Eating til death in Japan

As the title has suggested, this post is dedicated to gourmet moments I had during my trip.

Grilled quail

Having a Kirin beer with Tonkatsu at Issen Tonkatsu, Ueno

Tenderloin Tonkatsu set and some Tonkatsu sandwiches

Tenderloin Tonkatsu :)

I think I saw a glimpse of heaven there - syphon coffee

Collagen supplements, veggie capsules, and muscle booster

Ramen at Harajuku

The soup and pork were to die for

Gindago Takoyaki

5,000Yen melon - worth the experience

Sweet tooth time 

Lining for Sushi Dai at 7AM, Tsukiji fish market

After 3.5 hours of waiting, I finally got to the front of the legendary store

My sushi chef for the meal - the Omakase set

The first dish of the set - fresh Tamago (still warm) and ginger

Otoro

Flounder

Red snapper

Uni

Squid

Surfing clam - was moving when served!

Maguro

Maki

Horse mackerel

Ikura

Anago

Sipping some green tea and deciding what to have for the 11th (last) sushi

And I chose Otoro, which concluded the special sushi set - can't have enough of Otoro.

Shabu-shabu

Last but not least, nutto!

My family is a big fan of Japan, and it seems like my mom is planning a conspiracy with my uncle for another trip while I'm externing in Glasgow this June. Gahhh~

Naughtiness in Japan

I didn't imagine that I would be this busy, and I hardly had time to do all the things that I wanted to do. Nevertheless, I had an awesome time with family in Japan, and managed to sneak into a few premium adult good stores. One of things that got me laughing was a wireless remote control vibrator, which has several functions like vibration modes, degree of vibration, anti-bacterial, etc. Praise Japanese for their creativity!

Other than the normal tourist things and eating to my heart's content (may deserve another post, perhaps?), I found a cruising area in the Ueno park, which was famous for salarymen. I just went to have a look and walk around, and certainly there were some  interesting shady spots. Well... I was behaving that day, nevertheless the park was a nice walk. There was a Shinto shrine in the park as well, so I made a bit of donation, prayed, then wrote my gay wishes on an Ema.

Tokyo tower on the magical night of 31st Dec

When I travelled Japan a few years ago, I wasn't comfortable with being naked in hot springs, and I wasn't out to myself. Now I have got used to be naked, so I decided not to miss any hot baths. Certainly, I was enjoying the baths, as well as trying not to focus on the fellow bathers too much this time.

On the last day of my trip, I went into a gay sauna, which was foreigner friendly, after my family had caught their flight and left me some time to kill before my flight. Ueno 24 Kaikan received pretty good reviews on the Utopia website (Check the web, if you're interested). I won't divulge into details, but gay scene in Japan was something definitely worth checking, since everything seemed to be quite specialised and aiming toward a specific group of customers. As I had been told, Japanese are not shy when they are going for it, which can leave quite a spectative scene.