PERRY: Ueno's flea market is huge. It must be 2 acres. You can get everything there, like Nikes for a quarter of the price at a regular store. They have toys. They have army surplus stuff from all over the world. They sell food. It's just a great place to go and hang out. You can't help but come out with 2 or 3 shopping bags full of stuff.

If you have a little extra time, where might you go for an exciting day trip?
PERRY: One thing is to go out to Edo Village in the suburb of Nikko. You walk in and all of the architecture and buildings are like they were back in the samurai days. They have little shows and skits with sword fighting and ninjas. Everybody is dressed in the traditional outfits, with the hairstyles and everything. Even if my kids weren't with us, we'd go there. It's about a two-hour drive out of the city, so it's a perfect day trip.

TYLER: I took the bullet train once with my family out to Mount Fuji. You're traveling at 130 miles an hour. It takes you about 2 hours to get there, and it's just beautiful. There's snow on the top. You can walk or take a cab halfway up to a beautiful lake and some restaurants. The train ride itself is spectacular because the Japanese country­side is adorned with step plowing, step gardening, where nothing can erode, and rice paddies and beautiful trees. They really take nature seriously.

What's something you love that you can only get in Japan?
PERRY: Taiyaki. It's a delicacy that I've never had here in this country. It's basically two pancakes put together in a little sandwich-maker kind of thing with some bean paste in the middle. It's sweet. If you can get one when it's fresh and hot, there's nothing like it. The traditional one is actually shaped like a fish. They usually have it in the food courts in the department stores. Once in awhile, you'll see one on the street, where they actually make it the old-fashioned way, with a little iron and cooked over coals, so the outside of the pancake is a little crispy.