Tsukiji fish market & Asakusa 築地と浅草

After I met up with my professor and his wife in Tokyo, the first place we visited was Tsukiji Fish Market, where we had some fresh seafood bowls for lunch. Most dishes look good and decent price. Each restaurant is very small and there were long lines to get to each stand.

築地に行って、海鮮丼食べてきました～　週末だったから午後２時でもかなり混雑気味。確かに美味しいくて、値段もそんなに高くないし、都会人にとったらいい場所なんだろうけど、俺的には、塩釜でも食べれます。的な感じでしたｗ


We wnet to Asakusa after the lunch. Asakusa(浅草) is a part of Tokyo's downtown best known for its many temples, particularly Sensoji(浅草寺). Unfortunately, Sensoji was on construction for renovation, so we coudn't see much of it. But we enjoyed for its old traditional Japanese view of Edo era(1603-1867). My professor and his wife were very interested in many stone statue of Jizo.

残念ながら浅草寺は工事してて見れなかったけど、教授たちは東京の中にある一風変わった風景を楽しんでたようなのでとりあえずOK!
雷門(Kaminari-mon, which stands for "Lightening Entrance")


It was such a hot day about 90F!? The heat island of the big city Tokyo and moisture from the Tokyo Bay created a sticky moist uncomfortable air, which is its particular atmosphere in this rainy season in Tokyo.

Surfing this weekend

Every weekend is for surfing in my life now. I went surfing with my brother and friends of his three days in a row. I just practiced paddling, dolphin through, as well as taking off, which was great time for me to improve.

Last Friday, the wave was chest-head tall, which was pretty big for me as a learner, but I tired to get to the offshore even though I was swallowed up by huge waves so many times and probably drank quarter liter of seawater..

The left bottom picture shows such a huge bagworm! It is about 3～4inches!

Waiting a nice one. The sea surface was not nice at all due to wind this morning.

Catch the wave! But I couldn't..lol

We ended up with another accident happened to me. When a wave pushed me and flipped me over, a fin of my surf board hit my forehead.... Fortunately, I didn't get a gash on my face. What the dangerous sport surfing is... One accident each time!

今週末もサーフィン三昧。金曜日の浜一の波は大きくて腹・胸、セット頭。けど頑張ってのまれてのまれて初めて沖に出れた！沖に出れたのはいいものの、頭くらいありそうなセットを何回か食らってるうちに力尽きて浜に戻ることに...「のまれる回数だけ上手くなる」の意味が少し分かったような気が....
今日は仙台の新浜へ。風のせいで海面がタップタップいってて、なかなか練習するのにいい波が来なかった。終わる際に、波にのまれて一回転してから、ボードのフィンがおでこを掠ってってちょー焦りまくり!! 顔に傷がつかなくて良かった～

激辛Ramen The hottest ramen in Japan.

Last week, I had a ramen, so-called, the hottest ramen in Japan. It was very hot while eating, but once you drink water, the spiciness is gone. Even though I couldn't finish all red peppers, it was kind of disappointing with the tastes. I think the buffalo wing with blazin sauce is much more fun and challengeable to eat.