Today we got up at 5 motherfucking AM to go the the fish market. We all managed to leave on time at a very respectable 5.30, some of us with a full face of make up (Susie) or rolled out of bed at the last second with witches hair (Zoe). Either way, we managed to see some really awesome stuff including beheaded tuna, eels in piles of blood and other gross/awesome stuff. After some of the more adventurous of the group ate sashimi for breakfast, the sane ones of us waited for a while for pizza in the zoo. The zoo in Ueno park deserves its own paragraph so ...

The park is the largest one in central Tokyo with a large population of homeless people, mainly men who lost jobs during the recession in the 90's, who mostly hide themselves away during the day. There are a few shrines in the grounds, where we went and cleansed ourselves and wrote a prayer on a block of wood, where loads of other people in all different languages had written their own. There were some beautiful prayers and some really funny cute ones, such as the one who wished for her young son to pass his third grade reading. I wished for peace, courage and happiness, but it was a cheesy effort and I wished I had more time to think of awesome stuff, alas mine is not a genius that manifests spontaneously.

The zoo was awesome. There was some sort of Japanese school children trip which was every level of adorable. They were about 4 and 5, mostly with swine flu masks, with their amazing sailor outfit and colour coordinated hats. I kept wanting to reach out and pinch their cheeks. Honestly, they were almost the highlight of the whole zoo.

After that, I came home and slept for maybe like, 4 hours and then Susie had to go out and get ready for her date and I decided to go to Shinjuku, because I hadn't been out there yet. I went and had dinner which was sushi with raw salmon, which was the first sushi I'd had in Tokyo but hopefully not the last. It was incredibly delicous, melt in the mouth, and not a huge mouthful of flesh which was my experience in England. After I went shopping and stumbled across Piss Alley which was completely charming and smelt completely delicous. I also found a second hand Gothic Lolita store, which advertised vintage Vivienne Westwood. Intrigued, I went in and found a vintage scarf for approx £20 which is what I would pay for a new, non designer in England. It's the first proper designer I've ever bought and I couldn't be more excited to have it in my possesion. I figure I can sell it for way more in Sydney if necessary but I would love to keep it. I think it's completely beautiful and am so happy to have found an amazing bargain which I will remember forever.

And Shinjuku is cool too I guess. Lots of good sights and signs. and stuff, i dunno, see it yourself, or google image it, i cba