Itadori Uogashi Senryo & Marukita @ Tokyo

Food doesn't get much more decadent than the uni bowls of Tokyo's Tsukiji seafood market; check out the flagship offering of five (!!!) types of sea urchin served at Itadori Uogashi Senryo, each with intriguingly distinct dimensions of briny sweetness ...

... and a dynamite duet of sea urchin and fresh, succulent tuna, blanketing warm sushi rice at Marukita.

Cafe Voleur de Fleur & Shuk Ring @ Tokyo

Off-the-beaten-path coffee bars in Tokyo: Voleur de Fleur for Yemeni Mocha Mattari coffee ice cream and hot filters prepared with flannel cloth drips ..

 ... and Cafe Shuk Ring, where each cup is prepared with a mindful meticulousness and presented with gracious geniality.

Tokyo Street Snacks

Snacking on the streets of Tokyo: Grilled scallops blanketed with sea urchin, skewers of unagi & eel liver, raw oysters, & whale-flavoured ice cream at the Tsukiji seafood market ...

... plus purchases of egg & salmon roe onigiri from Family Mart & croquants filled with custard cream made of Hokkaido milk at Chou Zakuzaku.

Kagetsudo @ Asakusa, Tokyo

Tokyo's top purveyor of melonpan has been dishing out these crisp, cantaloupe-shaped sweet buns for more than seven decades - have one stuffed with ice cream & adzuki beans, as well as a strawberry milk kakigori with rice balls, for a dessert break after visiting nearby Senso-ji, the city's oldest temple.