The Travelist

Persist and you will succeed! Our second attempt at the Tsukiji Fish Market was an overwhelming WIN with breakfast consisting of sushi and beer at 5:00am — breakfast of champions. The chef set was a selection of the 10 best and freshest fish caught just hours before opening and a roll for around $35 dollars. A steal if you're comparing the cost from those in the states. Although I am a big fan of Tanuki in the Richmond district of SF, and think it's the best place in the city, this fish easily surpasses that which you find anywhere outside of Japan. Fresh uni? It's to die for. Hence the name of the restaurant: Sushi Dai. Check out more pics of our breakfast, as well as other photos of the bustling Tsukiji Fish Market and auction after the jump. Warning: triple X sushi porn ahead when you read more.

After a 14 hour journey, we finally arrived in Tokyo yesterday! We immediately dropped our bags and headed out to the Shibuya district to catch some action and finally eat a full meal. There's nothing like authentic ramen from the source — and we haven't even been to the Ramen Museum yet! Its well known that if you want fresh sushi, you head to the Tsukiji Fish Market for mind-blowing fish, so we headed out at 4:00 am this morning for a pre-dawn walk to the market, but a national holiday stopped us from indulging. There's always tomorrow. Instead, we had this great oyako donburi (chicken, egg and onions over rice) for breakfast. I know the chopsticks in the bowl is a bad omen, but I had to grab this pic quick before diving in.