Shogun statue near the Emperor’s palace.
Twin bridges with the Emperor’s residence in the background. The Japanese Emperor lives there with his wife and daughter. As he doesn’t have a son it is highly probable that his nephew will be the next Emperor. No girls allowed!!
Very interesting visit to the OTA - Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market early today. Largest in Japan. So much produce being moved around and auctioned. Unfortunately we can’t read Japanese so the contents of the produce boxes was largely a mystery but definitely saw lettuce, leeks, onions, melons etc. and eggs. Then we moved on to the seafood side and watched the men cleverly cutting up huge tuna with what resembled large swords!!
Japanese leaf blower in the local gardens. 😂
We visited two different vegetable growers using tunnel houses in an urban setting to produce tomatoes, corn and asparagus for the local market in the first instance. And spinach, tomatoes, cucumber and eggplant for the school’s lunch program in the local area. We were wowed by what they could achieve in less than an acre.
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