One of the things that was high on Meghan's and my list of things to do in Tokyo was the Tsukiji fish market. The only catch with the fish market is that you have to get up and get there really early in the morning or all the fun is over.



We figured there was no chance we were going to get up early enough for the fish auction, which takes place at 3 or 4 in the morning and requires tickets, but on Saturday when we happened to wake up around 6:30 a.m., we figured we could still make it down there to scope out the scene and perhaps try some deliciously fresh fish.

The market itself was complete chaos. Picture the most crowded farmers market you've ever been to and then multiply it by 50 and you have the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. The aisles between fish stalls were incredibly narrow and jammed full of people and trucks whipped up and down them carrying fresh fish to vendors.



The lines for sushi at some of the stands wrapped around to the next aisle. Meghan and I opted not to eat any sushi in the inner market because it was just too insane, but we wandered over to the outer market where there were tons of vendors and we snagged ourselves some delicious scallops.



After our early morning snack, we happened to stumble onto a random shrine right next to the outer market. The shrine hadn't been on our list, but since we were right there, we strolled inside to see some of the incredible art work.



After checking out shrine number one, we hopped back on the Tokyo subway system to set off for Meiji Jingu -- the largest Shinto shrine in Tokyo. This was probably one of my favorite things we did in the city of Tokyo.



The shrine was crowded when we were there but wasn't over run with people like the other shrine we'd visit in the afternoon. To get to the shrine you walk through a treelined path through the woods, and then all of a sudden you're upon the shrine.



When we were there, we happened upon a traditional Shinto wedding.





We also saw barrels and barrels of sake and wine that were used as offerings to the deities at the shrine.



In the afternoon, we joined Scott and his friend John, who was also visiting for the weekend, to explore some of the more northern parts of Tokyo. We started the afternoon at the Skytree, the tallest observation tower in the world, because Meghan is really into scoping out the views of all the cities she travels to from super high vantage points.







The skytree main observation deck is at 1,150 feet and offers some pretty stellar views of Tokyo and points beyond. Unfortunately when we were there, it was a bit cloudy so we couldn't see all the way to Mt. Fuji, but we could see further than we could from the government building the day before.





After Skytree, we stopped for a traditional soba lunch. Guys, I could really get on board with Japanese food. It was so ridiculously delicious.



We also made a pit stop for some cherry blossom flavored ice cream before heading to our final destination of the day, the Senso-ji Buddhist temple.



This temple is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tokyo, and it was overwhelmingly crowded when we were there. Still, we took our time walking around and scoping out the artwork and sculptures of Buddha.



There was also a station where you could find a traditional buddhist fortune. I got "the most excellent fortune," which basically said all my life-long dreams would come true. I won't complain if that one ends up working out in my favor.

Meghan on the other hand got the very bad fortune. If you get a bad fortune you take the paper it's written on and tie it onto this board with all the other bad fortunes and that's supposed to make it lose all its power.





I don't really believe in any of that, but it was still kind of fun to do it while we were there.

We made our way back to Scott's apartment with plans to get sushi for dinner and maybe do some karaoke that evening, but apparently our long day and jet lag caught up to me and Meghan because we fell asleep at 7 p.m., woke up briefly at 9 and then fell right back to sleep -- completely missing dinner.

And that unintentionally wrapped up our second full day in Tokyo.

Steps: 28,560. Miles: 12.16.

Snapchat from the day (ignore the first slide since it's from the day before):