Day 14 - Tokyo ( Ikebukuro + Shibuya + Alcatraz/ER)

After an 8 hour bus ride from Osaka, we are back in Tokyo at about 6.30am in the morning. The bus dropped us at Tokyo JR Station and we lugged our barang barang all the way to the metro station towards our hostel in Kuramae.

I finally reached and fortunately there was someone to help us open the door. Reception only opens at 8am you see. This K's house was new (just open in June this year) and even had a lift in there! Anyway CK plonked onto the sofa to catch a few winks while I went to the toilet. It is bloody weird and surreal coz as I approached the toilet, I saw a Dashchund running past outside with its owner. My 1st 'ambush' by a Dashchund in Tokyo!

Anyway we finally got to check in and rest abit. Then we headed out for lunch. We decided to go have Dote No Iseya Tempura in Minowa (closed the last time we attempted to go). Anyway, it was lunchtime when we went and we had to queue up in the sweltering hot sun. 37 degrees!!!!



Dote No Iseya is a very very old tempura restaurant that serves edomae-style tempura. It is by far the best tempura I had ever eaten in my life (but I can't say it's the best in the world coz apparently there's the super expensive Ten-Ichi in Ginza which is super famous too). Anyway we ordered some sort of tempura platter with the works and a tempura bowl topped with loads of tempura. I think the picture speaks for itself. It's really fantastic and I thought the wait worth it. Special mention to the prawn and eel served on this platter. So super fresh and for the eel, it melts in the mouth. Perfect.



After a very satisfied lunch, we headed down to Ikebukuro where we did abit of shopping in the countless mega shopping malls there. Very good choice to spend the afternoon we thought coz it was a great way to escape the sweltering heat outside.



Anyway Ikebukuro felt like the poorer cousin of Ginza and Shibuya to me. Lots of shopping centres and people but seemingly louder than Ginza but not as vibrant as Shibuya. We then headed down to Shibuya for dinner before we proceed to Alcatraz + ER restaurant for drinks. Walked around abit and ended up at this ramen chain we saw previously in Osaka called Oishi Ramen. Pretty good but not as good as Dai-ichi Asahi or the one in Shinjuku we had.



We finally headed to our last stop for the day: Alcatraz + ER. This is a themed restaurant with a prison/medical theme found near several love hotels in Dogenzaka in Shibuya. Very kinky indeed. We got to the front door of the restaurant and was asked to push a button which had your blood type on it.



Open sesame. A 'doctor' and 'nurse' were waiting for us at the door. The nurse duly informed us that one of us would have to take a very painful "injection". I quickly pointed at CK and the doctor passed a giant sryinge to the nurse. I tot it would be some electrical shock device but after all the build up it was just a "joke". haha.

We were then handcuffed and led to our seats. After which, we ordered a 'jug' of beer which came in some sort of pee collecting device you see in hospitals.



There was also a show which was really funny. First there were 'ghosts' which came in and attacked us. The ghost went for this Jap guy sitting next to us and when the fella fought back, the ghost climbed on top of his bench, grabbed the poor guy's face and thrusted it into his crotch. Me and CK were laughing so hard. hahah. Then came the actual show where they abducted some customers and proceeded to place a huge moving dildo on them, claiming they needed to be 'cured' . hahha.

Anyway I had a fabulous time at Alcatraz. It had a super fun atmosphere and was spontaneous, ridiculous and bizarre at the same time. Check out the other drink I ordered. Very kinky.



All in all I had a really memorable time. The people were sporting and fun.