started off with us heading to Harajuku station on the Yamanote line, which was the best way to access the Meiji Jingu shrine, Omotesando Hills and Harajuku...
we headed straight into the Meiji Jingu shrine first as we were fairly early and wanted to avoid the usual tourist crush into this place which is one of the most popular sights in Tokyo...the sense of calmness as you walk into this shrine is palpable and we had fantastically blue skies...perfect for photo-taking...
after that, we ran across the road into Omotesando Hills. now this is a fairly new shopping district with wide boulevards that reminded me somewhat of Champ Elyssee in Paris...no surprises since the Japanese have been admirers of things French for a long while already...upmarket shops on the main boulevards were complemented by fascinating small shops selling cult labels and esoteric stuff in the back alleys...
then off to Harajuku...little that i say about this place hasn't been said before...it's a complete mess of "crazy" people...chock-a-block with teenagers and youths in all forms and sizes...and some in strange outfits to boot...you could literally sense the buzz and energy that emanated from the whole area...very cool!
that night, we had our most expensive meal in Japan...a quality table BBQ with loadsa Matsuzaka beef (many different cuts - ribeye, filet mignon, short rib, tongue etc) plus tontoro pork, king crab, scallops, squid, chicken, prawns....the list goes on...
and yes, i had to waddle home...
- couldn't this actually be a scene from a railway station in france??
- big wooden torii guarding the entrance to the Meiji Jingu shrine
- i was soooo into the photo-taking that i didn't care about dirt...
- a gardener going about his business
- floral offerings
- lil
- gorgeous blue skies
- caught again
- amongst flowers
- managed to catch a closeup of this fella
- eaves
- the hovering blue over meiji
- enjoying the day
- perspective
- artist
- stopping for a spot of lunch
- into the omotesando back lanes
- nice and quiet
- spots of colour
- what's she looking at?
- automotive freedom
- the perennial girl's favourite
- beeline for burberry
- couldn't this be a scene from the champ elysee?
- a picture says a thousand worlds
- fashion police?
- colour play
- geek culture very much alive
- youth
- colour play
- harajuku crowds
- psychedelic building
- the strange ones out at play
- cute couple
- ginza lights
- ah, rub a dub dub here comes the grub
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