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Japan 2012 - Day 11 - Tokyo

early morning start for Tsukiji fish markets for the best sushi in the world!

tsukiji fish markets and the crazy mobile cargo transporter thingys

this is what you do while you wait 3.5 hours for sushi… the legendary line for sushi

a mini cooper just hanging, inline for sushi

sushi dai!

we got the omakaseeeee

our sushi chef. same one we got one year ago (almost exactly!)

getting ready for an awesome sushi omakase experience (again!)

Ootoro (fattest tuna belly) - so fatty and so awesome! just melts in your mouth!

sea bass

maguro (tuna)

thick and fluffy tamago

uni (sea urchin)

hamachi (yellowtai) - one of my favourite sushi pieces!

baby shrimp - really sweet :)

tai (red snapper)

tuna maki

aji (horse mackarel)

anago - saltwater eel

hokkigai (surf clam) - it moved!

abalone :)

liver of fish

sperm sac of cod fish

all three going for sperm sac

HAHAHA AL DID NOT LIKE IT

after an awesome sushi omakase at sushi dai, we went to ginza for a stroll… and ended at at Laduree! yay! if you dont know what Laduree is, i recommend google!

ladureeee

laduree macarons!

what we got :) fancy fancy! it is our last day of travelling :)

rose and framboise macarons

fancyyyyy

the cafe itself is posh

us at Laduree

ginzaaaaaa

eh my first experience into an A&F store. it was…. wtf.

LARGE strawberries!

after Ginza, it was onwards towards Narita for our flight home!

at Narita Airport! we can back, and hopefully we’ll come back again! thanks Japan, you have been awesome!

our flight home was FULL of japanese school kids, we assume for an excursion to Australia. sigh. 

but anyway, it was home time :) right on valentines day too! :)