First glance: rice paddies; pagodas; sprawling cityscape; red lanterns; restaurants hidden behind curtains; brick roads; people on bikes everywhere; cars buzzing through streets; fish markets; stall owners shouting; monsoon-like rains at one every afternoon 

Smells like: fish, miso soup, incense

Reminds of: nothing I have ever seen before - the newest and most sensory place I've been thus far

Atmosphere: busy yet relaxed, market atmosphere, not nearly as fanatic as I expected. Actions rooted in tradition and polite etiquette