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Chinese food and Japanese food

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It's very difficult to tell what meat you're eating when you eat Japanese food~

Sushi and beyond at Tsukiji Fish market

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I went to Tsukiji several times with friends (both Japanese and foreigners) so I brought my family down for some fresh sushi on their first day in Tokyo. However this post will be a compilation of ALL my trips down to Tsukiji so you can have a better idea of what to expect.

Tokyo Sky Tree with elderly and toddler

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Now that I'd cleared everything from CoFesta, I'm going to travel further back in time about my family trip to Tokyo in September!

Manner in drinking sake rice wine in Japan

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I tried to pour sake (rice wine) for myself but was often stopped by my Japanese friend because it is a custom for others to pour for you. Oops!

Bathing habits in US, Singapore and Japan

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You are never alone in Japan :P *PS. Monkeys don't drink and you can only find them at Nagano's onsen (hot spring).

CoFesta Day 3: Difference between a 20,000yen sushi meal and a 2000yen sushi meal

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I am finally getting into the finale of our whole trip: a grand treat at Ginza Sushikoh , located above Tokyo station on the 35th floor, worth 20,000+++yen! (SGD250/ USD200) My Japanese friend told me that it is a very famous sushi restaurant and is difficult to get a reservation there.

CoFesta Day 3: Animate, world's biggest anime goods store at Ikebukuro

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After our techie morning at the Digital Contents Expo, we took a cab to Ikebukuro, where we stayed for hours at the world's largest anime goods store: animate. Of course, we didn't go there just for shopping…

CoFesta Day 3: Digital Contents Expo 2013

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Ok, this is going to be a very techie post. We started day three with an early morning tour of Digital Contents Expo held at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (日本科学未来館), which is located in Odaiba area on 24th Oct. We got to enter before it was open to public and the first exhibit was this virtual reality flight experience:

Buying Fruits in Japan and Singapore

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While fruits in Tokyo are ridiculously expensive, fruits in Singapore are usually squeezed by many people…even though it's obvious that the fruit isn't ripe yet...

CoFesta Day 2: TIMM Tokyo International Music Market Showcase Live 2013

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We attended TIMM Showcase Live event (23 Oct) from 4.30pm till 9+pm, a solid 5 hours of live Japanese music!!! This concert was organised for international buyers so the artistes were chosen by their record labels to promote to overseas market. Each artiste/group were allowed to invite a limited number of their own fans to the event. We were invited to sit at the second floor so we won't tweet about how tired our legs were from standing :P