Tsukiji, Ginza, Akihabara
DAY 6
Do you remember the night when we had that awesome dinner at our friend’s restaurant in Asakusa? On this morning, that restaurant owner friend took us shopping with him at Tsukiji Market!
It’s a pretty daunting place. Luckily we didn’t get run over by any of those mini trucks. We just had to make sure we didn’t lose sight of him as he made his rounds.
Checking out the merchandise…
If he saw a vendor he knew, I’d get to come over and take a closer look…
We both love fishing so visiting Tsukiji was really fun for us. It’s just rows and rows of fresh fish and seafood…
Aren’t you getting hungry looking at all this fish? We were, so the four of us went out and around the corner for some breakfast.
Here is what we had…
Sushi set
This one below wasn’t on the menu but we asked if they could make it…Ikura Uni Don
Another Sushi set
And a Chiraishi bowl
After breakfast our chef friend headed off to do more fish shopping in another area of town. The three of us leisurely browsed the Tsukiji outside market.
There was a lot of produce, prepared foods, and products like knives and chef apparel.
When we were done, we slowly made our way toward Ginza. On the way we walked by the Kabuki-za Theatre. It’s a beautiful building. Too bad, our friend told us it will be demolished in 2010 in favor of a new more modern building.
After checking out a couple of small shops in Ginza, we made our way to Mitsukoshi just as it opened for the day.
We picked up a variety of pastry snacks,
and walked around checking out everything else on the basement floor.
After Ginza we headed for the electronics district of Akihabara. We were looking for a couple of things like noise canceling headphones and a navigation device, but didn’t see one at a price we wanted so we mostly just browsed around the stores until it was time to meet more of our friends at Kappabashi Dori.
DAY 1 & 2: Meiji Jingu, Harajuku, Omotesando, Shibuya, Ikebukuro
DAY 3: Mount Asama, Shiraito Waterfall, and Karuizawa
DAY 4: Ghibli Museum, Odaiba, Asakusa
DAY 5: Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, Ochanomizu
DAY 6: Tsukiji, Ginza, Akihabara
DAY 6 (Part 2): Kappabashi, Asakusa, Okonomiyaki, Monjayaki
DAY 7: Japanese Baseball at the Tokyo Dome
DAY 8: Ueno Park, Yanaka Ginza, Sengakuji Temple, Beer Museum Yebisu
DAY 9: Nikko Day Trip – Toshogu Shrine and Yuba
DAY 10: Fishing in Tokyo
DAY 11: Kanamachi and Shibamata
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10 comments - May 3, 2009
what bright, beautiful and colorful photos! what is the girl passing out?
Hi Pearl,
They are passing advertisements to the maid cafes where they work. Those are like coffee shops where the waitresses dress up in French maid outfits.
I have seen many pictures of the famous Tsukiji Market and I think yours are the best!
My husband would totally love all that sushi goodness. Are they really really expensive? I know that even a plain noodle soup in Japan is very expensive.
Hi sugarlens,
Thanks, that’s so nice of you to say! The places we ate at were pretty affordable. The sushi though was a little expensive. The ones here were maybe $17.00 – $23.00.
But usually things we ate were more like: onigiri ($2), curry rice ($4), ramen ($6), soba ($10), lunch specials w/drink ($10). Pretty close to the prices here in Hawaii, if not sometimes cheaper. The most expensive things we ate were teishoku dinners, this would be something like an unagi and tempura combo. These would run closer to $20- $30.
There are lots of those really, really expensive restaurants you are thinking of. But if you want to be conservative like us, there are also many affordable (and even cheap) restaurants!
Wow, what an amazing experience. The pictures are magnificent.
Incredibly beautiful fish! Good food always make me miss my home country.
Hi noble pig,
Thanks! I can’t wait to go back!
Hi Sadao,
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you get to visit home soon!
Hi Lori – btw, the purple peanuts are purple because of a thin shell coating the peanut. Other than that, it’s just normally colored
I am just speechless with all of the pics, but that 9th one? Is that hamachi? I swear it has been like eye candy reading your posts. Keep ‘em coming!!!
Hey Rowena,
Thanks, glad you are enjoying the pictures! About that fish, I’m not too sure what it is but I think you may be right. It reminded me of the Kahala fish we have over here.
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