Travel Diary #2: Central Japan Day 1 (3/3)

Day 1 in Tokyo continued with a shabu-shabu dinner at a shopping center named DECKS in Odaiba.
 

The exterior of DECKS shopping center.

Another exterior view of DECKS. There's JOYPOLIS amusement center and a discovery center (HINT: The discovery center is also one of the theme parks in Nusajaya, Malaysia)

 

DECKS has 2 different paths. I forgot the names of the 2 but it separates the JOYPOLIS and that discovery center into 2 different paths. The restaurant that we were entering is located at the JOYPOLIS path, 5th storey.

The restaurant that we went in for dinner.

Fried tempura

The main dish: shabu-shabu

Pork slices to dip into shabu-shabu

Sauce to dip the pork slices.

The shabu-shabu dinner was great as the broth used was not the normal pork bone broth which I thought. The clear broth uses kombu (seaweed) to boil and also cabbage, carrot and leek. The taste, as compared to the normal pork bone broth or any other broth, was tastier and healthier.

Each person received 12 pork slices to dip into the broth. It only took around 20 seconds to make a pork slice completely cooked. After that, dip the sauce. The sauce itself was a bit sour but the pork slices were tender and melted into my mouth. Apart from the tempura and shabu-shabu, udon was also served but as the meal was delicious, I forgot to take a picture of the udon. Anyway, the udon can be eaten with the shabu-shabu sauce or pouring in the broth to eat. I tried both and it was great.

After dinner, I went in to the washroom and noticed something special. Although not pictured, it was a fun discovery that the washroom is also an arcade. For male toilet, there's something to play while you do your small business. Large business inside the cubicle...Sorry! I didn't enter the cubicle.

Outside DECKS, we moved on to see the view of the Rainbow Bridge but...

Statue of Liberty in Japan?!

I was amazed by that but by combining Statue of Liberty from New York and Rainbow Bridge from Odaiba, it makes a wonderful view. I thought I was in New York in a minute.

Other than DECKS, there's another shopping mall named Aqua City Odaiba. Behind Aqua City Odaiba, there's FUJI TV building. Diver City Tokyo is also around Odaiba too (See Central Japan Day 2 for more details).

Aqua City Odaiba and FUJI TV building behind it.

Rubbish bins are very hard to find in Japan. Even if you find it, you have to classify it. So...what to put inside non-combustible bin and combustible bin?

 

 

 

 

 

 

We boarded the sightseeing bus after walking around and arrived at Tokyo Dome Hotel. That hotel is near Tokyo Dome (Duh!). Unfortunately, I didn't go out to visit Tokyo Dome.

My younger brother and I were in a twin room and the room for the first night was wonderful with desk and chairs.

Before we slept, there's supper and it's custard and red bean buns.

Supper time!

I ate the custard filling bun.

That's the end of Day 1 in Central Japan after finishing our supper.

To be continued for Day 2.