Days in Tokyo – Some great food at Tokyo Tower

Lunch was at the base of Tokyo Tower. There are a few restaurants and all their plastic food displays look duper attractive. Since we are craving for Unagi, we decide to settle down at this Unagi Restaurant for lunch. One set of this is about 1500 yen. Quite reasonably priced. 😀

Kira kira Unagi and I love it. The sauce is sweet and the Unagi is fresh! There’s no fishy taste and no bones. I know Unagi should have no bones but you know, sometimes they taste fishy and bony when it’s not done up properly. Heh. 😛

And there’s free flow of crispy crumbs (something like the crumbs from frying tempura?!) at the side of the table for us to add into our rice and soba soup. Yummy!

After lunch, we have dessert at one of the waffles store and it’s really damn good! This is waffle with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and corn flakes. The waffle is oh so fluffy and taste so buttery good!

Initially, we bought one chocolate sauce waffle to share. After finishing the first one, we cannot resist but to buy a second one. Lol.

This is waffle with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce and almonds. I usually do not like caramel-flavored stuff cos they are most of the time, very sweet. For this waffle, the caramel fragrance is strong and nice but not very sweet! I love it!

If I ever come back to Tokyo Tower, I will sure eat this again. 🙂

On the way walking back to Akabanebashi Station, we pop in to the supermarket and we bought a lot of snacks, coffee / hot chocolate packets etc! It’s difficult to resist Japanese supermarkets! Too much varieties to choose from! ^^

Days in Tokyo – The scenery of Zojoji Temple with Tokyo Tower

From the main entrance of Tokyo Tower, just turn right, cross a road and turn left to access Zojoji Temple. But we did a wrong turn to the right after crossing the road (because we followed the man in front!) and ended up walking 1 big round!

Once we enter the temple grounds, we are welcome by sakura trees which are so pretty! There is one that has dropping sakura blossom! Even though the sky is gloomy, the sakura in contrast with the sky is still an attractive sight to me. 🙂

As Zojoji Temple stands next to Tokyo Tower, I love how the photo captures the temple together with Tokyo Tower! Zojoji Temple is the head temple of the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism in the Kanto Region.

The temple was built in the year 1393 and moved to its present location in 1598 by Tokugawa Leyasu who selected it as his family temple. A mausoleum of the Tokugawa family can be found on the temple grounds. Most of Zojoji’s buildings are recent reconstructions except for the main entrance gate, the Sangedatsumon, which has survived the many past fires, earthquakes and wars and dates from 1622.

More cherry blossoms!! 😀

The small temple next to the main temple within the temple grounds. Not sure what is the name of this temple though. Hur. 😛

Coming out from the side entrance, strolling along this road back to Tokyo Tower for lunch. And I realize it’s such a pretty to take a photo of the road, the trees, the gloomy weather together with the misty Tokyo Tower in the background. Indeed, Tokyo Tower is still best viewed from far! 😀