STEVEN TYLER: The Park Hyatt, the hotel from the movie Lost In
Translation. Everything's just like you saw in the movie: the
pool, the health club, the view of the city, the bar. It's like a
little city, and the beds are great and the
food is unbelievable.
It's very expensive, but it's as good as it gets. And it's
downtown.
What's not to be missed in Tokyo?
JOE PERRY: One of the most amazing things to do is to go to the
Tsukiji fish market. It covers probably 3 acres. You have to go at
like 6 in the morning. Chances are you're going to be jet-lagged
and you'll be up at that hour anyway. Tsukiji has stuff from around
the world. Tuna from
Australia, cod from the
mid-Atlantic. You'll
see fish priced anywhere from $30 to $3,000. The workers core the
fish so buyers can see the quality of the meat, and then everyone
starts bidding on it. There are little sushi places all around for
the people who work there, and you can get some of the best sushi
you'll ever have. Don't go looking for a
Philadelphia roll there.
It's the classic rice and raw fish, the freshest and the best. If
it lives in the sea, you're going to find it there.
What's something else you always do when you're there?
PERRY: I always bring my family, so we
do a lot of kid things. And being a guitar player, I always hit the
funky guitar shops and music stores. The guitar thing in
Japan is
booming. It's one of the biggest markets in the world for guitars.
I'm not sure what the figures are, but I think Gibson sells almost
as many guitars there as it does in the U.S. Some of their high-end
stuff gets bought up in Japan even quicker than it does here. The
vintage market there is huge. It's on a street called Ochanomizu.
What else might you be shopping for? And where do you go?