I wish we spent two mornings at Tsukiji Fish Market, one morning to eat the best sushi at a restaurant and the other to grub on all the street food at the market - it was impossible to eat everything I wanted to in one session! :D

We didn't bother with waking up at an ungodly hour to see the Tuna Auctions, nor were we going to queue for 4 hours from 5/6 in the morning to eat at Sushi Dai. Instead we arrived at Tsukiji around 9am and queued for about 2 hours for Yamazaki Sushi 寿司処やまざき.

Worth it.

After the most incredible sushi we did try to squeeze a few street foods into our greedy stomachs. Please note my sister and I shared everything but there is no denying that we've got big appetites!

Other Posts:

- Blogmas Day 20: Studio Ghibli Museum

- Blogmas Day 18: Ichiran Ramen

- Blogmas Intro: Japan Trip

Conveyor Belt sushi is one of the many wonderful Japanese things that us Westerners have fully embraced. Uobei Sushi is a different type of conveyor belt experience, where you get to order your sushi on a screen in front of you and then minutes later, WHOOOOSH! your sushi comes speeding out to you on a conveyor belt 'train' - it is stupidly fun!

As you can see the menu is overwhelming HUGE, so we chose the seasonal specials and then tried to pick the sushi that we don't get here back home. Here is a big picture dump of sushi!

There was maybe one real stinker in there, a couple I'll probably never order again, but overall, it was pretty yummy! It's not meant to be top quality sushi but it's still miles above what you can get here!

If the silly conveyor belt doesn't tickle your fancy then the prices will! All of the above dishes cost about 1800 JPY but when we got to the counter to pay, there was some promotion on where I got to pick a random prize out of a box and it turned out to be another 100 JPY off my bill, so in other words, all that sushi cost about £15!

(There are several branches)

Coco Curry

The next few pictures will be the ugliest pictures of food that I'll post on this blog but it's a thing, Coco curry is a thing - any curry/junk-food/japanese-food-lovers have to try Coco curry. It's good, it's filling, it's proper junk food and you know they open 24 hr! I remember walking past the Coco curry next to the famous Piss Alley in Shinjuku - an alleyway filled with mini pubs often crowded with those having a fun alcoholic night - this was around 7 in the morning when Piss alley was quiet and sleeping but the Coco curry was full! I remember thinking 'who on earth would have curry at 7 in the morning', before connecting the curry shop to all the boozey people who have probably spent the night at Piss Alley!

The variations of curry you can have are endless, to curry flavour, spice level, topping, rice amount, veg etc.

Hah! Yes the corn salad was for so-called health and that gloopy blob on the curry is a soft boiled egg - it's a thing, that's simply a thing over here, pick whatever curry you want but please do try it with an egg!

Again there are MANY branches!

Blogmas Day 24: Tsukiji Fish Market

Blogmas Day 09: Uobei Sushi and Coco Curry

Coco Curry

Miniature Sushi