7pm in Tokyo - Shotengai
At our local Sushi place in the Shotengai [商店街]. A Shotengai is usually a street which has a concentration of shops and restaurants located near a train station. A shotengai typically includes:-
* supermarkets and grocery shops
* restaurants, cafés and kissaten
* izakaya and snacks (Japanese style bars frequented by men and usually staffed by women)
* pachinko parlors
* massage parlors
* barber shops
* game centers
* post offices
* book shops
* clothes shops
* convenience stores
* koban (police boxes)
The above copy and pasted from Wikipedia and describes my local shotengai exactly - even the picture on that Wikipedia is of our local Shotengai ^^;
And this is what we had. Mmmmm. I'll start with the Mikuru *dips her in soy sauce*
And then its a stroll down the shotengai to check out the local stores.
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Student and full-time otaku
Food looks nice, but so raw....I've never really had sushi or anything like that, cuz I'm kinda afraid it's not good to eat it that way. Or am I just overly cautious?
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this aint a pleasant comment evil king, but when i went to japan it was coming from china where i got a serious stomach infection that really messed me up. When i got to the first sushi and sashimi places i worried if eating raw fish would screw me even worse but knowing that i would stay in japan just for 5 days i went anyways. I gotta tell u that my stomach was cured by the 2 day!
Of course i went a local sashimi place here in mexico and the infection came back.
Learning? Eat where it's safe clean and professional.
Student and full-time otaku
Wow, from bad stomach to cure in 2 days; so maybe properly prepared raw fish even has health benefits? I'll keep that in mind in case I ever go to some place over here.
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Find a gastroenterologist and get an endoscopy done. If you have an h.pylori infection you will need to take a special antibiotic cocktail for a while.
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as what i understand, eating the wasabi and daikon (white radish) actually helps dis-infect any germs and viruses.
and of course, cleanliness is another thing.
and i got to give the thumbs up for japanese sushi and sashimi as i can see from the faces of the chef that prepared my meal when i was there, that he was really heart and soul into preparing my meal. gochisousama deshita!!
Student, part-time Haruhi wannabe (that bit about godhood etc)
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I remember that a few years ago I went to India for one week- I was sick for one week, and couldn't go anywhere. Strangely, on the flight home, I felt a lot better^^;;
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that sushi just looks great
Network Technician
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mmmm love sushi although the choice in the UK is pretty poor we just have small bento boxes of sushi you can buy from supermarkets really must see if i can find a sushi restaurant.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
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I haven't even seen these bento boxes. Do you have mikado(pocky) in supermarkets too? Just little platters of sushi in various supermarkets delicatessen areas.
Student, Motivated Future Hikikomori
We have sushi places in Sofia, quite a good lot of them too, and quite unexpected at that. Specialized restaurants etc. etc. We even have those little boxes you mentioned.
But the Miso Soup here tastes pretty much like poop (a bad restaurant perhaps?).
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I suppose you could just call them sushi trays lol they sell them at Morrisons and Marks and Spencers etc they usually have salmon and prawn nigiri and a few tuna and pepper nori rolls
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Ooooo shops...... can't be dealing with the fish eggs though.... looks horrible...
Not many shotengai-type streets that I know of in the UK. They're usually away from shops... although I'm thinking of bigger stations I spose... Apart from some in London... the st Pancras one has a whole-mini mall thing connected to it lol.
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SOYLENT GRENN IS MIKURUUUUU!!!
meow-meow!
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that sushi looks damn good. me so hongreeeee!
Student
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me toooo
student
Wow that sushi looks amazing!! I can't wait till my university's spring break (next week). I'm going out to get sushi at a new place that opened up near my home. Hopefully it'll be quality.
And in case anyone is wondering, a kissaten is like an old fashioned coffee shop/cafe/sit down type place (heh kinda a bad description ^^;).
Viewfinder
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hmm.. Mikuru looks delicious =9 *snatches it with chopstick...
Student, Motivated Future Hikikomori
*snatches her away* She`s mine!
Viewfinder
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fine....
Σ(゜д゜;) Look!there's kyonko doing hare2 yukai!
*snatches her back and run like there is no tomorrow...ε=ε=ε=┌(;´∀`)ﾉ
Student, Motivated Future Hikikomori
Where?!
That was fast. . .
fine. . . Catches up, prepares for Nagi style kick. . .
...
Walks home happily
^_^;
Developing the Distracted Cat
This looks something like shopping centers in where I live ^^;;
lifelong slacker
Mmm. The sushi looks good. Looks like you like engawa too. Also, is the shellfish next to the ikura tsubugai? Sometimes have a hard time telling from pictures, but I love that as well.
Next time I am in Japan I will have to check out that shotengai. Love poking around all the small local shops.
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Ohh looks tasty, not that knowleagable about sushidesu but i reckon that must be some sort of fish egg to the right. Got to try that at least once in my life.
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oh the sushi looks so good, craving them now
College Freshmen
That's pretty convenient, I would love to have everything in one place.
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I had sushi too last night, but no Mikuru.
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I had Mikuru last night, but not sushi.
Photographer Wanna-be
This thread just makes me miss everything I loved about living in Japan. Sushi in Japan is a totally superior experience to anywhere else you can eat it on the whole planet. The water, land, the air, the flavor are all geographical/native things that can't be duplicated. You have to be there. That plate of sushi looks amazing, just needs some Unagi.
Nice trip down memory lane.
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My goodness, Danny, that Sushi looks amazing. I wouldn't have any hesitation scarfing that down.
三年せいとオタク
Wish we had Shotengai here where I lived. Thats sushi looks pretty good the only kinda I've eaten and liked so far is tuna on rice >>
Student
Ooo, that looks delicious!
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Danny, I don't get to have Mikuru with my sushi >_<! Anyways,that sushi does look nice but seeing how I have sushi/bento boxes every week, I think I cqan wait till Friday. I am happy that there is a nice little Japanese restaurant called I-ZU about 15 minutes away from home. The only other source for sushi is from my grocery and while it is nice to have sushi closer to home, it doesn't taste anywhere nearly as good as I-ZU's.
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Nice eggs. I never tried fish eggs except just once - and it stained my mouth for a week with a reeky taste ^^;
Sashimi/sushi yum~
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Haha what perfect timing, I was planning on buying some sushi tonight but now I think I'm going to leave a bit earlier ^_^
NEET
Sounds nice! ^^
And the Sushi looks extremely delicious.
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What are the white fish ones called? Actually can you name all the sushi there, I'm curious what they are called ^^;
初音ミク命
I blame you Danny!
All your food posts forced me to go out and get sushi last night. It was rather delicious.
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I'd tried that sushi Danny its good too ^^ even its raw when my mom tried it she almost puke XD
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. . . the wasabi is in a terrible position underneath Mikuru, it looks like ________.
University's Slave
Mmmm, sushi! My roommate and I are going out for sushi tomorrow night to celebrate the start of our spring break, but after that I probably won't get any more until my dad recovers from his diverticulitis surgery.
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That sucks. Hope he feels better soon.
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that looks like a nice homely area of town. very convenient. If we went to an area like that near our train stations, you'd get drug dealers, muggers, and food that can AND will kill you. But then again, some of the stations on the MRT line go into the malls that speckle the city.
student- university servant
portion wise- is that considered an average or large portion because that looks like A LOT to me- i would not be able to eat that much for lunch even though i am 5'10 165lbs (average for an american, a little taller than other asians)
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Mmm, sushi. So good, so freaking expensive. Give me a bowl of Gyu Don any day. (I can afford $5.89 USD)
University Student
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I'm always a little uneasy with sushi (never tried). I guess it's because Brazilian people are not used to eat any kind of raw meat (although I know a lot of sushi fans). I hope to try some this year since people around here say that São Paulo's sushi is as good as Japan's.
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Those Fish Eggs seem larger than the usual Tobiko i see..
Maybe we should eat Sushi too this weekend.
Assistant Director
That there be Ikura, or salmon roe. Has a stronger salty flavor to it, and I personally love it, but some PPL can't handle it at all. My general outlook to sushi is to try everything, and if you don't like it, give it another go at a nicer place(of if you're having it at a fairly upscale, nice place already, then you probably really don't like it).
There's only been a few items I've decided I didn't like, and it's more of a "didn't like it much" rather than a "homg, what did I just eat..." reaction.
IMO, there's too many interesting things to try in life to not give them a go. That's not to say you should go all Jim Carrey, "Yes Man" on everything, but having an open mind and trying new stuff isn't all that bad.
???Confused???
RAW and is fish...not my thing...
Metrosexual Narcissist
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Yup... neither am I :( Don't like raw things... don't like fish... together = sigh...
A Curiosity
Mikuru sushi, lol it's like Luka Tako sushi.
Nekophilia
Shotengai... I guess Petaling Street qualifies as one? ^^;
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my favourite sushi is Uni
i remember devouring a whole lot of it when i was in Japan
i've always had a taste for it since i was small - everyone in my family stays away from it for some reason. Well, more for me!
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mmmm.....sushi.....num-nums!!
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shotengai is very convenient...right next to the train station
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Hummm yummy! I must go to Japan!!! I love this this country without even taking a step on it!
Student, Uncle & hopfully a good husband..
Hmm...ours is really small compared to Japan...kinda lack of choices here...
Student, Performer
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Wow..the Fish egg is so BIG!
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i like how the floors aren't concrete or asphalt.
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Thank you for the lesson and pictures Danny-senpai!
NEET
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Wow. That shot of the Shotengai made me think it was a mall ><; It looks even better than some of the malls we have here.
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Thanks for the info Danny! :D