I'm Going To Japan

Daiwa Sushi at Tsukiji Fish Market buliding no. 6.....
5-2-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku
Tokyo
81-03/3547-6807

"In Tsukiji Market Building No. 6 (addresses in Tokyo are a real adventure) is Daiwa, an ordinary-looking sushi bar, but one where the reverence for fish, rice, and shoyu—and beer—is palpable. I eat a superb breakfast of rich toro (tuna), lightly pickled mackerel, yellowtail, abalone, flounder, ark shell (a kind of huge mollusk), blood clam, and octopus. The rice is slightly warm—a sure sign, in Tokyo at least, of a high-quality place—and every piece of fish is glazed with a light sauce of shoyu and mirin (sweet rice wine) just before it's served. This mixture, on which the best sushi chefs pride themselves, is added to daily, often making the base years and years old. My dining companion whispered, "If there's ever a fire, the shoyu base is the first thing the chef will grab."

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Tu_triky wrote:http://www.holidaycityflash.com/japan/tokyo_munchies1.htm

Very informative.

I liked sushi the few times i've tried it. I'd love to try the genuine article in Japan though!

Anime Dad wrote:

Very informative.

I liked sushi the few times i've tried it. I'd love to try the genuine article in Japan though!

i ate it once while there...to do otherwise would be asacriliege for a sushi lover.

i had a 2 hour multiple course lunch at Kozue - one of the restaurants at our hotel the Park Hyatt Hotel (40th Floor)


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That's a very classy-looking establishment!

Anime Dad wrote:That's a very classy-looking establishment!

the view is breathaking....the food is an experience....the service amazing...the waitresses wearing expensive kimonos.....adorable and pretty.

Tu-san, you're just inspiring me more to get there one day.

here's some press photos from the hotel website showing the accommodations and restaurants of the hotel that i was able to see and avail myself of....


Front Desk
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Hotel Lobby
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Hotel Deli
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Atrium Sitting Area
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Hotel Library Collection
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New York Grill Restaurant
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Fitness equipment (looking down on Tokyo from the 45th Floor)
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25 meter olympic sized pool with glass ceiling
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Hotel room bathroom
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Anime Dad wrote:Tu-san, you're just inspiring me more to get there one day.

i hope you do go, man...you'll love it ^_^

Me too!

They are nice pics. I bet that's an expensive place. Not a capsule hotel ;)

Anime Dad wrote:Me too!

They are nice pics. I bet that's an expensive place. Not a capsule hotel ;)

tokyo is full of nice places....it's like being a kid in a candystore.....

That's pretty fortunate you guys get to go to Tokyo. Been all over Honshu and Kyushu, but never to Tokyo. :beaten:

Here's my plan:

My boss is like 10 years older than me. He's been travelling to Japan for about 20 years on business (and still doesn't speak a word of Japanese). I figure he'll get sick of travelling soon, and start looking for someone else to go instead. Since i'm the only one here who speaks any Japanese, i'm the logical choice, ne?

Anime Dad wrote:Here's my plan:

My boss is like 10 years older than me. He's been travelling to Japan for about 20 years on business (and still doesn't speak a word of Japanese). I figure he'll get sick of travelling soon, and start looking for someone else to go instead. Since i'm the only one here who speaks any Japanese, i'm the logical choice, ne?

well sounds like you have a strategy that makes sense rationally....moreover for you to be able to go and expense it for work...is even better

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Tokyo-based Seven Bank Ltd announced that beginning June 2007, it will accept US-based Visa (PLUS system), Mastercard (Cirrus system), American Express, and JCB cards at its 11,700 ATMs across Japan. According to Seven Bank President, Mr. Takashi Anzai, the ATMs are located in 7-Eleven convenience stores and Ito Yokado general merchandise stores in 31 Prefectures. The ATMs will offer information and printed receipts in English, Korean, Chinese, and Portuguese. This is great news for business and leisure travelers, as it will make getting money so much easier anywhere in Japan! Currently only foreign banks, such as Citibank, and Post Office ATMs accept US bank cards. Seven Bank is part of Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. Now it will be even easier to go broke![/list:u]

haha..hey that's useful news...thx for posting.

Hanzo21 wrote:That's pretty fortunate you guys get to go to Tokyo. Been all over Honshu and Kyushu, but never to Tokyo. :beaten:

i haven't been to those other places..

but Tokyo is where it all starts.....big city, big lights... :bonk:

get your gyoza gobblin' ass on the train omaera....





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Shoehorn, anyone? :hehe:

Anime Dad wrote:Shoehorn, anyone? :hehe:

more like stiff kick in the ass, anyone.....

Anime Dad wrote:Shoehorn, anyone? :hehe:

I was thinking more like those ramrods they use on cannons. :hehe: