Here are the first pictures from this Tokyo trip...
The Queen cheerfully rides the Skytrain at Dallas while we're changing planes.
The Krispy Kreme phenomenon has hit Tokyo. This location is on the Shinjuku Southern Terrace, near the train station and across from Takashimaya Time Square. At 5:30 p.m. on Monday night, this is the line. Believe it or not, the line was as long or longer at 10:30 p.m., but it was too dark to photograph (and my phone had run out of batteries).
It was a cold clear evening when we arrived in Tokyo, and this is the view of Mt. Fuji behind the skyscrapers of Nishi-Shinjuku.
As is our custom, we ate our first meal at our friend Fukushima-san's Sushicho in the back streets of Roppongi. The place was packed, and my two favorite customer-friends were there, and this time they actually acknowledged me. The food was great -- The Queen and I both had 3-ko of Uni and Kimedai in addition to sashimi otsumami (the amaebi were super-sweet) and a variety of delicious nigiri. The sashimi and kimedai nigiri are pictured above.
Here is a video of the Queen enjoying her uni, as only she can. If only she realized earlier I was shooting video.
This morning, we woke up and had breakfast at Matsuya. I had kimchee gyudon (Korean kimchee and boiled beef/onions served over rice) while the Queen had bibimbap (almost the same thing, but with an egg on top. I noticed, a sign on the chopstick stand that the restaurant now offers "Volume Up" specials -- stay tuned for the Japanese edition of Supersize Me, soon to open at a theater near you.
