Shinagawa Aquarium, and more ;)

It was my inaugural visit to Shinagawa Aquarium yesterday. My friend, my family, and  I all had thought that it was located in or next to, or at least near Shinagawa Station. Prior to our visit there, I happened to check their public website on the way to Shinagawa and found myself that it is not in that station: its nearest station is 6 stops away from Shinagawa Station (oh...)! But it makes sense, considering that we have Shinagawa City in Tokyo. It's not only a name of the station, haha. "It's okay", we said. The weather was perfect, the temperatures were a bit higher than we expected, but it didn't matter to us. We jumped into a Singaporean restaurant before moving to the aquarium.

It was a first time for me to eat food in Singapore. I chose a meal of cooked crab. Along with the Japanese ' love of seafood, they truly love eating crabs. I don't think crab is not that delicious. It always makes me confused when I eat, I can't make it good with scissors and a unique spoon  which is only made for eating crabs.

I couldn't eat it like I expected, so my family took my dish and made it instead of me.

 The dish tasted good, the atmosphere was well enough :D

After enjoying Singapore food, we took a train and finally...

We were here ;)

Shinagawa Aquarium is not a big one I personally think. However, I like it because of its compact, well thought out program and such.

Looks like ^_^ ?! He's a ray! I heard his Ocellated things  are actually his nose :)

 

Aquariums are one of my favorite pastimes. Sitting in front of tanks and absently take a glance it once in a while, I could easily spend hours there. I like fish and once kept many kinds of them in my room when I was a kid. Taking care for creatures was the happiest moment of my childhood and aquarium reminds me of it all.

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Can you tell what it is? It's a durian! I found it the day before yesterday in a grocery. Because you can't find it easily in Japan, I bought and ate it with my friend and family.

 

It's been 8 years since I last ate durian. Back in 2005, I was 18-year-old boy who lived in Cambodia where supplies plenty of it. Oh, I still remember that ;) The smell wasn't strong, we really enjoyed chatting during eating.

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My friend who met yesterday and I first met each other at the funeral of our common friend who dove into a train in the summer of 2006. I just came back to Japan from the Middle East at that time, and more importantly, my friend and I kept a promise that we were going to see each other a week later to talk about my experience in the Middle East. I brought some souvenirs for her that couldn't give forever as a result. That's how we met. 7 years flied, I still couldn't help but thinking if she is here with us. Soon we have a summer which reminds us of our bitter ends. Well, don't worry, I'll always remember you.