Tokyo
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Stockcar86" data-cid="585180" data-time="1465101252"><p>For an amazing experience that is expensive, but not too badly priced for a Michelin starred place with a unique experience, I recommend Tapas Molecular Bar in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.mandarinoriental.com/tokyo/fine-dining/tapas-molecular-bar/">http://www.mandarinoriental.com/tokyo/fine-dining/tapas-molecular-bar/</a> Reviews on Trip Advisor <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Restaurant_Review-g1066444-d2212678-Reviews-Tapas_Molecular_Bar-Chuo_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html">here </a>but the review that made me go to it twice in separate visits is <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.alifewortheating.com/posts/tokyo/tapas-molecular-bar-revisited">here</a>. You can book online before you go (in English)<br><br>
If you are going to Kyoto, the best katsu I ever had is in the <a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.pacejmiller.com/2013/04/08/katsu-kura-kyoto-the-best-katsu-ever/">Kyoto Train station building</a>. Cheap too (around $20NZ for a meal, including unlimited rice, cabbage and miso)</p></blockquote>
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Go SC86, that place is meant to be awesome.<br><br>
My wife says that katsu place is awesome (she used to live in Kyoto). <br><br>
Kimikatsu isn't another place to check out for tonkatsu (mille-feuille style Tonkatsu)<br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.kimukatsu.com/sp/kimukatsu_eng/">http://www.kimukatsu.com/sp/kimukatsu_eng/</a> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Stockcar86" data-cid="585183" data-time="1465101957"><p>If you are going to be there during the baseball season, once of the best sports experiences I've had was going to a game at <a class="bbc_url" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama_Stadium">Yokohama stadium</a> outside by the sea. Awesome atmosphere with the crowd singing/chanting, food better than you get in most NZ restaurants from teh concession stands, and hot japanese girls with kegs on their backs bringing you beer to your seat. On my bucket list is going to a indoor game at <a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/">Tokyo Dome</a></p></blockquote>
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I dunno, I reckon Bay stadium is much better - they have a great bar outside too. The Dome is pretty muggy - I wasn't really that into the atmosphere and I'm a Giants fan.<br><br>
Meiji-jingu on a clear night I think beats both of them - even though I hate the Swallows, or Zoom-zoom in Hiroshima (esp if you are with locals). -
Konnichiwa from Tokyo friends. Almost at the end of my time here but Tokyo farken rocks! The people are very polite and many very friendly (and they love NZ!), great public transport, but the food is the best. We're staying in Shinjuku and I've tried to eat a wide variety of local cuisine, from eel yakitori in a piss alley isakaya cooked by the 83 year old owner chef to hand made soba noodles, ramen, tempura, katsu pork and everything in between. Going to round out the trip with a Kubey sushi lunch splurge. Anyone thinking about coming for RWC 18 or olympics 2020 will have a great time
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I'll be there in early -mid February next year, and if I can get enough of the mortgage paid off, back again for a couple of weeks during next RWC.
I've had 4 months working in Tokyo (in summer), then holidays back in summer, autumn and spring. This time it is the winter holiday, so 5 days up in Hokkaido (Sapporo, Noberitsu), then down to Hiroshima -> Osaka -> Kyoto, then ending up with 3-4 days in Tokyo.
The only thing I am certain of in the Tokyo part is revisiting my favorite coffee place http://www.bear-pond.com/
Here is me from 3 years ago, proudly wearing my Magpies training shirt -
@Stockcar86 If you're up for a drink, let me know when you're in town and I'll take you to a proper Nihonshu salary man bar for a few drinks
Offer stands to anyone visiting, for that matter.
