16th May 2009 – Intended to wake up early at 4.30am to go Tsukiji fish market (the world’s biggest fish market) to view the famous tuna auction but due to the tiredness we sustained during yesterday’s shopping, we missed hearing the alarm clock ring and only managed to wake up at 6.30am. Despite this, we still hurried along. Ha ha! This is our 2nd day usage of the 2-Day Tokyo Metro Open Ticket and we took from Ueno station to Tsukiji station on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
Stop by Tsukiji Hongan-ji on our way to Tsukiji fish market.
Quite a fair bit of people here doing grocery shopping or getting their breakfast.
A stall that sells ramen. Only standing tables available. 🙂
Following the locals to get our sushi breakfast.
Chanced upon the preferred vehicle of transporting boxes and boxes of fishes and seafood.
Queue at various sushi restaurants.
Sushi Dai – one of the famous and popular sushi restaurants in Tsukiji fish market. The popularity can be determined by the long queues. I also heard that the queue starts forming from 5am and most are locals.
Daiwa Sushi – another of the popular sushi restaurants. For Sushi Dai or Daiwa Sushi, you will need to queue roughly for an hour (depending on situation – might be more too) prior to getting your breakfast! Take note that your meal will be rushed (around 15 -20 min to finish your order) so as to cater for the long queue waiting outside.
Almost every sushi restaurants here have queues! It’s just a matter of whether it’s long or short.
Outside Tsukiji market, a group of cyclists is making maintenance checks on their mountain bikes.
From Tsukiji, we decided to stroll around.
The stroll takes us to Ginza – Wako department store.
It’s early Saturday morning, yet a queue has formed in front of a book store. Sale, discount or give away?
Salvatore Ferragamo boutique/building in Ginza.
Ginza St – Shiseido Building (in orange-pink)
Gyudon (Beef Bowl) at ¥380. Topped up with lots of shichimi (seven flavor chili pepper) and beni shoga (red pickled ginger)!
From Ginza Station, we took Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line to Otemachi Station.
Otemachi area consists of several high-rise office buildings. The above is Tokyo Sankei Building – home for Sankei Shimbun.
Another tall office building.
Otemachi Financial Center.
It takes only 5 min walk to reach Tokyo Imperial Palace from Otemachi station. Admission is free.
Noticed that there are some running events on-going here. Runners with number tags on their chest keep zooming past me.
Walkway to Sakuradamon Gate, Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Sakuradamon Gate, Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Contrast between the olden and the modern buildings.
A garden with premises of Tokyo Imperial Palace.
I noticed that there are a lot of spiders making their home in Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Two geese hard at work building their nest in the moat.
On bridge walking towards Yurikamome station.
Bought the Yurikamome one-day pass for ¥800 per person for unlimited rides on New Transit Yurikamome. Stations are shown as above railway map.
Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall at Odaiba.
Rainbow Bridge in the day.
Decks Tokyo Beach shopping mall which feature Sega Joypolis.
The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba.
Cigarette vending machines – need an ID card to prove that you are above 20 years old in order to make purchase.
Taking a break at Tully’s Coffee at Decks Odaiba.
Tully’s Coffee Mocha x 2 at total of ¥820.
Aqua City shopping center.
Multiplex cinema in Aqua City shopping center.
A shop selling lot’s of pinkish stuffs for girls.
Our loots for the day at Agnes B – cardholders for storing our numerous credit cards. 😛
My partner’s pink cardholder at ¥6000 (tax free) and mine at ¥7500 (tax free).
A replica of the Statue of Liberty (with Rainbow Bridge in the background).
Sega Joypolis.
New Transit Yurikamome’s Daiba Station.
Opps, I can’t remember the building. My bad.
Bay area – the plane is flying quite low. Probably landing soon?
Can you spot Tokyo Big Sight?
Venus Fort, a Venice-themed shopping mall.
Palette Town consists of Venus Fort, Ferris wheel, Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo Leisure Land and Toyota MegaWeb.
Soup Stock Tokyo – I had the Tokyo Borscht Soup Set at ¥760.
Soup Stock Tokyo – Hokkaido Pumpkin Soup Set at ¥760.
MegaWeb – A showcase of Toyota cars.
Lexus IS 250C – beautiful and sleek design.
Toyota Formula 1 Car.
Gran Turismo 4 – The real driving simulator.
Driver’s workout – you have to press the button when it’s lighted red and before it skips to another one. The initial is quite easy but it keeps getting faster and faster.
Zepp Tokyo – Some event on-going but I did not find out further.
Entrance and ticket counter for Ferris wheel.
Ferris wheel at Odaiba.
Strawberry crepe for snacks at ¥460.
The sky is getting dark. Rain is expected to fall soon.
We had some time to spare so decided to explore whether we can catch any shows. All the timings are too late for us. 🙁
Casino at Venus Fort.
Beautiful water fountain in Venus Fort. The ambiance around is pretty nice too!
Close-up of the water fountain. Did you notice that the ceiling is made to look like the clear blue sky?
Superman statue in Venus Fort.
Omurice with onion sauce at ¥690.
Teriyaki Hamburg Rice ¥790.
More food selection for you to choose from.
The night have befall. Night view of Venus Fort.
Night view of MegaWeb Toyota.
It’s nice to take a slow walk during the night at Odaiba.
The Ferris wheel is also lighted up in the night!
The replica of the Statue of Liberty is glowing in the night!
This is what we waited to see – the romantic night view of Rainbow Bridge.
Biiru time! Suntory Beer ¥197.
五月十六日- 本来想四点三十分起身去築地市場（世界上最大的鱼市场）观赏著名的金枪鱼拍卖可是因为昨天购物走得太累了所以睡过了头，没听到闹钟响六点半才起身。虽然如此，我们还是匆忙的赶去。哈哈！ 这是我们第二天用特别二日车票在東京地下鉄日比谷線从上野駅搭到築地駅。
途径築地市場时的築地本願寺。
一些人在吃早餐或买菜。
卖拉面的摊位。只可以站着吃。:)
跟着当地人找寿司早餐。
偶然看到运送鱼类和海鲜的箱子和盒子车。
各家寿司店的人龙。
大寿司- 其中一家在築地市場著名和受欢迎的寿司店。受欢迎程度可在人龙的长短分别。听说早上五点就开始排队而且都是当地人。
大和寿司 -另一家受欢迎的寿司店。不管是大寿司或大和寿司，排队时间需要大概一个小时 （看情况-可能更长）才能够吃到早餐！注意， 用餐时间很赶（只有十五至二十分钟）以应付外面等候的人。
几乎每件寿司店都排队！只是长或短。
筑地市场外面，一群骑自行车的外国人在维修和检查他们的自行车。
从筑地市场我们到处走走。
走道銀座 – 株式会社和光。
星期六的早上，书局前就排了一条很长的人龙。是折扣或赠送吗？
Salvatore Ferragamo精品店/银座建筑。
银座街 –資生堂建筑 （橙红色）。
牛丼（日式牛肉饭）380日元。加了很多七味粉（七味唐辛子）和beni shoga （红生姜）！
大手町大多数都是高楼办公室。以上是日本产经大厦 – 产经新闻的家。
又另一栋高楼大厦。
大手町金融中心。
从大手町站只需五分钟就走到皇居。 入场免费。
注意到有一些人在跑步，好像有什么活动。身上带着号码的人一直从我身边跑过。
Sakuradamon门的走道。东京皇宫。
Sakuradamon门。东京皇宫。
古代和现代建筑的对比。
拥有东京皇宫的花园。
我注意到很多蜘蛛把贾建在东京皇宫。
两只鹅在护城河建巢。
在新橋站。
在桥上往新橋車站走。
买了新橋一日车票每人800日元无限制乘坐新交通新桥。以上地图显示了车站位置。
白天的彩虹大橋。
东京湾。
Decks东京海滩商场里的Sega Joypolis游乐场。
在御台場的富士電視台。
香烟贩卖机- 需要身份证证明已满二十岁才能买。
在御台場的Decks喝杯Tully’s 咖啡休息。
两杯Tully’s 摩卡咖啡 820日元。
Aqua City 购物商场。
Aqua City 购物商场。
一家卖很多分红商品的店。
今天在Agnes B买的东西 – 装许多信用卡的卡夹。
太太的是粉红色 6000 日元（免税）。我的是7500日元（免税）。
自由女神像的复本 （彩虹桥的背景）。
Sega Joypolis游乐场。
台场站的新交通新站。
哎呀，忘记这是那里了。
海湾地区- 飞机飞行的相当低。 可能快要降落。
你看到东京国际展示场吗？
五彩城包括维纳斯堡，摩天輪 Zepp Tokyo, 东京康乐地和丰田超大商场。
Soup Stock Tokyo – 我叫了东京罗宋汤套餐760日元。
Soup Stock Tokyo – 北海道南瓜汤套餐 760日元。
MegaWeb – 展示丰田汽车。
Lexus IS 250C – 美丽和时尚的设计。
丰田F1赛车。
Gran Turismo 4 – 真正的驾驶模拟器。
司机的锻炼 – 必须在红灯亮起时按下按钮。最初还容易但是越来越难。
Zapp Tokyo – 有些活动正在进行但是我没有进一步了解。
摩天轮的入口处和售票处。
御台場的摩天轮。
草莓可丽饼甜点 460日元。
天块黑了。应该快下雨了。
有点时间本来想看电影，可惜时间太晚了。:(
维纳斯城堡的赌场。
在维纳斯堡里也有美丽的喷泉。周围的气氛也不错！
喷泉的近摄。你注意到天花板看似碧蓝的天空？
维纳斯城堡的超人雕像。
蛋包饭(洋葱酱)690日元。
照燒牛肉饼饭790日元。
跟多食物任你选者。
夜已经降临。维纳斯堡的夜景。
丰田MegaWeb的夜景。
晚上在御台場漫步挺不错。
摩天轮在晚上会亮起来！
自由女神像的复本在晚上亮起来！
这是我们想看的 – 彩虹桥的浪漫夜景。
2 replies on “A Day in Tokyo 1在东京的一天(一)”
Can anyone tell me what is the big black building shown from the back of the Decks. Nearly as the height of the Fuji Television Building? i really want to know about this building.
Hello, the black building behind Decks (shown in photo) should be Tradepia Odaiba. 🙂