Tokyo Day 4

Family went to the Tsukiji Outer Market (the former fish market) for breakfast purchased from market vendors: fish on skewers, sukiyaki, fresh strawberries, wagu cooked to order…we walked around sampling various foods.
We then went to the fancy Ginza shopping area, where we mostly window shopped,
visiting a fancy paper store, a chopsticks’ store and Matsui Ginza department store with its fabulous food court.
Sampled an egg salad sandwich purchased at the 7/11 across from our hotel - egg salad is a “thing” here and 7/11’s are everywhere.
We upgraded in our ryokan from a tiny room to one where we can actually approach the very low bed from both sides. After our daily and refreshing dip in the hotel’s hot tubs (onsen), we took the metro to a baseball game: the home team Yakult Swallows against the Chiba Lotte Marines. Though rain was forecast, it held off for the first few innings and enough for us to get in 5 innings, albeit getting drenched over the last hour or so. Baseball in Japan is a big deal: fans dress in team colors and sit based on which team they favor. We sat with the home team fans, but the opponents were much more rowdy - and their team played better. Whenever our team hit a home run, fans twirl little umbrellas and generally go nuts - we got to celebrate 3 home runs! It was a lot of fun!Read more