Here in Tokyo during the last few days we have felt a larger police presence, mostly in train stations, due to Barack Obama’s visit. The first that Obama has done in Tokyo just after landing has been to eat the best sushi in the world with Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan.
“I was born in Hawaii and ate a lot of sushi, but this was the best sushi I’ve ever had in my life.”
Source: New York Times
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The first shop in the world that is specialized in Kit Kat has recently opened its doors in the Seibu shopping mall (B1 floor) in Ikebukuro. After a while more Kit Kat shops have opened in Ginza.
In addition to the most popular weird varieties that you can usually find in Japan, the shop has exclusive flavours that can only be found in it. This is the logo of the shop, its name is Chocolatory.
Picture by Favy-jp.com
There are zillions of special flavours of Kit Kat available in the shop. More pictures and information about the Kit Kat shop at Favy-jp.com.
Yesterday the first tuna auction of the year was held in Tsukiji where the first tuna of the year, weighting 230 kg, was sold for 7.36 million yen (around 70,000 dollars/50,000 euros). The price is far cheaper than the tuna sold in the auction 3 years ago which was sold for 32.49 million yen.
Photo by Mainichi