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Edit: Added comments.
Sorry for the lack of pictures these days... things have just been really busy. I've been to a lot more places since last time I posted, and hopefully, one day, I'll be able to organize those photos and post them here.
Life's been pretty busy, and there just hasn't been much time to check TL 
This weekend, I went to Tsukiji, Shibuya 109, and Harajuku... Enjoy~
This is many tuna, yes? So this is the famous tsukiji fish market... Atop the ground lay some one thousand tuna fish being auctioned off daily (except Sundays, Holidays and every second Wednesday of every month  ). During the time I was there, the fresh tuna have already been sold (they are usually gone by 3AM to guarantee freshness). The frozen ones are just as good, and on average, when I was there, they were sold around 4000 USD a fish. Highest ever was half a million.
Daiwa sushi. This is one of the most recommended sushi restaurants in Tokyo -- great bang for the yen. This sushi shop is about a five minute walk from the auction site, and therefore has the freshest sushi you can find in Tokyo (ergo Japan and world, maybe). The price is somewhat expensive, but totally acceptable for tourists. It's about 3,500 Yen (maybe 50 USD?) for seven pieces and one roll, along with tea/water and a bowl of miso soup. I was there at around 6 AM directly after the auction, and the line was full. Yes you read that right: the line was full. Evidently, the sushi shop is extremely small, and there is only so much room to line up outside of the store. We were asked to walk around for a bit and then come back to line up. It takes about one hour after you manage to get into the line. Never come in threes or fours -- you'd have to wait even longer as couples get first dibs.
Okay, these are the most fucking awesome sushi you can ever get! AMAZING, best food I have ever tasted (and I think this is saying A LOT, if you have read my previous blogs). The toro especially (toro = belly of tuna). It literally MELTS in your mouth. As well, Daiwa sushi is especially known for its amazing anago (last pic), it was simply delicious. The sushi chefs are extremely nice, and they try to converse with you even if you don't speak much Japanese 
Some random seafood being sold outside of the auction site -- inside the wholesales market. It goes auction to wholesale to retailers/restaurants to consumers. We are like planktons...
The famous Shibuya crossing outside of the Hachiko exit. The busiest crossing in the world. It is literally like this every three minutes. These pictures were taken at the Starbucks nearby overlooking the crossing. They recently enforced the no picture rule, but the staff aren't too vigilant.
Shibuya 109 -- girl only department store. This store basically sets fashion for Japanese girls. You know, the slutty type with extremely short shorts/skirts and knee high boots, and curly blond hair. Yep. All guys should thank this store and build a shrine somewhere. A prevailing theme is animal prints.
And... finally, Harajuku, see for youselves...
Random Halloween parade...
 
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I think the auction markets are so fkin awesome.
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Nice pictures  Looks like you had fun!
And there's a store called "Titty" kekeke
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The best part about titty is that their shirt says "I love Doggy" lol
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nice nice nice
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On October 26 2008 21:56 Cambium wrote:
The best part about titty is that their shirt says "I love Doggy" lol
lol i noticed that too.
Great pictures!
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The food looks meh but the people in those last pictures are dressed pretty cool!
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Melbourne5338 Posts
I'm visiting in Jan and planing to go Tsukiji, any thing i should be wary of?
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Added some comments.
Definitely try daiwa sushi (or sushi dai) -- pictured. Best food you'll ever have if you like sushi (try it even if you don't).
You have to either take a cab or take the earliest train to get there, you basically want to get there before or around five, as that's when they auction the frozen tuna. It's really exciting.
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On October 26 2008 22:57 pachi wrote:
I'm visiting in Jan and planing to go Tsukiji, any thing i should be wary of?
Actually, send me a PM around that time, I'll give you more instructions if you want.
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United States22883 Posts
Japanese people are sheep. >.>
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cambium you are awesome
i am looking forward to see more !
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awww i missed out on harajuku !! I soo wanted to go. I woke up sooo early to get to the tsujiki fish market but it wasn't worth it.
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Man...those shiny looking sushi really makes you feel that the crap sushi I eat in America are really not worth it
But then again, i don't really want to pay 3500 yen for 7 pieces and 1 roll...
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Tokyo is pretty awesome, thanks for sharing your story & the pictures.
I can't wait to plan a trip to go there... hope it happens.
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I am not a big fan of fish but when someone present it for me I always tries it.
When I was in Tokyo my sister introduced me for this sushi, and I can only agree with cambium that there is a world of differ between normal sushi and this sushi, it is really delightful and tastes great!
I can only advise you to try it if you ever visit Tokyo
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On October 26 2008 21:38 clazziquai wrote:Nice pictures Looks like you had fun! And there's a store called "Titty" kekeke
with an I <3 doggy shirt
that rainbow clown picture looks sort of out of place
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Wut???
"I<3 DOGGY" T_T
Too much seafood for my tastes, generally dem meat doesn't have enough flavor imo.
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On October 26 2008 21:19 JMave wrote:
I think the auction markets are so fkin awesome.
me too. ive seen them before its like everyone wants a piece and WTF @ costumes, they better be cosplaying bc thats wtf. -_____-
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wow one of the most cleanest fish market i've seen.
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nice, you know one those fishes in the fish market cost more than a car ....
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i miss japan and i miss u billiam
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wow...... really makes me want to travel more
thanks for sharing!
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Korea (South)11570 Posts
mmm nice sign / shirts lol
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On October 27 2008 00:13 Jibba wrote:
Japanese people are sheep. >.>
All people are sheep with a few exceptions.
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On October 27 2008 06:55 Frits wrote:All people are sheep with a few exceptions. the few exceptions being us white people
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On October 27 2008 07:28 yubee wrote:Show nested quote +On October 27 2008 06:55 Frits wrote:On October 27 2008 00:13 Jibba wrote:
Japanese people are sheep. >.> All people are sheep with a few exceptions. the few exceptions being us white people
dutch males are the most conformist group of people
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everyone from US are sheep. pwnt.
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United States22883 Posts
On October 27 2008 06:55 Frits wrote:All people are sheep with a few exceptions.
Yeah, but the fake emo Japanese do it better than most.
Last time I was there a girl and her friends died from wearing boots like that, cause she was driving and couldn't lift her foot off the pedal.
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On October 27 2008 05:52 PanoRaMa wrote:
i miss japan and i miss u billiam
I heard from Joe that you are coming back?
Let's go out and I'll buy you a beer, I finally got paid lol ^^
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
Nice to see there's still a mixture of alternative fashion styles in Tokyo - I'm hoping to visit myself some time next year. I've been to Fukuoka, but I really want to explore other parts of Japan. Great photos and some really interesting insights 5/5.
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I want to go to Japan so bad.
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i realize that we get very different versions of Japan depending on the person that is going. I notice that you have very clean stories about Japan like department stories, smalls towns and festivals and fresh sushi.
But I would love to know more about Japanese women, the world famous sex Japanese sex industry, the night life, foreigners married to Japanese women, etc.
We need to send a complete douche to Japan to cover the other half of Japan. Seriously.
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On October 27 2008 08:31 Cambium wrote:I heard from Joe that you are coming back? Let's go out and I'll buy you a beer, I finally got paid lol ^^
yeah im gonna study abroad there either in the spring or fall of 2009, not settled yet but those are my plans as of right now.
how long are u gonna be there for?
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I'm only staying til end of year. Joe said you were coming here in Dec?
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Korea (South)11570 Posts
On October 27 2008 16:12 gg_hertzz wrote:
i realize that we get very different versions of Japan depending on the person that is going. I notice that you have very clean stories about Japan like department stories, smalls towns and festivals and fresh sushi.
But I would love to know more about Japanese women, the world famous sex Japanese sex industry, the night life, foreigners married to Japanese women, etc.
We need to send a complete douche to Japan to cover the other half of Japan. Seriously.
Manifesto is white, and an english teacher in japan, married to a japanese woman in Japan... but he is far from a douche. I'm sure he would gladly tell you what living in Japan is like.
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