Day 2: 14 Oct 2017

Big Chef overlooking the Kitchen Street

Gloomy, Cloudy, Grey.

Masaru Ten-Don

Today's Itinerary

Tomorrow's Itinerary

Sights and Sounds of Akihabara

It was gloomy, but not blade runner gloomy.

Guns, Cats and Carls Jr. This is pretty much my dream building right here.

The only way to attract the kitties was to buy snacks. Then they would come to you.

Meow?

I wish I were taking a nap. The weather was purrfect nap weather.

Such Pretty Kitties

Liver, Heart and Lungs

Intestines, Tail and Normal Pork

chicken balls

chicken skin

Yakitori Ton Ton

Only Tourists queue for Ichiran. They don't know any better.

Day 5 : 20 Oct

This is the place they buried the samurai who died next to Tom Cruise. Too bad Tom Cruise didn't die, or that movie would have gone from good to great.

True story, look it up. The second from last samurais died here.

It seems that the Ueno area is awash with panda stuff. Panda cakes, decorations...etc. Turns out that there are Pandas in the Ueno Zoo and they are a big draw.

Masaru. I was early. No Queue.

Best Tendon ever. Would this place join the Best of the Best list that should not be shared? Probably. The only reason why I post it is because I doubt most people can find it, even with the address, a map and GPS.

Same place, 358 days later.

New place. 358 days later.

It's a boat that's house, on a river that's a pond, in a city that's a city.

Tokyo Sky Tree

View from the Top

View from the Top

Halloween decorations are everywhere.

View from the bottom

The Famous Seats. Celebrities such as Bill Murray, Scarlett Johanssen and Anthony Bourdain have parked their butts on those seats.

View from the Bar. Beautiful

Iberico ham with toast.

Duck Fat Fried Fries.

Day 2

So I woke up at 3.45am to go to the Tuna Auction. I get there before 4am but its too late. The 120 spots are already taken. Damn.

The queue outside Sushi Dai. 2-3 hour wait? I think not. I don't have enough time in Tokyo as it is.

god save us from the prc

Gyudon.

When you see this old lady stir the pot of meat, you know you want a bowl. So delicious.

Soba with Tempura.

Freshly made fish cake.

We picked the bacon wrapped one. So delicious.

There is madness to the mayhem, and there is a lot of mayhem in Tsukiji.

Public entry only after 9am.

UNI UNI UNI!!!

Maguro

More Maguro

The leftover Maguro bits seemed like such a waste. All I could think of was the amazing soup stock I could make with that head and bone.

The knives were too beautiful not to shoot.

The entrance to Asakusa.

Masaru

The best, best, best, best thing ever.

You could rent traditional Japanese costumes to walk around the temple compound.

No photoshop needed. The sky was really that blue.

Knife shop in Koppabashi

German knife shop? Yup. Japanese made German Brand Knives

Thats a fake food shop.

Akihabara

Medium rare chicken breast, with freshly grated wasabi.

chicken meatballs with a pigeon egg

Miso glazed duck

The sticks indicate what you've eaten and what else you have remaining to be served.

Chicken Thigh

Head chef and head cashier

Deboned chicken wing

I wish I could have stayed longer and eaten more.

tempura fast food.