First Day in Tokyo (Arriving in Japan from London via Japan Airlines) Travel Vlog

Japan Travel Vlog Day 1: First day in Tokyo! Arriving in Tokyo Haneda Airport from London Heathrow via Japan Airlines, checked into Gate Stay aparthotel in Ginza, queued up at Tsujihan (Nihonbashi branch) for their famous chirashidon. I went to the branch in Chuo City 20 mins before the restaurant opened - and there was already an hour long queue! I went for the biggest rice bowl they had (because it had extra extra ikura and umi and I LOVE IT SO MUCH). The “tokujyo” costs ¥3600 (£23/$28 USD) and has salmon roe (x3), sea urchin (x3), tuna, fatty tuna, shrimp, clam, squid, herring roe, cucumber, leek and rice. It has comes with sea bream sashimi, a bowl of hot soup and tea

Royal Milk Tea and Genmaicha Tea from a FamilyMart nearby. Each costs between ¥110- ¥160 (£0.70 - £1.02/ $0.86 - $1.25)

An unofficial omakase at Kinome - a small Japanese restaurant 6 minute walk from the hotel! The menus were entirely in Japanese so I asked the (really lovely) server if she could bring out her favourites. “I eat everything but particularly love seafood!”

I had:

Grilled sesame tofu
Salted roasted ginkgo berries
Mixed vegetables
A pan fried crispy minced fish cake type of dish with veggies inside
Sashimi selection of freshly caught local fish
Rolled silky egg with daikon
Sliced rare duck slices (served cold)
A Japanese style stewed fish head called kabutoni - it was served with root vegetables and cooked with soy sauce, ginger and sugar

Went to the FamilyMart and had a hot lemon honey tea then went to bed very jet lagged and SO HAPPY AND SATISFIED!!! What a way to start the first day?!

💌 chapters
00:00 Arriving in Tokyo from London via Japan Airlines
00:18 Hello from the British Airways lounge
01:08 Boarding the Japan Airlines flight (flying Premium Economy)
02:10 Everything I ate on my 15 hour flight to Japan
03:14 Getting a sim card in Tokyo Haneda
04:20 Getting a Pasmo Card in Tokyo
05:40 Queuing for Tsujihan Nihonbashi
06:40 Eating at Tsujihan
07:45 Buying my tickets for Japan Railway and Shinkansen
09:23 Shopping in Ginza
09:43 Shopping at a 12 storey Uniqlo
11:08 Hidden omakase dinner in Ginza

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