Back to Tokyo

Today we met Junko and visited the Fukagawa Edo museum, which had replica streets of Tokyo during the Edo period of Japan. It was a great museum, and very interesting to learn about what life was like during the 16-1800s.

After, we visited Alex’s Obessan (grandfather), who lived close by. He lives in a traditional Japanese house. We had sushi lunch and sat with him for a little bit.

Then, we went to Tokyo team planet, which is a massive digital, immersive art museum. It was fantastic to walk through the rooms of lights, water and other sensory delights.

For dinner we ate at a Monja restaurant in Tsukishima which is a well known area for Monja. The restaurant we visited opened about 150 years ago. Monja is a simple dish made from cabbage, egg and water plus extra ingredients to add taste. We sat around a hot plate and cooked Monja ourselves - we tried squid ink Monja and also pork Monja. It was delicious!!!Read more