We met up with our Tokyo friends near Tsukiji station, and happened across the Analogue Market. It featured records, cassettes tapes (yes you read that right), and a variety of second hand products, from kitchen wares, fabric, children toys, handmade ceramics… and of course food vans. While they did look appealing as we had planned to eat sushi… we kept on walking.

We wandered around to the Tsukiji outside market until we found a sushi place which looked good. The old Tsukiji Market moved to Toyasu… but the outer market still remains and there are large number of people visiting to experience some of the best seafood in the world (okay I’m probably biased).

… then we went to a croissant place called Tony Bake, from Sapporo, but is only in Tokyo for 100 days. Luckily our friends son is a karate competitor with their son… so an order was placed in advance, as the shop is open until they sell out each day.

We took them to a park, grabbed a coffee from Blue Bottle (in Toyasu) and enjoyed in the nearest park… and yes it was damn good .. but I really didn’t expect it to be anything but good!

After wandering around their local shopping place… we decided to look at the view of Mt Fuji from the 36th floor of a hotel. The weather today was around 19 degrees… and windy.. but the view was fantastic! 🗻

Dinner was had at a local beef restaurant… where the beef is cooked in an oven at 400 degrees and placed on a hot plate. It comes delivered to the table with the paper around the plate, and they pour sauce over the top in front of you it sizzles, and you hold up a large napkin to stop it from getting you in the face. It was a great experience and very tasty.

Afterwards we all enjoyed a tasty dessert… and Kym and Gaku’s are the ones with the message on the plate with he cartoon characters- かわいい　😍

It really was a fabulous day, and great to spend it with our long time friends. We appreciated the time spent with us (our very bad Japanese) and we hope to see you again!

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