Ochanomizu, Akihabara, Tokyo Metropolitan - Japan Day 5

Now, this was what i call 'the man's' day. Yup... the day he was waiting for. I planned this specially so that Pa could get hold of his guitar. And he sure did.

We were at Akiharaba too. But being a non-techie, a non-gamer, i hated the place. It was just like a monster Sim Lim. Boring! We then changed our course to Tokyo Metropolitan where we had wonderful, fantastic, beyond ecstatic pudding cake at SG$18 for the size of an A5 and no thicker than 4 inches. But it was heavenly!

Before that we spent the morning having our last morning walk along the Kaminari-mon shops. Got a couple of last minute stuff since they always closed shop by the time we got back.

I just had to visit this brewery building by Philippe Stark. I also had hoped to visit buildings by Toyo Ito. He is like the Norman Foster of Asia. I love his works.





Took the subway to Ochanomizu. Thought it would be a long walk to the specialty street but it was actually just outside the JR Station.










Ahh... same quality of service even at the guitar shop. The fella walked Pa right out of the shop, carrying his new guitar for him.

We had lunch at Mc D. This Mc D was full of uni students. Cos the campus was right across the block. What was interesting was that the ice lemon tea came as just plain bitter ice tea. We had to add in the lemon juice and syrup, that came in little disposables, to make it ice lemon tea.

Akihabara is also known for their maid cafes, cross dressers or otherwise, which i think the atmosphere was not appropriate for us to go then since we were with the kids and Nurul was always asking questions out of curiosity. And i didn't want the maids to be embarrassed or something. Maybe another time... below is at home cafe.

Mega bill boards. I think there were too many that it irritated me cos too many to look at!

I was more than glad to jet out of Akihabara. On the way to Tokyo Station, we passed Ameyoko and I realised that i had missed out that place in my itinerary. Aawwww man!! Again, maybe next time.

A 2 level platform. Interesting!

This comes my fav part... at Daimaru. Went floor by floor looking at things. The cakes looked as good as the price. We wanted to waste time as we were waiting for the 'final hour' where all their day's confectionery would go as low a price. But we didn't wait too long as we really wanted to eat the cakes!

Their cakes and chocolates were all to die for! Plus, being a sucker for packaging, i got a couple of cakes and puddings. Yes, i admit some were cos of the packaging... I wanted to get the shortcake but it looked too good to be eaten. I sneaked in a shot or too. Not allowed t take photos, actually.

This was the best. From Meister Juccheim. CAme in a lovely box with minimalist design and a sturdy paper bag. Had to consume the pudding cake within that day itself, so says the expiry date. Best eaten fresh! $SG18 for A5 sized pudding. But i guess it was worth the packaging too...

Brought this home for my dad in SG cos he loves mango. This swissroll, i think contained cheese too, with mango puree is simply delectable! The surface is as soft as powder and the cake is as smooth as snow... honest! Best consumed within 2 days. But even at the 3rd day, the last piece tasted just as perfect!

Japan is famous for its quality melons and other groceries... went round their B1 groceries section. They have huge melon, damn huge onions, huge grapes from Alexandria, huge, huge everything! Whip out your calculator to see the conversion in SG$. Taking rate to be SG$13.3 for every 1000 yen.




I dun think i could eat an SG$40 grapes nor an SG$83 melon.



These in actual size are HUGE. The largest chilli i have ever seen. Each is about the size of 3 fingers side-by-side and almost 3/4 foot long.