What a full day we had on May 11th! The 3 places we visited are all in one general area. Bill and I have been to all of the places before and I have blogged about them. I had trouble with my camera for a couple of days and most of the photos were "lost". But Gina took some nice photos. I won't do much explaining about these places since you can just search my blog for more information.
First stop was the fish market. Again, we decided not to attend the tuna auction, but to explore the outer market and eat!
Our brunch:
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| Gina enjoying her food. |
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| Sorry, this photo won't rotate! |
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After we finished our meal, we walked around some more and discovered the Namiyok Inari Shrine located on the outskirts of the outer market. Namiyoke meas "protection from waves". And Inari is the god of commercial prosperity and safe operations at sea. It is the unofficial guardian shrine for the market place and traders. It was built in 1657.
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| Namiyoke Inari Shrine |
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| Namiyoke Inari Shrine |
We then took a 15 minute stroll to watch the 12 pm performance of the Shimbashi clock (see previous blog).
After the almost 4 minute performance, we walked to Hama-Rikyu Garden. The garden was not as impressive as when we visited with Pat and Gary 6 weeks earlier. Not many plants were in bloom.
We did notice a cute young couple getting photos taken. We asked and we think it was for an engagement photo.
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| Gary and Gina on top of Mt. Ochin at Hama-rikyu Garden |
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| I found this photo on the internet of Mt. Ochin |
We had a terrific day, but enjoying a glass of wine with our feet elevated was wonderful at the end of the day!
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