Daitoryo
Izakaya restaurant · Taitō
Tony meets with Tamika (a professional dominatrix; Kinoko Hajime, a shibari (Japanese form of rope bondage) artist and Tamika’s partner; and Naga, a translator also joined) at this Izakaya restaurant. They have Kusaia, which is grilled fermented fish, yakitori, and motsunabe (intestine stew with miso).
Mienoumi
Chanko restaurant · Kōtō
Tony had a meal with Toshio Maeda, the manga illustrator credited with inventing tentacle porn. Bourdain ate: katsuo no tataki (seared bonito with daikon, fresh greens, sprouts, and ponzu) and tomato nabe (a hot pot of meat and vegetables favored by sumo wrestlers)
Tokyo
Tony said this was the greatest show he's ever seen, better than Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and David Bowie live. He saw the show called Robot Wars.
"Definition of a hole in the wall," says Tony. Bourdain had: beer Drinks date: Masa Kokubo, a Japanese film producer and production manager
Tony loves Yasuda in NYC, and wanted to find out why the chef, whom the restaurant is named for, would suddenly move back to Tokyo. Yasuda said that Japan is the origin of sushi, so he wanted to return to where it was created. Yasuda is also a karate master. Bourdain ate: sushi Dinner dates: sushi chef Naomichi Yasuda and his wife, Naomi
Tony meets with Tamika (a professional dominatrix; Kinoko Hajime, a shibari (Japanese form of rope bondage) artist and Tamika’s partner; and Naga, a translator also joined) at this Izakaya restaurant. They have Kusaia, which is grilled fermented fish, yakitori, and motsunabe (intestine stew with miso).
Tony had a meal with Toshio Maeda, the manga illustrator credited with inventing tentacle porn. Bourdain ate: katsuo no tataki (seared bonito with daikon, fresh greens, sprouts, and ponzu) and tomato nabe (a hot pot of meat and vegetables favored by sumo wrestlers)
Bourdain ate: kushiage (fried skewers of shrimp and basil, lotus fruit, octopus, and quail eggs) and okonomiyaki (egg-batter pancake stuffed with squid) Dinner date: Naomichi Yasuda