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Photo of the day: Yakitori @ Oedo-Onsen Monogatari. Photo credit: Aaron. Today, we wanted to explore Odaiba - an artificial island with entertainment suitable for the whole family. But first we stopped for some tea/coffee at a nearby coffee shop called Cafe Bleu. They had a very reasonably priced breakfast so I ordered one set of… Continue reading Asia Day 60: Tokyo (Odaiba)
Photo of the day: Tonkotsu Ramen @ Ippudo. Photo credit: Aaron. We had a lazy start to our day today, sleeping in until lunch time. It was nice after an eventful weekend to Kyoto. We decided to spend the day in Ginza today. It felt to me like the Gangnam of Tokyo. Streets were filled with… Continue reading Asia Day 59: Tokyo (Ginza)
Photo of the day: Special outside skirt Kobe beef @ Yakinikubaru Han No Daidokoro. After checking out of the Ryokan, we headed to E-fish for some breakfast. It had a nice view of the river. I ordered the tuna, cottage cheese and avocado sandwich, and Aaron had their beef balls soup. The sandwich turned out to… Continue reading Asia Day 58: Kyoto – Tokyo (Gion – Mariyama Park – Ponto-Cho – Nishiki Market)
Photo of the day: Arashiyama bamboo grove. Photo credit: Aaron. We were hoping to see the beauty of the Arashiyama bamboo grove but Aaron also read that it gets really busy, especially since it is the weekend; therefore, we got up early for the earliest seating for breakfast at the Ryokan at 8am. We had… Continue reading Asia Day 57: Kyoto (Arashiyama – Kinkaku-Ji)
Photo of the day: Cheese tarts @ Bake. Photo credit: Aaron. We're taking a short weekend trip to Kyoto. We already purchased the Shinkansen, AKA bullet train, tickets online but needed to get to Shinagawa Station to pick it up from the travel agency and to board the train. Our host was nice enough for… Continue reading Asia Day 56: Tokyo – Kyoto (Nishiki Market – Hinamatsuri – Sukiyaki)
Photo of the day: Plum blossoms in Hama Rikyu Gardens. Photo credit: Aaron. We decided to see the Tsukiji Fish Market today. We were not up for coming here at 3am to get in for the 5am fish auction, so we just got here for 10am see the intermediate wholesalers area instead. Our point of… Continue reading Asia Day 55: Tokyo (Tsukiji Fish Market – Hama Rikyu Gardens)
Photo of the day: Gyukatsu @ Gyukatsu Motomura. Photo credit: Aaron. Today was a bit of a rest day for us. We took it easy in the morning, then decided to get some Gyukatsu (Wagyu beef Katsu) for lunch. Aaron brought me to his favourite Gyukatsu place (Gyukatsu Motomura), and there was bit of a… Continue reading Asia Day 54: Tokyo (Gyukatsu – Nippon TV – Fukagawa)
Photo of the day: View from Tokyo Sky Tree. We went for a ride along the Ginza Line to the terminal station of Asakusa to explore this area today. Looking through Foursquare recommendations, the place to eat here is Asakusa Unatetsu, a restaurant specializing in Eel or Unagi. When we arrived, there was surprisingly no line.… Continue reading Asia Day 53: Tokyo (Asakusa – Tokyo Sky Tree)
Photo of the day: Tonkatsu @ Maisen. Good morning, Tokyo! For breakfast, we picked up a couple things from the convenience store. It was nice to try quite a few small things - including Onigiri. I would have to say I liked the Korean Gimbap more though. Something about the pickled vegetables adding to the… Continue reading Asia Day 52: Tokyo (Omotesando)
Photo of the Day: Burnt miso ramen @ Gogyo Ramen. Photo credit: Aaron. We had to get up at 6:30am this morning to try to catch the 7:35am express train to the Incheon airport to try to save some time. It will also allow us to pre-check in at the City Centre Terminal. Unfortunately, we… Continue reading Asia Day 51: Seoul – Tokyo
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