Today we explored the local (Asakusa) area early in the day, and for the first time I was able to try catching fish with a paper net:
This is a traditional carnival/fair attraction in Japan and you can either do it for fun (as I did) or pay extra to keep whichever fish you catch. It’s much harder than I expected due to difficulty in judging the position of the fish and I caught none, but it’s going to make a good lecture example when I do ‘apparent depth’ again 🙂
We also found a seller of sugared fruit and these strawberrys were delicious! Think toffee/candy apple coating on fresh fruit and you can imagine what these were like.
In the evening we went back to Tokyo Dome to see the lights and attend Stardom, a women’s wrestling franchise. The tickets were almost impossible to buy online (since we’re not locals) but luckily we got some at the door just before the event. Our seats were great:
The show was a lot of fun, with about two dozen wrestlers facing off across 6 matches.
In addition to being good athletes the girls were often funny as well (although we of course couldn’t understand them) and overall great performers. We had a great time at the 2.5 hour show and I’m very glad we were able to attend.
There was also one other thing which we lucked into attending while we were at Tokyo Dome today but it was Christmas-themed, which means I will of course need to wait until tomorrow’s post…