Tokyo

Yesterday was a big fish day. The first thing I did was go to visit the Toyosu Fish markets, which is where they hold the auctions for the huge frozen tunas every morning. The tuna auction happens at 430am so I didn't actually see that but I checked out where it all happens. More fish are traded through the toyosu markets than anywhere else in the world and the biggest tuna ever sold there was 2.88 metres long, 2.36m in girth and weighed 496kg. They have a model of the biggest tuna and it was astronomically huge, I couldn't believe it! The markets have loads of stalls all through them where you can buy all kinds of stuff like vegetables, fancy fish knives, tea, veggies ect... There's also a ton of food stalls including a bunch that do omakase, which I've been dying to try for years. Omakase is where a very well trained sushi chef hand makes you sushi one piece at a time and then personally hands it to you, tells you what it is, and then bows, it's all very respectful and awesome. I went to a place called sushi bun for my omakase and it was brilliant, easily the best sushi I've ever had. All the sashimi was so soft and sweet and I even loved the sea urchin which I usually don't like. I chose Sushi bun because they're renowned for doing the best eel ever and I'd never tried eel before. It was quite meaty, like chicken or beef and was incredibly tender and sweet. I really enjoyed it but can imagine I might not all the time. I didn't really know what I was doing again but there was a very cheerful old guy sitting next to me who gave me a few tips :).

The toyosu markets have only been operating for a few years, before it was built the main fish market was the Tsukiji fish markets, which is only a kilometre or so away. I checked out the tsukiji markets afterwards, it's just a very busy street market filled with food stalls now. There're so many interesting and bizarre meals being served in this place and I had a great time checking everything out but I was so full from omakase I didn't try anything except for a sample of dried out fish which tasted a bit weird.

For dinner i tried Okonomiyaki, which is a pan fried noodley omelette type dish. The sauce was quite rich but it was still nice.

This morning I did the mario kart go-karting thing through the streets of shibuya! It was absolutely bucketing down was rain which I was pretty bummed about but honestly it didn't ruin the experience at all, in fact, all the spray and slipperiness ended up being my favourite bit :). Everyone on the tour pulled out except for me and some other guy, we were the only Aussies in the group. The tour guide said Aussies never pull out if it rains lol. 

For lunch I went to try omurice, which is supposed to be the big oozy omelette pocket that spills out everywhere when you cut it. I was so keen to get a cool money shot vid of me cutting it open but when I did I was horrified to see that my omurice was filled up with rice :/. I'll have to try again another time.

Gonna have a chill one for the rest of the day to let my shoes dry out coz they're soaked!Read more