Ten hour plane flight, 30 minute train ride, another 5 minute train ride, trip to the store to buy umbrellas, and we finally checked into our hotel – all and all everything went exactly as planned. It is 8pm here, but we are still on 4am time. We are in Akiba again, in the Tokyo Green hotel, same as last time. I am drinking a delicious ume champagne-in-a-can, and we might head out for a couple of hours, despite the extreme sleep dep. Off to buy takoyaki and yummy treats! (In other news, I am in solid flip-out mode. Like, there isn’t a break where I’m not flipping out. Srsly, you guys, Japan is my favorite thing in the world.)
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posted by tangentbot at 12:00 pm on May 10th, 2008
Categories: food, japan. tags: Akiba, Japan trip 2008, Japanese food, Tokyo Green Ochanomizu hotel, ume champagne.
Wednesday, October 11th! We all woke up early and went to Holly’s Cafe, and had these cute little sandwiches, cheesecakes and coffee. We’ve learned that it doesn’t matter how “Western” a place may seem in Japan, they always have a way of putting a unique Japanese twist on everything.
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posted by tangentbot at 12:00 pm on October 11th, 2006
Categories: food, japan. tags: Akiba, Japan Trip 2006, Kyoto, Nishiki Market, Okachimachi, Shinkansen, Tokyo, traditional Japanese food, tsukemono.
Okay, so Thursday morning we went to Denny’s for breakfast. I know what you’re thinking… why the hell would you go to a Denny’s when Tokyo is crammed with great restaurants? Here’s the thing; Denny’s in Japan offers ONE typical American breakfast plate. I had udon and a “mini cobb salad”, Sandy had yogurt and fruit, a soft-boiled egg in dashi stock, shiro miso and honey caramel pancakes topped with ice-cream. Mike had yummy ramen. Denny’s in Japan rocks, and I recommend checking it out, just for novelty.
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posted by tangentbot at 12:02 pm on October 5th, 2006
Categories: food, japan. tags: Akiba, Cafe Chocolatte, Japan Trip 2006, maid cafe, taiko drum game.
Okay, so Wednesday morning, we ate a traditional Japanese breakfast in the hotel restaurant. It was rad, and I didn’t take any pics… but I will! Broiled miso saba with tamago-yaki, shiro miso no dofu, takuan-zuke, okara, dashi braised turnip with ground chicken(yum!),sake-lees tsukemono, tiny baby sardines, rice and green tea… my god it was awesome, and just 1150 yen!
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posted by tangentbot at 12:01 pm on October 5th, 2006
Categories: food, japan. tags: Akiba, Ginza, Japan Trip 2006, Japanese food, sticker tags, takoyaki.
Having gone to sleep so early the night before, we all automatically woke up around 6 AM. We headed out, looking for food at about 9 AM (I had to run back to the hotel to grab my watch and camera), and after walking around a bit, we found a Coco’s Restaurant! This was not your ordinary American restaurant, which you will see from the pics. Again, no English speakers in the place, but we managed by pointing (also, I knew a couple of words, so ordered in Japanese).
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posted by tangentbot at 12:00 pm on October 5th, 2006
Categories: food, japan. tags: Akiba, Japan Trip 2006, Japanese food.
