Japan Trip 2016: Day 4 Part 1 5 Dec 2016 Mon - Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

We were supposed to go to Mt Fuji today but dropped the plan when it was indicated as rain. Turned out it was sunny today! :( Oh well, we will leave Mt Fuji for our next visit then. :)
We took a trip to the South Observation Deck of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (Tocho) since it is only 5 minutes walk away from our hotel. We could make out Mt Fuji in the distance but the weather was not very clear. Photos didn't turn out too nice because the sun was too reflective on the glass. 

Mt Fuji in the distance

Zoomed in view of Mt Fuji

To our delight, there was a fair at the South Observation Deck selling local products from different regions of Japan. We bought some local snacks from the fair. Since we were near our hotel, we decided to eat at one of the restaurants at the basement area of the hotel and we could also deposit our goodies back in our room before going out in the afternoon.
It is a small restaurant, selling mainly noodle dishes. We put in our money into the machine and chose what we wanted to have. The machine gave out out two dockets which we showed to the cook. Our numbers were called when our food were ready. Simple food but it was delicious.

Juliane's curry udon with tonkatsu

My buckwheat soba with tempura

Although it is a small restaurant (22 seater), it was packed. We only realised much later that it was all male office workers who frequent it. We were the only 2 females and foreigners haha.