Tsukiji Fish Market

What do you feel when you saw this?

Are your saliva drooling now when seeing a bowl stuffed with fresh and huge sashimi, sea urchin, shrimp and more?

If you are looking for fresh raw seafoods such as sashimi and salmon in Tokyo, Tsukiji Fish Market is the place to be on your top list. Tsukiji Fish Market is best known as one of the largest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. Its also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind including fruits, vegetables, meat and even flowers.

What caused Tsukiji well known as major attractions is the tuna auction. Due to the number of visitors have increased significantly over recent years and caused a problem to the course of business, the numbers of visitors to the tuna auction is restricted to 140 per day. The auction start at 5:00 am and ends at 6:15am.

However, Nicole and I unable to witness the most exciting and unique auction because we were lost during our way to there from train staion. Imagine that both of us woke up as early as 3:30 am Malaysia time (Japan time is 4:30 am) but at the end, we were still late for that.

Besides the tuna auction, this is also the place for you to enjoy the amazing and incredibly freshest seafood for breakfast or lunch in Tokyo.

The place is so crowded and jam packed even the time is damn so early.




Varieties of menu to choose from



Nicole and I decided to choose this for our breakfast.



OMG! Can you believe that the restaurant we picked the space is so limited and tiny and some more can only accomodate like 10 customers.

But nothing much more to complain when the foods were served right in front of us.

Honestly to say it kind of waste for me for don't know how to enjoy the foods because I'm not really into raw foods.

A few general rules for visiting Tsukiji Market

Study the map first before going to the market so you won't get lost

Once ever said, "UK trip won't complete without visiting Manchester Studio" and "Tokyo vacation would be incomplete without memorable and unique visit to the Tsukiji Fish Market".

How to get there:
Tsukiji Fish Market is just above Tsukiji Shijo Station on the Oedo Subway Line. Alternatively, it can be reached in five minute walk from Tsukigi Station of the Hibiya Subway Line. The closest JR station is Shimbashi, from where you calk to the market in about 15 minutes. (Don't ever ask which station we took because it still a miserable to me )


UPDATE: Unfortunate following the 11 March 2011 earthquake, the tuna auction has been closed to tourists. No date for re-opening has been announced.

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Akihabara

Akihabara Electronics District is a major shopping area selling every tehcnological gadget including computers, cell phones, camera and even any shot of old and new video games.

Tiny and small shops along narrow alleys line selling hundreds of electronics components.

In Malaysia, Bravia is a Sony brand used to market its high-definition LCD televisions, projection TVs and front projectors. But in Japanese market, Bravia is their mobile phones.

I noticed that most of the Japanese used this type of mobile phone instead of iPhone. Seriously...

Besides its a center for electronic devices, this area is is also known as the "Gamer's Mecca". Akihabara has a great number of specialty hobbyist stores, ranging from anime, manga and collectible otaku goods.

Akihabara is also perhaps the last stronghold in the world for classic arcade gaming.

According to research, Akihabara even famed for maid cafe - a typical cosplay themed restaurant where waitresses dressed as French maids serve the guests which they called as master with tea and cakes.

Kawaii gal dressed up in maid costume to promote their cafe.

So many things to see and sights in Akihabara. But too bad, Nicole and I didn't spend much time here.

How to get there:
Akihabara Station is a busy station served by the JR Yamanote Line, JR Keihin-Tohoku Lline, JR Sobu Line, the Tsukuba Express and the Hibiya Subway Line.

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Asakusa Nakamise Shopping Street

This is the first attraction we visited when we reach Tokyo within few hours.

Due to the room had not ready yet for us to check in, therefore we plan to shop as our itinerary for the remaining days will be very tight.

Asakusa Nakamise is a lively shopping street lined up with small shops selling enormous selection of traditional local snacks such as rice biscuits, instance red bean cakes, edible seaweed and a huge array of sourvenirs including kimono, T-shirts, keychain, cell-phone straps, fans, toys and etc. During our way to there, we were almost lost. But thanks to the courtesy of Japanese, we finally made it.

Strange huge icon located besides tall building. Does it looks like bull's horn or otherwise?

Trishaw in Tokyo

The length of the street is approximately 250 meters and contains around 89 shops

One of the best spots to buy sourvenirs in Tokyo

Crowded with many tourists, both Japanese and abroad

Usual array of tourist sourvenirs including Japanese traditional lanterns, postcard, fridge magnets and more.

Japanese local snacks. Nicole and I bought these 4 packets back to Malaysia

Colourful and adorable local snacks

Kimono and T-shirts

Approach to the shopping street, there is a Sensoji Temple. It is also known as Asakusa Kannon which is the oldest temple in Tokyo.

Nicole and I just took few pics. We were more interested with shopping.

Sensoji Temple is a few steps from Asakusa Station, served by the Ginza Subway Line, Asakusa Subway Line and Tobu Railways.

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Celebrate Wawa B'day @ Q Bar

Everytime when comes to think of the venue to celebrate deariest birthday, it makes all of us really headache. Where can we celebrate and organise birthday since we are so noisy and nasty ?

In conjuction with Wawa birthday which will be in next month, Jane and Pat suggest to celebrate at Q Bar since we plan to celebrate on Friday night. When I heard Q-Bar, I was like "Not Again!!". I'd been to Q bar before but I am those who not really like to go to those closed-air space filled with lots of smoking and drink places.

Anyway, Q Bar is extraordinary different from other pub and bar. It's not like the other normal bar. Trust me if you are finding something different in KK town.

Q Bar, which located at Gaya Street, along the same row as Tong Hing, Eden 54 Hotel, it is a straight-friendly gay bar. It is open daily at 8 pm. You'll be more entertain if you go on friday as every Friday, there will be a drag show by the Q Girls. That's the reason why we went on Friday night.

They don't SING, but they do DANCE and PERFORM WELL!

They dance and perform like nobody. What amazed me was they even wear a very high heal shoe during their performance. If I'm wearing high heel and dance like them, sure I will fall down . I can see that night people at Q Bar are whistling and screaming once the music is turn on. Everyone is having their fun.

On that night, we even gave a big SURPRISED for the birthday gal;

She being invited to the stage. Syok or not, Wawa?



Does "she" resembles Rihanna?

The birthday cake

AND

The Birthday Girl

We are gals and gals just want to have fun~ MORE FUN~

This Sunday is Wawa actual birtday. So my early wishes for her:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WAWA! Wish you stay young and cute as always~ Don't gila-gila "

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So, How Many People You Fool Today?

Seems like everyone is aware of what date today. Yup, today is 1st of April and it is April Fool, my friend.

There are few bloggers posting "I Am Stop Blogging!", "No More Blogging!", or even "This Will Be My Last Blog" and so on.

For me, I do something different. Most of my friends know that I love to travel and recently I travel more often especially last year, I travel to 3 different countries for 3 consecutive months.

So, I post this (below) in my facebook and even my twitter last night:

And guess what response I get today:

I guess I did fooled 4 people. Hehehe.. I think I could fool more if I don't reply earlier. Anyway, HAPPY APRIL FOOL!

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