Today we covered a lot of ground and checked out three different neighborhood. Fist we had some sushi from breakfast in Asakusa (where our hostel is) and then we headed out for Shibuya. The first thing we saw there was the Hachiko the dog statue, which seems to be a big deal there.
What a cutie
Shibuya was really cool and had some awesome stores. There is a large street crossing that is pretty famous there.
Shibuya Crossing
We found this wall which was an ad for google play. Each headphone jack plays a different song.
We checked out a lot of the stores around there too!
department store
bathing ape
Tokyo Hands is probably the most well known store in Shibuya. It is 8 floors of DIY stuff and useless interesting things, like these shoes:
creepy!
The stairs also told you how many calories you burnt while climbing, which I found funny.
We then walked to Yoyogi park- beautiful.
Selfie at the park!
Tokyo is COVERED in GIANT ravens,
We exited the park into Harajuku. This neighborhood is known for its cute-sy culture and girls who dress up like little girls. I only saw a few of them, and didn't manage to snap any pics. The nieghborhood was filled with really fun boutiques and some great pedestrians shopping streets.
We found this awesome sticker store there- walls and walls of stickers!
Cute-sy Harajuku
From there we headed to Shibuya- kind of like Tokyo's Time Square. We accidentally exited west of the station first and ended up in an office area.
Luckily, we soon found the bust streets and massive billboards. It saw really crowded and loud and bright, which was pretty wonderful.
We wondered into Kabukicho- the red light district. IT filled with bars and arcades and pachinko parlors, which makes it really busy.
We went into a lot of the arcades, which had hundred of claw machines. I managed to snag a tiny shiba inu toy--- victory! (I know claw machines are a rip-off, don't judge)
We tried to figure out the pachinko machines, but they were surprisingly complicated. The pachinko building are also really overwhelming with the loud roar of all the machines. There is also a whole section of Kabukicho that has these things called host clubs where attractive men wait on and flirt with the customers- which is really foreign to americans. We didn't go to any, but the signs and advertising were pretty funny.
Here is Godzilla watching over (?) Shinjuku.
We also saw a ganguro girl (thanks google). I tried to take a pic without being rude, but as you can see, you can't see anything. Try googling Ganguro girl if you want to see something weird!
I managed to get some more good pics of sensoji temple on the way back tonight as well!
two people praying
Off to bed- Can;t wait for tomorrow!
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