Tokyo Day 4

Woke up pretty early today to visit the Tsukiji Fish Market. Tsukiji Market (Tsukiji Shijo) is a large wholesale market for fish, fruits and vegetables in central Tokyo. It is the most famous wholesale market that handles the distribution of fish, meat and produce in metropolitan Tokyo. The market is also best konw as one of the world's largest fish markets as many have seen on news or travel variety shows.

We took the JR line and dropped off at Shimbashi and reached the market within 15 to 20 mins of walk from the station. The first sight of the market was overwhelming as it was really HUGE! People and trolleys were moving around and everyone was so busy. Kind of like our local Singapore wet market but 20 times the size of it with much more fish stocks and bigger in sizes too! The market is being sectioned into different areas, mainly the inner market (for whole sale business and tuna auctions which are restricted to authorized personnel only) and the outer market (where retail shops and restaurants are located and opened to the public). The whole market was so lively and busy and everywhere you turn you can see boxes and boxes of fishes. We wanted to try out at one of the restaurants for fresh sushi and sashimi, but the queue outside each shop was horrifying! Even so early in the morning, the place is already filled with tourists! We decided to walk around and buy some snacks along the way instead.

 Have no idea what this is called, but it's just a mixture of seafood grilled in a clam shell. The seafood was so fresh and it tasted so delicious!

 All seafood are freshly captured from the sea, prepared and grilled on the day itself!

 Steam egg! We bought one and finished within seconds and couldn't resist to get another one! The steam egg was so smooth and bouncy and it tasted just right, especially with it just freshly out from the steamer~

Fresh fish roe for sale!

Dried squid to go with beer~

Beef parts sold in one big chunk! :O

 Decided to stop by one of the shops outside the market to have Ebi Tempura Udon! You can choose what ingredients you want and also if you wanted udon or soba. We were lucky to get seats at the counter as some people after us had to stand to have their food. But I guess it's part of the local culture as it seems quite common for the locals to stand and have their food.

After which, we then took the subway down to Shibuya to shop around the big departmental stores.

 And a little break in between to rest our feet and enjoy the scenery from the tall building!

 

The view from the toilet inside Takashimaya building!

By far the best ramen I had throughout the trip!! I finished the whole bowl of ramen, even every single drop of the soup!! We stumbled upon this shop as the pictures got our attention, turns out it is my favorite ramen place now!

 

 

The shop is rather small so during peak hours do prepare to share table with others or have to eat separately with your friends. As usual, you choose and pay for your food from the vending machine and the prices of the ramen ranges from 770 yen to 990 yen. The noodles are freshly made and the soup is filled with pork flavour but not the porky smell in it. The broth is so rich and delicious especially matched together with the soft and bouncy noodles, I just can't get enough of it!

And of course gyozas to go with the noodles! The gyozas tasted quite good too, it was crispy in the outer and juicy meat in the inside!

Kindenmaru Ramen Restaurant 金伝丸

Shibuya 2-9-2 Dogenzaka 

It is located less than 100m from the Shibuya crossing, proximately 5 mins walk from the station.

Definitely would recommend my friends to go visit this shop if they are within the area! By far the best ramen soup base that I had! Too bad I only chanced upon this store on my last night in Tokyo, if not I would visit this place at least 2-3 times. Haha!

After dinner, we continued to shop around the area before taking the subway back to hotel and back our luggage.

Will do a short update on my last day in Tokyo before flying back home. Stay tune! (: