Miso nikomi udon. I had heard of this, but first time trying. The udon were surprisingly al dente -- like Italian pasta al dente -- which is rare in Japanese food.I have a big thing for tanuki, so I take a look whenever I see in the shop window. Sadly, none of these came home this time.I was told that this year's oyster harvest was light and there's a bit of a shortage. So obviously I had to go eat as many as possible.Found one of the earliest blooming Sakura trees in Tokyo, of all places.... We were definitely not the only ones though, ha.Big Buddha, arguably the most famous attraction here.Buddha has tech neck too apparently.We arrived close to new year, so hatsumode (Japanese New Year celebration) was still in full swing. Nearly all the shrines + temples we visited had buzzing crowds.Thematic decorative seaweed.
