Tokyo - Day Five
Long day today. After having my now default breakfast of coffee and best-donut-ever, I made my way over to Akibara, aka 'Electric City'. This is the spot for doing electronics shopping - nothing too impressive as I wasn't in the market for anything.
Headed over to Ebisu Garden City where the Sapporo Beer Museum is. Beer!! That was a good or bad start to the afternnon depending on how you look at it. I had a fantastic meal after sampling the Sapporo flavors at the end of the museum tour. The restaurant was on the 39th Floor of Ebisu Garden Tower and had an amazing view of the city. My seat was right on the glass, looking southeast I believe. I had to point to the fake picture food menu out front but it was spectacular. A small set of sushi including, I think, octopus and two kinds of tuna, fried tempura salmon, miso soup, rice and a cooked white fish which I think was either swordfish or halibut. delicious and quite a bargain at Yen2,500 including 3 beers and an incredible view.
Ebisu Garden City
Later I stopped by Roppongi on my way to the much more interesting area of Shinjuku. Shinjuku is similar to Shibuya but a bit more raw. Lots of shops and neon craziness with a whole section of alley way stand up bars that are so tiny they only fit a few people. Shinjuku is where the red light district of Tokyo is. i found a small bar that was open (today was a holiday) and they were playing excellent music - Wes Montgomery quartet. I had a beer and Shochu, which is a strong alchohol that was made for and by peasants as a cheaper alternative to Sake. The Japanese mix it with tea. not bad.
totally exhausted now...going up to the room to watch some Sumo or something.
Headed over to Ebisu Garden City where the Sapporo Beer Museum is. Beer!! That was a good or bad start to the afternnon depending on how you look at it. I had a fantastic meal after sampling the Sapporo flavors at the end of the museum tour. The restaurant was on the 39th Floor of Ebisu Garden Tower and had an amazing view of the city. My seat was right on the glass, looking southeast I believe. I had to point to the fake picture food menu out front but it was spectacular. A small set of sushi including, I think, octopus and two kinds of tuna, fried tempura salmon, miso soup, rice and a cooked white fish which I think was either swordfish or halibut. delicious and quite a bargain at Yen2,500 including 3 beers and an incredible view.
Ebisu Garden City
Later I stopped by Roppongi on my way to the much more interesting area of Shinjuku. Shinjuku is similar to Shibuya but a bit more raw. Lots of shops and neon craziness with a whole section of alley way stand up bars that are so tiny they only fit a few people. Shinjuku is where the red light district of Tokyo is. i found a small bar that was open (today was a holiday) and they were playing excellent music - Wes Montgomery quartet. I had a beer and Shochu, which is a strong alchohol that was made for and by peasants as a cheaper alternative to Sake. The Japanese mix it with tea. not bad.
totally exhausted now...going up to the room to watch some Sumo or something.
posted by TonyThreeTimes at 10.10.04
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