Flying Fishy

Day 2 is one of the rare occasions where we follow advice from a guide book. For myself, i would try as much as possible to avoid so called tourist traps and as much as possible experience a country as a local and not a tourist. But the highlights of these places simply are too good to miss.

Subway Station - A new home


This is how you order food

After oversleeping and missing the early Tuna auction at Tsukiji Fish market, we ventured into the arena of Scooter like vehicle zipping pass your side every second. Turns out they are all already on their way to delivering the sea products to the various stores. Seeing that we had already missed the great action, we wandered into the heart of the market and discovered a whole wet market which sells nothing but.... you guessed it right, sea food! Normally i wouldn't be so surprised by something i consume so very often but the myriad variety of seafood available there is really amazing. Seafood

Giant prawns
Tako!!
Strange Fish

Giant Clam
Friendly Store man whom we bought Japanese pancake from(the one that doraemon loves)



Being at a fish market, the only obvious thing to do is to have sushi for breakfast. We were directed to one that was deemed the "most popular" which had like a hundred people peering through the windows, and were told that it would take about 3 hours before we can even step into the place.

Yeah we may be Singaporeans but i personally did not like to queue for something for such a long time, so we ventured away searching for the restaurant with the most fisherman boots in it. We decided upon one that was tucked away at the corner of the area. Even the short queue took us 45mins to get in. Behind us was a German guy who did not speak any Japanese. So after a few small talks, we invited him to join us for sushi breakfast.
Bored while waiting
Prawn Head Miso Soup - It is superb! too bad there is only a head..

Sushi chef at work
Our sushi! We ate some before we took pictures. Too hungry!
German guy that joined us for breakfast

With our belly feeling more than satisfied, we headed to the Ginza area where big international brands were seen on both streets. We headed into a 9storey stationary shop called "Ito-ya" where the girls stock up on their kawaii tools.





Next stop, we headed to Akihabara where it is famous for the many electronic shops. We hooked up with a local university where they conduct free tours of the area. The guides which consist of the teachers and students were very friendly and the English that they spoke never failed to crack us up.

Our guides for the afternoon
How many traffic police can you spot?If only Singapore uniform looks like that
Anime!
More Anime!
This place is heaven


After purchasing anime goods, we boarded a train to a destination that i dont remember. During the journey, we spotted a large theme park from afar and immediately we hopped off and excitedly head towards it. We stopped for abit of snack along the way and when we reached, immediately joined the long queue for the roller coaster! I have never tried to ride a roller coaster in winter before and even though it wasn't snowing, its still freaking cold. But trust me, the experience was FANTASTIC! In the end we found out that the place is actually called Tokyo Dome which is a stadium where they hold baseball games. And beside it they built a shopping mall and a theme park.
Roadside Japanese pancake seller - the warm snack taste extremely delicious in the cold weather
Roadside "Yong Tau Foo" Store



Now why didn't Singapore think of that?

Roller Coaster beside National Stadium would be a great idea.