Where would you go for a quintessential Japanese experience? Oedo Onsen Monogatari is a Japanese spa that you should try for the experience. It's a spa and theme park all in one, which is unlike anything you could ever experience here with a robe on.

Now that we're mellow, what do you suggest for dinner? To this day, one of my favorite restaurants in Tokyo is a spot called Capricciosa. It's an Italian spot. I don't know what they do, but it's some of the best-­tasting Italian food. I don't know if they mix it with an Asian flair or what. They have huge portions, and the taste of this food was ­unlike any Italian food I had ever tasted. I can only attribute it to the fact that it was Japanese-made. They have tons of different kinds of pastas and pizzas; you would assume it was just a normal Italian joint. I remember they had these rice balls with cheese and tomato sauce that were unbelievably delicious. Any spare time I had, I was always at Capricciosa­ - if I had time and an empty stomach.

Italian in Tokyo? What about sushi? Well, of course they have these local sushi bars that are on the street, and you don't know what their names are - you just go in and order. I love a spot called Naru in Shibuya; it's a Japanese-style restaurant. All of the sushi chefs would yell out the welcome, and it seems that the entire restaurant would scream "Welcome!" in Japanese, and then when you leave, they would say the same thing, like, "Thank you for coming." There are various dishes, but I love the sushi and shabu-shabu, which comes with a bowl of boiling-hot water; they give you raw meat and vegetables, and you dip the meat and vegetables in the water and cook them. Go there with a group of people, and it's a party feel. At the same time, you feel like you're in traditional Japan. You have to kneel at the low tables and get served. Morimoto is the original Iron Chef. You sit in front of the grill with 20 people you don't know, and it's great Japanese cooking. The chefs put on an impressive show in front of you, and they do something magical with the lobsters to create the best lobster dish you've ever had. It's worth the money, and it's extremely entertaining. They just opened a Morimoto in New York, which is also delicious, but this Tokyo dining experience is the real deal.