2 posts tagged “ginza”
Ok, it's 6pm chillin' time. It gets dark at like 5:30, so it's time to get this evening started, at least at home. I hate the early beginning to an evening, but I'm getting antsy and bored staring at my walls. There's only so much wandering around a big city one person can do in a day or week.
Gonna see if I can find some people down at this place in Ginza. Eh? How is it possible there's a "cheap" place in the middle of the priciest part of the entire city? I don't know, but I'm going to find out. It's like going to find a hole-in-the-wall bar in the middle of Yorkville. It's possible, somehow ...
But, as it's still really, really early, continuing to relax here listeing to new tracks care of Mischief & Mayhem seems like a great way to pass time while sipping a beer. BTW, I'll just reiterate it in case you've never heard it, Japan isn't exactly known for it's beer. I'll maintain that front until I've found a place that has good microbrews, cuz the mainstream stuff, well, it's as you'd expect.
And off ... I'll have a full report in a few hours. Maybe just in time for y'all getting ready to go out tonight ...
So, upon waking at the stark hour of 5am, I decided to weather the dark dampness of Saturday morning and find my way to some breakfast in Tsukiji. Sadly, I didn't take very many pictures. With all of the running people, fast-moving trucks and noise, it was hard enough concentrating on walking let alone pulling out the camera. I find it a miracle I wasn't bowled over by a truck full of fish guts.
Stall after stall of fish and various seafood here. I mean, I haven't seen any market this big, let alone one dedicated to food from the ocean.
Finding the sushi restaurants took me a good 20-30 minutes of directionless wandering. I found a strip of them and pondered waiting in the 45 minute line for the "best" places, but my stomache disagreed with that idea.
Yesterday I layed down for a nap at 5 and didn't wake up until, well, this morning. As a result I skipped dinner and was completely famished when I stumbled into the insanity of the market.
One of these restaurants had no line and even had one of the 8 seats in it open, so I went in. I decided that a chef-selection of sashimi as a chirashi bowl would be exactly what I needed. With tea and miso, it was completely perfect. And yes, it was the best "sushi" I've ever had. So very fresh, and very beautiful. None of that weird plastic grass and for a change some real wasabi. I never realized just how much better the real stuff is until now (cuz, well, you can't get the real thing, it seems, in Toronto, at least in my experience).
If anyone is curious, the name of the place is Yamazaki. If I knew how to type that in Hiragana, I would, since the sign is certainly not in English. Thankfully the menu was.
After breakfast, I wandered up to Ginza, which is a short distance away. However, it was still before 10am, which is when everything opens. By about 9:45, I decided to head home, but not after I took a quick photo of the Apple Store in Ginza.
Perhaps in a few days I won't have such bizaro jetlag and I'll be awake at normal times like most people here are. Here's to hoping!
