On the ground truly every inch of this massive city is utilised although it doesn’t feel claustrophobic. High-rise buildings are limited in height to meet earthquake standards and built on rubber or roller baring foundations, so there is plenty of light at street level.
The photo shows the busy street with a bullet train streaking overhead!!
The last photo is of a Sumo Wrestler’s Outfitters – this being the part the city of Tokyo famous for these heavily built wrestlers who mainly come for Mongolia. Legend has it that they traditionally only ate chicken because a chicken stood on two legs and the art of Sumo Wrestling is to stay on two legs!!
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