I woke up early in the morning to prepare as usual. Had breakfast at the Prime Pod at around 8 am. I decided this time round to add in all the toppings. It was so nice and yummy that I don't even know how to describe it.
After everyone had their breakfast, we headed out to the Tsukiji Fish Market. It is within walking distance, thus we did not take a train there. It was however raining, so we actually borrowed umbrella from the Prime Pod.
While walking around the fish market, we saw a shop which sells mochi. After trying out a bit, we decided to come back later to buy it.
Since it was nearing lunch time as we walk, My friend suggested to us a store which we can eat sashimi.
I have somehow missed the image to take photo of the shop name sadly. The set which I bought is the only set which serves with the food lightly grilled. As someone who has never eaten much sashimi before, I decided to go for something more cooked. The green tea was really nice. The miso soup is served with the food, there is no need to order it. Being cooked with crab meat inside, the miso soup is flavorful and sweet with crab. Extremely nice to drink.
The wasabi was really strong, not like any I have ate before. Although it was strong, it was extremely nice to eat. Definitely would have more wasabi.
After lunch, we went back to the mochi store to buy our mochi.
After getting our mochi, we headed back to the Prime Pod to store the mochi before heading out to Akihabara again.
I really like the place. Sadly I was not able to make a reservation beforehand, since I don't understand Japanese. But the experience of going in is already good enough for me.
When I am there, I actually bought the soundtracks for FFXV and Kingsglaive. I also bought FFXV cafe exclusive poster, 2 boxes of Square Enix Cookies, A FFXIII Lightning Plush, a cafe exclusive FFXV casing and a few exclusive FFXV pin. However, I was not able to get the pin for the 4 main characters as I don't see them anywhere. Most probably they are already sold out.
It turns out, my friends were at Radio Kaikan too and we happened to chance upon each other while walking around. After we are done in Radio Kaikan, some of them actually wanted to go elsewhere to look at clothes and accessories. I stayed on in Akihabara with unfinished business. Along with the remaining few, I set out with them to look for Mandarake. As it was raining and I'm doing my best to prevent the Square Enix products from getting wet, it took us almost an hour to locate Mandarake.
Through the luck of sheer determination, I actually found some Play Arts Kai which I have been searching for a long time. FFXIII - 2 Lightning. I wanted to get more but carrying it in a wet weather is a problem. Plus I don't have much luggage space left to carry. Thus I decided to just make do with one. Taking note of the price, I decided to return some day with money prepared just to get them.
Although it was in a paper bag, they provided a plastic covering for it luckily. They were so thoughtful to give it as it was raining outside.
By the time we are done, it was already about 5 pm, time to head out for dinner. We went to Shimbashi station to have our lunch at Ichiran Ramen. Not too difficult to locate, and luckily the weather is becoming better.
The Ramen was so good that we all added extra noodles and eggs.
After dinner, we headed back to the Prime Pod to store some of the loot we got. At around 7:45 pm, we headed back out again, this time to the Shibuya Crossing. The crossing is amazingly large and definitely a place to go.
There is a statue of a dog there named Hachiko. To know the full story, go search up the history. Definitely worth your time to read it.
We went to the Tokyu Food Show just under the Shibuya station. However, it was already closing when we arrived. Thus we headed back to the Prime Pod after that to pack our loot and rest for the day.
Winters
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