5:30pm @ DH.
Chest high and fun!

i had such a great time in tsukiji market on my last trip to japan. it’s always been a dream to go there to experience the worlds busiest fish market. i would love to go again!

i was wondering what they do with all these styrofoam coolers? there was a huge mountain of it and i’m sure it’s like this everyday.

recycle?

if you go to tsukiji, eating sushi at 6am in the morning is a must. but expect to wait in long lines. this place was a 2 hour wait.

1500 yen or $15 for my amazing tsukiji breakfast.

uni, ikura, maguro, salmon donbori. so dam good!

then walked around the streets and seen some cool stuff.

it amazes me how hard people work. peeling shrimp one by one everyday for years and years. and it was freezing cold too!

pretty fresh jumbo shrimp.

the fish market side opens to local restaurant buyers from 6am. then opens to tourists at 9am. i’m not a tourist so i snuck in at 7am to check things out. luckily i’m japanese and can blend in. haha.

i was amazed on watching the fishermen clean the fish. it’s definitely a place i could hang out every morning if we had one in hawaii. i wouldn’t even mind working at tsujiki market someday.
well, looking at my 2014 calendar and trying to block a week out of every month to travel. i miss backpacking and experiencing cool things like this. can’t wait to start traveling again in 2014!

i got a video from my brother in cambodia. he took the video, edited it, and posted it on youtube. it was their christmas event and when i seen the smiles on the kids faces as they got presents from santa, it made me so happy. all these kids have either been abandoned by their parents, or their parents have passed away from AIDS. all these kids have AIDS and most of the young ones probably don’t even know what it is. so watching this was heartwarming to see such pure kids enjoying the most simple things in life. a lot of people these days don’t believe in santa, but i have always believed in him. santa brings presents, santa brings smiles, and santa is alive! once again want to tell Davis i’m really proud of him for what he’s doing. he’s in a good place and i’m sure he will be there for a long time. keep on giving bro! we are all watching and supporting you from hawaii!
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