Tokyo part 1

After the semester had ended I fulfilled one of my long time dreams- traveling to Japan. I went there on the 21st of December till the first of January 2016. Which meant spending Christmas and New Years in Japan. Ever since I was little I was fascinated with that country starting from the Anime world, the motherland of Sailor Moon, Dragonball Z to just name a few of my childhood heroes and this fascination has continued even now through my adulthood. Two of my favorite movies are set place in Japan, the first one is 'Spirited away' and the second one is 'Lost in Translation'. Both tackle different topics but both of these movies have left an immense impact in my tastes in cinematography. Japan in my eyes was a world where tradition and craziness has formed a well sorted balance. And I was eager to make my own impression of these two worlds. My first stop of this journey was the gigantic, enormous and tremendous capital of Japan-Tokyo. 

I started to realize how big this city actually is on my way from the airport to my friends dorm where I was staying at, it took me more than two hours. I arrived there exhausted but happy to finally see my friend Anja after 6 months. She took me to Ikebukuro which is a district with lots of shops where we had some yummy food and had a good old chat about our exchange student lives. 

Ikebukuro- first outlook on the amount of people living in Tokyo 

We had some food in one these so called family restaurants-I really enjoy the Japanese cuisine with their set meals

They really know how to make a good desert

Huge arcades- I saw tons of these types of arcades on TV, so me and my friend had to play a few games. It's crazy to think that some of these people are staying hours and hours playing by there own

First time for me playing this race and I don't know how but I was able to score first place (I'm the piggy with the bow)

On the 22nd we woke up super early (around 5 o'clock) to go to the Tsukiji Fish market. Sadly we weren't able to witness the Tuna auction but we saw one of these big Tuna fish in front of a restaurant. So of course we had to snap a picture. A lot of shops and restaurants weren't even open at that time. So for those not that interest in the Tuna auction and just want to see the market I suggest going later in the day!

The market was full of deli which I have never seen before. Most of them were either products of the sea or things to eat with seafood

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of all these people in the early morning picking up their groceries

Of course we had to have some kind of Sushi from the Fish market- really delicious!