Jawnville Goes Tokyo: Day 2

I’m sitting in a hotel in the Shinjuku section of Tokyo listening to SWV’s Weak because MTV is the only channel in English, aside from total Trump coverage on CNN.

Two major revelations on day two in Tokyo. The first…7-11’s don’t have to suck. Most 7-11’s I know in the states are places I wouldn’t consider eating at, unless I was a contestant on Survivor and 7-11 was the only food option. Here, it’s a different story. The fresh food is decent. They’ve got crazy good microwaveable bowls of Ramen noodles for like $2.oo.

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They’ve got outside seating.

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The office workers look like old school IBM salesmen or guys from the Mad Men error with white shirts and dark ties. Well, in case you spill something on your shirt or tie or happen to wake up in the same clothes as the day before, 7-11 has got you covered. Yup, dress clothes in a convenience store. 

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Major revelation number 2? People don’t lock their bikes. Believe that. Here’s proof:

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Insanity. What world is this where people can be trusted? DOES NOT COMPUTE.

I ventured into my first conveyor belt sushi jawn. It’s a U-shaped counter with sushi chefs on the inside. A conveyor belt goes around the counter carrying random items that the chefs create. I’ve heard of the conveyor belt jawns in the US, but never ventured into one.

If you didn’t see anything appetizing on the conveyor belt, you could order off this extensive menu, where the Y150 (about $1.50) on the left was the price of a roll.

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Some items seemed to be on the belt forever, not really fan favorites. This one passed me thirty times in the half hour I was there:

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It’s slightly blurry because it was moving, but there was a thick, gelatinous substance oozing out of this unpopular roll. Oh, right, it was a crab and crab’s guts roll.

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I guess it’s one particular crab’s guts and not just crab guts. Either way I wasn’t touching it and no one else seemed brave enough.

I went off the menu and snagged a spicy tuna roll and some random avocado roll with a sauce I never hear of. Best spicy tuna roll that done ever touched my tongue.

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Total cost $3. My buddy grabbed this platter that was a whopping $5.

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You see all that sushi…FIVE BUCKS! Oh, both us score complimentary miso soup. $8.00 for both of us to eat.

I decided to hit the fitness center before going drinking. It wasn’t much of a fitness center. They had a couple of elliptical machines, treadmills and some dumbbells. Oh, and this thing, which was like a cross between a mechanical bull and a Sybian machine.

I have no idea what that strengthens, but it looks ridiculous, right?

Off to booze.

As always, thanks for reading.