People in Japan love pets. Specially, like in many other countries cats and dogs. They normally have small dogs, as the space is quite limited in the typical japanese home, but they treat those small dogs like kings… You can buy in a normal place everything for them. Like these costumes.
I love the one in the bottom left side of the picture… A dog costume for a dog. Isn’t it original? 😉
One of the characteristics of Japan is the clear differentiated seasons it has. Spring is said to be impressive, but I have experienced the colours of Autumn in a small trip we did a few weeks ago to Takaragawa… Just take a look to the picture, and enjoy…
Tokyo is one of the biggest cities in the world, and therefore it is normal some of the biggest “whatever”… In this case, due to the special importance of fish in this country, it is not strange that we find the biggest fish market in the world.
Its name is Tsukiji, and is also one of the attractions of this incredible city. You should go around 4.00 a.m. to see the fish auction… But I haven’t seen this yet, as we arrived with the first metro after 5.00 and most of the auctions (specially those of big fishes) had finished.
Anyway, it was worth to walk around and see the variety of fishes they had there and how they prepare them to be sold… The most impressive ones are the big tun fishes, lying on “operation tables” like in a hospital…
… being taken care by the specialized surgeons with professional tools …
But it’s not only about tun fishes. There are many other impressive fishes you may be used to see… or not, like eels, or huge octopus, or …
And after this, tasting an excellent fresh sushi for breakfast… Isn’t it a good plan?
Coming back from Koya-san, I spent a couple of hours in Osaka to do some sightseeing. It was more than enough, as Osaka is just another megalopolis in Japan, with very few tourist spots. Here you have a couple of pictures showing one of the musts in Osaka, its castle…
All big cities in Japan are the same. Some very old buildings (most of the reconstructed, though), with amazing new buildings, and most of the times, very close one to each other.
Some weekends ago (I’ve been quite busy lately), I went with some other Spaniards to Koya-san, which is an area in the mountains, where you can find hundreds of temples. It is historically very important, as it is here where the Zen sect of Buddhism began. Apart from that, Koya-san offers you some temples where you can sleep, enjoying both the life (and food) in the temples and the calmness before the arrival and departure of the tourists.
