Tour photos from July 30, 2018

Hello, travelers. This is Kumi. Picturesque Japan Blog shows you the tour photos from July 31, 2018.

We visited Shibuya first.



Then enjoyed a casual sushi lunch at Uobei.
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/restaurants/uobei



Omotesando Hills
http://www.omotesandohills.com/en/


They happen to have this event with aquarium and tea rooms.


This is a hidden spot somewhere in the Omotesando area.


We enjoyed matcha green tea.


Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nihombashi
https://mitsukoshi.mistore.jp/store/nihombashi/foreign_customer/index.html


Coredo Muromachi
https://matcha-jp.com/en/1954




Then we came back to Shibuya for the sake tasting.


Tsubo no Naka
https://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1303/A130301/13197481/


This is where you can try more than 70 different kinds of sake for 3,240 yen!!



to be continued...

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