Anyways, so there is much to update on... first lets talk about my first trip to Tokyo... hense the title; Tokyo "Take One"
I ventured north to the epicenter of Japan about three weeks ago. I went to visit a friend who is working with the same company as I am...
We met up in Ginza, the major shopping center of Tokyo. It is known for upscale shopping and more expensive restaurants!
We didn't spend much time there because we had a long night ahead of us... First stop; Shibuya!
Shibuya is one of the more popular nightlife areas in Tokyo. We went to a Izakaya (bar) and enjoyed some good food and yummy cheep beer!
This is the first "sushi roll" that has looked anything like what we have at home.
It reminded me of Sushi Studio... fun and fancy:)
side note: most sushi rolls in Japan are simple- cucumber roll, tuna roll,
tamago roll... nothing really fancy like the Sushi restaurants in CA
After that we spent the night Izakaya- hopping and didn't end up leaving for home until after the sun was coming up! (I don't think I have ever been out all night like that... it was supper fun!- man I'm wild... lol!)
The next day it was Sightseeing Day, dun-da-da-dun! Although my friend would have loved to sleep longer, I was ready to go! Sorry thats what us morning people do... :) All I needed was a little coffee and I was pumped! (mom, dad, and keira you know what I'm talkin' about!)
So that day, we hit the Imperial Palace to find the wonderful picture opportunity of the Nijubashi Bridge! (It was a picture I saw in one of my travel books and I had to find it... it was just so pretty in the picture) and so we did...
Then it was off for a little bit of a walk... (okay a long long long walk) to the Tokyo Tower...
As you know, I have been to the Nagoya T.V. Tower and the Osaka Umeda Sky Buliding... so thought it was in keeping with my pattern to go to the Tokyo Tower!
side note: apparently the Tokyo Tower is taller than the Eiffel Tower!
It was really beautiful, however right as we got to the top, fog began to cover the city, so we didn't get the best view, but it was still beautiful!
Okay so best part about the Tokyo Tower is, hand-down, the mascot!!! check it out...
No joke, this guy was everywhere!!! What's with the pink cone-head? I have no idea, but it was funny:)
To end the day, we went to this small Izakaya and had a small dinner(we were pretty tired so we made it an early night, and headed back)
The next morning my friend had to go to work, so we said sayonara, and I was off to do a little more exploring... (just couldn't get enough!)
I was dying to go to the Tsukiji Fish Market! It is known as one of the largest fish markets/ports in Japan! It is also known for amazingly fresh sushi breakfasts...!
So i went down to the docks, and unfortunately I just missed the open market (it closes at 10am) but I was right on time for an amazing sushi breakfast/lunch!
I went to this place called Daiwa Sushi (had to wait about 20 min and it was 3,500 yen= about 35$!) But it was really good and the Sushi chefs were friendly and fun:)
Oiishi!!! That means, "sooo good"!and yes... I tried everything! Even the orange one which is sea urchant! It is amazing! AHHH... I LOVE SUSHI!!!! Sushi ga suki desu!!!
So after that, I was ready to get on the Shinkansen as head home...
It was a great first trip to Tokyo and now I am even more excited to go back and experience a whole different part of the city!
Hope you enjoyed... Hopefully I will be back very soon with deets on my snowboarding trip!
Oyasuminasai! (goodnight;)
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