Tokyo 2009 Day 4

The hotel has a non-cleaning discount policy. 1,000 YEN voucher if you opt for the non-cleaning service, which basically means the bedsheets and towels will not be changed that day. Trash will still be cleared. You can't opt it for two consecutive days though.

The vouchers are spent on breakfast at the hotel's cafe and the mini-mart. I can't believe it, the bread is super tasty!



Well, back to mission proper. To further the beefy theme for this trip, we made another trip back to Kichijoji. I just had to taste Matsuzaka steak.

This time we were early. We loitered around and went up to the teppanyaki joint above Sato Steak house.





I thought the Kobe beef we had the first day at Mon Cher Ton Ton was slightly more tender. Even then, each savoury beef cube here still melts in your mouth!

CP ordered the lightweight version:



Afternoon was spent at Odaiba. Basically a man-made island with an amusement parks and shopping malls. We only visited the malls.



Shibuya


I know I had to visit Gonpachi for dinner. It's the yakitori restaurant that was recreated in the movie Kill Bill.





Soba. The pot in the 2nd pic contains a bland nutritious soup that you pour into the dipping sauce after finishing the soba. You would then drink it up.



Be sure to go early because it was packed at 7 p.m. With yakitori, your wait becomes longer when there are more people. I waited almost 30+ min for my final order of a tebasaki (chicken wing)!

Tokyo 4th Day

My legs feel like lead ... we still couldn't wake up early for the fish market visit.

First stop is Harajuku. This is a shopping district for the young, many shops selling hip and trendy wear. Wanted to look for a nice trench coat as it was quite cold today. Saw one but size didn't fit ...

What's attractive around this place is you get to see people in Cosplay.




After that it's off to Ueno Park. There are supposedly to be a lot of cherry blossoms. But we missed it! It's blossom no more ... just a few solitary trees.



Nothin adventurous, after this we went Shinjuku and Shibuya. Both are shopping districts but the prices are not cheap. Settled luch at a yakitori joint. It was really fortunate the waitress there was able to speak mandarin. She's was actually from China and had been in Japan for 8 yrs. Good, we had no difficulty ordering food and sake, yummy.