Seiku, Sato, Omelettes and Matsumi Park in Tsukuba Japan

September 29, 2008 by Jeff · Leave a Comment

Today we wandered around Tsukuba without much of a plan. The original idea was to have some lunch and then head to the Tsukuba Expo, however, once arriving it was closed. Oh well, we still had a great day!

The day started off by going to the Omelette restaurant in the Q-t Mall for lunch. It was a nice little place serving all kinds of omelette stuff. I ordered an omelette (stuffed with rice?!?!) and with some potatoes and chicken on the top. Lindsay ordered a rice curry thing, although, it looked a lot more like an eggplant sauce thing. Anyway, we ended up trading as Lindsay couldn't handle the Curry dish and I thought it was quite tasty! It ended up being rather expensive, compared to the delicious Italian food the day before. Overall, it was just alright and I don't think I'd be rushing to return.

We then headed to the Tsukuba Expo which was closed. Oh well, we made the best of it by walking around the University of Tsukuba. We went neat Matsumi Park which has a little lake (more of a lagoon). At the end of the lake there is this REALLY tall tower made out of concrete with an observation platform at the top. It's 10 flights tall and is really quite something considering it's right at the end of the lagoon.

Anyway, we headed up the tower, which cost a whole 100 yen! Once at the top we were able to get a nice view of the city. Well, actually, it would have been a nice view had it not been a really rainy day, but it was still well worth the dollar! lol. Here's a view from the top of the tower looking at the Expo (the big dome looking thing)

After that we went to the Seibu Mall and walked around. Seibu seemed a lot like a gigantic Sears or Bay. they had everything (it seemed) ranging in prices from really expensive to super cheap. I was able to buy 2 pairs of pants and a hat for basically $27. Very sweet! In fact, I think I might go back and buy another hat or two because they were so cheap and cool!

For dinner we headed to Japanese Restaurant Sato. This was what we had pictured as a traditional japanese restaurant. We ordered a couple of bento box type of things that involved all kinds of neat things to sample. I had a rice, fish, pickled zucchini dish and it was quite good!

The funny thing about the restaurant was the fact there was no numbers on the menu just symbols. This led to a bit of confusing trying to figure out the prices... Alas, we had our handy-dandy translator books and deciphered the cost of the food. Funny trying to not only figure out what the pictures meant but also the prices!