Shibuya is a bit like New York's Times Square, but 100-fold. Massive television screens, neon and other lights everywhere, people scurrying like ants, particularly across the worlds busiest pedestrian crossing, labelled on the map as "scramble crossing".
The massive six-storey high screen (upper right of above picture) was inexplicably turned off tonight, but there was enough other stuff going on.
We wandered about for a little after being dropped off by Em, but Ky wanted dinner sooner rather than later. So we went to the place I'd spotted in the Time Out "101 things to do in Shibuya" brochure, called Uobei.
After recording our name and party size on the waiting list, we were seated around five minutes later. You make your selections on the touch screen in front of you (English is available, as are four other languages), up to three choices at a time, and hit "Order".
Then, seconds to a few minutes later, your selection is shuttled to you on one of the three racks in front of you. You remove your order, and send the shuttle tray back. (Drinks are hand delivered by staff, ultra-promptly.)
Most sushi plates are Y105 (about $1.10), and include a huge range of fish such as seared mackerel (pictured below). For the four of us to be pleasantly stuffed, including drinks (beer and mixed drink for me; soft drinks for the boys), we paid the princely sum of Y5380 (under $60). Excellent entertainment, and a good feed too!
Every now and then, you get to play "Rock Paper Scissors", and if you win, you get a 10% discount voucher for your next visit - Ky managed to win one. (Em, make sure we give this to you - the kids will love it!)
JD took some video on his Android (I haven't sorted out video on my new camera yet). Let's see if this works.
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| Behind me is the main entrance to Shibuya station, with 3 metro lines, and several private train lines running through it. |
We wandered about for a little after being dropped off by Em, but Ky wanted dinner sooner rather than later. So we went to the place I'd spotted in the Time Out "101 things to do in Shibuya" brochure, called Uobei.
After recording our name and party size on the waiting list, we were seated around five minutes later. You make your selections on the touch screen in front of you (English is available, as are four other languages), up to three choices at a time, and hit "Order".
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| I have up to three choices available for this order (you can place as many orders as you like) |
Most sushi plates are Y105 (about $1.10), and include a huge range of fish such as seared mackerel (pictured below). For the four of us to be pleasantly stuffed, including drinks (beer and mixed drink for me; soft drinks for the boys), we paid the princely sum of Y5380 (under $60). Excellent entertainment, and a good feed too!
Every now and then, you get to play "Rock Paper Scissors", and if you win, you get a 10% discount voucher for your next visit - Ky managed to win one. (Em, make sure we give this to you - the kids will love it!)
JD took some video on his Android (I haven't sorted out video on my new camera yet). Let's see if this works.
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