An "authentic" experience in Odaiba

What a beautiful afternoon for another trip to Odaiba!

The sky was blue today, so I got to update my skyline photos from the grey-sky shots I got last month...

Tokyo Sky Tree is just to the left of the cranes

It's hard to get tired of this view...

 
My goal was the Fiesta Mexicana at Aqua City.  I've spent the last month looking forward to Mexican food, so I was pleased to see all the stalls set up.

This is Japanese + Mexican food.  It's a Japanese dish (okonomiyaki), topped with jalapeños.

Unfortunately, Japanese people have a different concept of "Mexican food", so it was a little difficult to find my favorites. But I can't complain about my quesadillas with jalapeños...

I bought my "Mexican" quesadillas at the Brooklyn Diner.

They were freshly prepared...by Japanese people.

The final product.  Nice and toasty.

As you can see, it wasn't quite as authentic as I'd hoped. ;)

After lunch I enjoyed looking at all the different stalls selling "Mexican" products.

 

I picked up a Y100 bracelet for myself.
These Mexican products look suspiciously similar to the friendship bracelets I used to make in middle school...

At least the dancer was from Mexico. Although the rest of the three-person group was Japanese...

I never caught the name of this dance- it was something akin to a tap dance.

Moving on, I realized that there were plenty of other interesting things to see in Odaiba today, too.

"For the people in love with the sea"

Another glimpse of the "Flame of Liberty"

There was also an enormous "meat festival" being held. To impress us with their skills (and make us hungry?)
they took a photo of raw beef and made it look like earth. I passed on this one.

A few minutes' walk from the Mexican festival, a Tahitian festival was also being held.  It was equally authentic. For example, at one of the food carts they advertised Tahitian-style nachos. (Maybe the event planners had a little mix-up between the two festivals?)

The dancers were beautiful.  And, you guessed it...(mostly) Japanese.

After a day of so much authenticity, I think I'll go enjoy some real Japanese food.  And follow it up with a couple of Oreos...