The Ginza is Tokyo's most famous upmarket shopping, dining and entertainment district, featuring numerous department stores, boutiques, art galleries, restaurants, night clubs and cafes. One square meter of land in the district's center is worth over ten million yen, making it one of the most expensive real estate in Japan. It is where you can find the infamous $10 cups of coffee and where virtually every leading brand name in fashion and cosmetics has a presence. This is the most American-looking area of Japan that I have seen. It reminded me of a cross between Chicago's miracle mile and downtown New York City. Here are some pictures I took last night.
For all you fashionistas out there -- you would be thrilled with the Ginza shopping. Here are just a few on the high end stores.
Ate at another interesting restaurant. You know what is served inside each restaurant because Japan is famous for their fake food displays and everything is shown outside the restaurant. We chose this one because they served Tempura that Mandy loves and I wanted to try. We could only use chopsticks, and I am getting a lot better!
This is one of the fake foods displays. Very realistic.
This is vegetable tempura. The batter is rice-based. There were 12 different vegetables. New ones I tasted were: lotus root, Japanese eggplant, okra, konjac root, and cucurbita (Japanese pumpkin). I liked the tempura, but am not a fan of the powdered green tea.
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