Tokyo 2012 - Day 5

Another late morning and well, didn't have much planned since I visited the 2 museums I intended to visit on this trip already. But I did want to visit L'occitane Cafe again, so I went to Shibuya again to just go there and have brunch, but not without stopping to take a pic of the statue of Hachiko, the loyal dog at the Hachiko exit. I ordered their soup of the day, the Croque du L'occitane and their L'occitane au lait tea. I was lucky to grab a window seat and watched the Shibuya crossing while I ate my brunch.

 

Another reason for visiting Shibuya again was to look for a Yoshii Mami shop at Markcity. I didn't bear much hope as I couldn't find it on the directory anymore before coming. Looks like the only spot I know of is at Yokohama Bay Quarter which is quite far from Tokyo. And indeed, it was not there. Markcity is really small, but there are quite a lot of restaurants there.

It felt a bit more chilly today. Not sure if it's because I was using my new coat or it was really colder. Or maybe I was feeling emo. Why do my thighs feel colder than the rest of my legs which is less covered? Considering it has more fat and it was covered by my coat?

Anyway, I went back to the hotel empty-handed and soon headed out to Ginza with V, but not without stopping over at Tully's at Roppongi for a matcha latte. It wasn't intended, but since we had to exit the station to change train, we might as well stop by Tully's.

In Ginza, we just walked around a bit, browsing and taking some photos, like of the Apple store.
We stopped by Uniqlo (again) and I bought a pair of chinos on sale. Oopsie, it's getting "dangerous" for me to enter Uniqlo here. Always coming out with something. I've not visited H&M yet...don't know what that would bring. But trying clothes in winter is super leh cheh.

I think the highlight of the day was dinner at Genkatsu in the area. I ordered the layered tonkatsu with yuzu while V had the black pepper. I liked my yuzu tonkatsu which tasted rather refreshing and less heavy. Juicy too, as V described. I also ordered the oyster where I ate both since V doesn't eat oysters (they came in twos). All I could say was that they were super oiishi! I was quite "感动" by it. The oysters were fresh and the texture was just nice after frying, soft and firm and light on the palette and a joy to bite through, yet not losing the oyster freshness taste. Very nice lah. It was even more delightful than the yuzu katsu. Enjoyed dinner very much, thanks to V's recommendation. A good alternative to Tenjin which had since closed.

Another day has passed and it's already coming to the end of the week! So fast. Why is the holiday ending so soon?