asia on the run
This is going to be an ongoing post of some random pictures from a recent trip to Japan, Hong Kong and China. It was the second trip that I have taken to Asia in that past two years. Last year I went to meet some of the manufacturers that I work with and attend the 101st Canton Fair trade show in Guangzhou China. This year it was more of the same, however there was a bit more time to experience some of the culture that these Asian cities have to offer.
We left LA on a non stop flight to Tokyo where we had a two day layover. Tokyo is not an easy city to get around in. For the most part, there are pretty much no signs in English and finding someone that speaks English is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. There are two rail systems, a subway and an overground that run the entire city. Tokyo is massive. In two days we were able to cram in as much sightseeing as humanly possible.
nighttime in Ginza and a food vending machine 
in a local noodle shop in Roppongi, not what Roppongi is know for.
What would a trip to Tokyo be without visiting the worlds famous Tsukiji Fish Market. This was a very eye opening and humbling experience. Pictures and words can not describe massive size of the market itself and the tremendous amounts of fish that get sold in this market each day. 
Aisles and aisles of just about everything that comes from the ocean, and then some. Picture the Jacob Javitz Center in Manhattan full of seafood vendors. Every morning at 5am there is an auction that takes place for the prized giant bluefin tuna. They have recently closed off this auction to the public but we managed to snap some pictures of the cleanup of the tuna that didn’t get sold that day. 
We decided that 8am was a perfect time to have sushi in a local restaurant just outside of the market.
Hong Kong
Year of the Rat display in Central
Classic sign in SoHo 
SHANGHAI
Look ma, no hands at 431 km/h
this was taken on the Maglev train in Shanghai running full speed. The Maglev is the first magnetic train that is being used for public transportation. It runs from the Pudong airport to the Longyang Road station in downtown Shanghai in a short 7 minutes.
