Lost In Libations

When I first booked this trip, one of the things I was most looking forward to was the food.  When I was in Japan ten years ago, I remember just about every meal we had was beyond insanely good.  Especially the sushi. But with so many choices... ...where to begin? In my search for a delicious high-end sushi place, I hit a couple of roadblocks.  Many have strict reservation policies (real example: You may only make a reservation on the first of the month prior to your visit...), but most I looked into were simply already booked, and those that were not would only take reservations from locals. So I enlisted the help of our hotel concierge, who was able to get us a space at the counter of Kyubey, located at the luxurious Keio Plaza Hotel. After we were asked to remove our shoes... ...we made our way into the space which had room for 10-12 people... ...and chose one of the set courses... I'm not a food blogger, for reasons which will bec

First of all...sorry for the lame title.  But just know I was very close to calling this post "Pat-TRASH-a ART-quette."  So consider yourself lucky. Anyway, Keith and I have been doing/seeing a lot of stupid things since our arrival in Tokyo... ...so today I wanted to change gears a little bit and try to do something with a little bit of culture.  Tonight, we will be dining at a high-end, fancy sushi place, and for our day-time adventure, I managed to score us some very exclusive tickets to opening day of a brand new museum on the island of Odaiba! According to Wikipedia, Odaiba is a man-made, artificial island...and a little more research will show that this is an island that is made from a foundation of garbage. Yes, garbage. But atop that floating garbage heap is a pile of crazy, including Japan's own miniature version of the Statue of Liberty... ...because obviously. To get to Odaiba, we took the train to the Tokyo Teleport Station..