Travelling Japan D6 [Tokyo]

 I specially booked APA hotel to watch Tsukiji market tuna action at 4am.
This hotel cost a hundred bucks more than Agora Place Asakusa but for the tuna auction and those seafood meals, it's worth it.

After checked in, we walked to reckee around Tsukiji market. It is one straight road and approximately 10min walk from APA hotel to Tsukiji market. It is important to reckee the day before the auction day as you do not have time to run around looking for Osakana Fukyu Center (Fish Information Center) at the Kachidoki Gate at 4am in the morning. Auction is limited to 120 pax a day, sorry for those who came late. Auction starts from 5.30am but queue starts from 3.30am on first come first serve basis, by 4.45am all seats are taken up, so be early.

Tsukiji Market (築地市場, Tsukiji Shijō) is a large wholesale market for fish, fruits and vegetables. Tsukiji Market is best known as one of the world's largest fish markets, handling over 2,000 tons of marine products per day. 

Seafood so cheap!

Legendary 寿司大, look at the queue!

Lunch at Nakaya 仲家, known for their wide selection of donburi. 仲家 also have a queue around 10am, we waited about 40min before our turn.

Colorful selection of seafood, took us a long time to select.

I know i am in for Uni, highly recommended by Sharon Kow, indeed the one in Tsukiji tasted so sweet.

Upgrade any toro (medium fat) tuna to otoro (fatty) tuna.

All Tsukiji market restaurants consist of 2 to 3 chef and a long table serving maximum 10 customers a time.

Husband ordered the popular no.12, mixed seafood donburi. The ultimate dream bowl with everything.

I ordered no. 2, Uni ikura otoro (sea urchin, salmon roe and fatty tuna) set, top up 400yen for upgrade.
Lunch was surprisingly good, we truly enjoyed donburi, more than sushi actually.

Tokyo tower, brings back many Japanese drama memories for me and hubby. Hubby is also used to be a big fan of Jdrama, specially 木村拓哉 Kimura Takuya. 

Tokyo tower looks good in Lomography.
With 333 meters, Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) is 13 meters taller than its model, the Eiffel Tower of Paris, and the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. It was completed in the year 1958 as a symbol for Japan's rebirth as a major economic power, and serves as a television and radio broadcast antenna and tourist attraction. Visitors can ascend to the main observatory at 150 meters and the special observatory at 250 meters to get a bird's eye view of Tokyo. Under good weather conditions, Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. 

Ticket up cost 1420yen each, approximately 22SGD each.

View from main observatory 150m high

Zojoji temple which we will pass by later.

Special observatory deck 250m high

Back to the main observatory to experience the view down window. Ahh~

View towards Odaiba

Can you see Tokyo Sky Tower from here?!

A clearer view of Tokyo Sky Tower.

Husband and his friend

Caramel Tokyo banana

Tokyo banana taste so good. It can only be kept for 7 days to ensure it's freshness.

Pretz man

Passed by Zojoji, Jodo Buddhist sect.

Mizuko kuyō 水子供養 fetus memorial practice for mummy and daddy who misses their unborn child.

Free ultra sound cleaning service for glasses 

Traveled to Odaiba (お台場), a popular shopping and entertainment district on a man made island in Tokyo Bay. It originated as a set of small man made fort islands (daiba literally means "fort"), which were built towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868) to protect Tokyo against possible attacks from the sea and specifically in response to the gunboat diplomacy of Commodore Perry.

DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, we saw hello kitty kongariyaki.

So many kitties.

Macha kitty soft serve

 こんにちわ

Giant Glico rainbow stick is sold here, i cant find them else where, regret didn't get some.

Motivation to visit DiverCity Tokyo Plaza.

Giant 18 meter RX-78-2 Gundam model, so realistic.

Gundam cafe beside

Mega gundam model sold here

Next, we stop over for a tea break in Calbee's cafe right opposite Glico store we passed by earlier.

Calbee mascot screaming for hugs

Crew cooking fresh calbee chips

3 flavors to pick from, salt or cheese or chocolate chips.

We ordered the cheesy chips

Lucky to meet One Piece voice cast of Zoro and Usopp.

Bubbleflops, very cute but the sarcastic husband comment it's only meant for beach.

I didnt know they have penguin.

Stunning evening view of rainbow bridge, the bridge that connects Odaiba to the rest of Tokyo. 

Venus Fort shopping mall.

Toyota history garage in Venus Fort showcasing classic cars from the 1950's to 1970's.

Toyota and other automotive commercial in the earlier days.

Original name of Toyota, Toyoda. All Toyota staff will go through company's history orientation knew about this.

  

Toyota go cart within the mall

Toyota Mega Web, beside Venus Fort.

I don't understand why Sunny is here, maybe Sunny use Toyota engine.

Gorgeous Mark X, somehow i see my ah vic (Civic) eyes in the new Mark X.

Husband in for Toyota driving daytona.

Most dazzling car in megaweb Lexus IS 250C.

Back to Venus Fort for some shopping and dinner.

Saw the name 名人 but it's all bullshit, food here is so so, a beef bowl from Yoshinoya will taste better at half the price.

Curry katsu rice, husband very unsatisfied.

Tempura soba with special golden curry sauce. Not very special after i tried, it is actually 沙茶酱 Taiwanese satay sauce.

Ebi tempura rice. This is the only meal which we leave left over in Japan.

 沙茶酱 Taiwanese satay sauce

Back to APA hotel in Tsukiji.

Disclaimer: Partial captions (location history) are credited to JapanGuide.com, this trip is heavily planned using JapanGuide.com, captions are for my reference to pictures i took.