Another Christmas, another holiday… this time to Tokyo with Dad & Mum! We also caught up with JKLM – so blessed to see them 3 times this year!
Photos follow:
Here’s where we stayed…
…actually here in the Annex building.
Tiny entrance to our room!
Probably too small even for them!
Sleepy Stitch and Boo say hi from Tokyo!
Ramen was our first meal in Tokyo
Some Christmas decor outside one of the department stores
Downtown in Shinjuku, lots of food, games and er… it’s a red-light district also 
Fresh strawberries!
Puzzling building
After eating a few sticks of strawberries, we went back to buy a couple boxes 😛
Some udon/ramen/soba alley
Eel rice!
Expensive cos they claim they use natural (instead of farmed) eel
Green tea dessert!
This is the only vending machine (we found) to have our favourite Hokkaido style corn soup
There it is!
Udon for breakfast!
Many gave it a good rating
The subway network in Tokyo. The routes look quite convoluted but the trains are simple and, most importantly, frequent! (Suck that, Melbourne!)
Namjatown: a JPY300 entry fare into a themed park…
(posing shot)
Entry ticket
…but we were only interested in the Gyoza Stadium
#1 bestseller: gyoza with mentaiko and cheese topping
This other one was SOOOOO juicy!!!
More ramen for Lunch part 2!
Tokyo style ramen – this one has been deconstructed
Huge cha-siu!
Touch-screen vending machine
At Nippori station, heading towards the Yanaka Graveyard
Neat little house – who would live next to a graveyard?
Yanaka Graveyard – in here is the resting place of the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837-1913)
Tokyo Skytree in the distance
This barber is dressed in a giant Santa hat
Isetatsu – stationery shop
Floral decor, not edible cakes!
Tokyo Skytree
Totoro
3hr queue… err, never mind!
The Skytree lights up at 5pm
Be@rbrick
Steph and Stitch
We were going to eat here, but walked away because of the long queue 😦
So we had tempura instead!
We caught up with JKLM and had a game of 2v2 air hockey!
..more importantly we had dinner part 2 at our favourite ramen place: ICHIRAN!
Tea Rice for breakfast!
Breakfast part 2 was strawberries and cream tarts!
Lunch in Shibuya… crumbed chicken fillet…
…in some smoky den!
Dinner in a neighbouring hotel
Minced chicken meat
Shabu-Shabu!
Beef…
…and pork
LOVE Steph!
Intersection in Ginza
Christmas day: it’s 11pm and people along this street are frantically taking last minute photos while shops immediately change their windows to display new year sales!
The first Apple shop outside of US!
Cool snake decor at Bvlgari
Why they replaced this with Choux Creme in Mong Kok is beyond me…
Ginza intersection
Breakfast in Tsujiki fish market!
Fruit Ninja anyone?
Huge ocean dweller
30min wait to get into this cramped space
for awesome chirashi!
Typical fish market movers
Dad buys a knife
This shop sells huge Japanese omelettes
…but we only at about 50% of it (we left it at the hotel!)
Yellowfin tuna!
You can’t get any fresher than this!
Yamanote Line that takes us to Odaiba Island
Rainbow Bridge
Tokyo Ferris Wheel
Tunnel road
Miraikan – Science and Engineering Museum
Tokyo Tower (built 1957) in the distance
This shows the Japanese vibration network
11-03-2011 was a very sad day for many Japanese people!
Playing with a visual sensor display 🙂
Yomonate Line day pass – only if you plan on making at least 2 stops
Rainbow bridge at night
THIS WAS YUMMY!!!
Ninja-themed restaurant!
Scroll menu
Ayame, our ninja-host took us through a maze until we got to our table
Fine dining
The salmon was superb- but most of us were already full by this time!
Snowman dessert!
Ninjutsu!
One last trick for Ayame-chan…
…!!!
Another visit to Ichiran…
…for BREAKFAST!!! 😀
Kaedama – more noodles please!
Arigato gozaimasu!
BLUE SKY!!! Had to capture this before heading back to HK!
Italian for lunch!
Hokkaido corn soup!
Narita airport
Final meal
SGS 
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