Waking up, still feeling tired but taking on the journey, we woke up and got ourselves a refreshing liquid breakfast in Tokyo Tower, the local copy of the Eifel tower in France.
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| Tokyo Tower from below |
The road expands
Because we don't really care about heights, nor about 'One Piece' (of which there was an exposition) we left the site and went underground. First stop would be Otemachi, to view the Imperial Palace Gardens.
Let me say, it's been a while since I took a subway, but that changed today..
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| The subway even had place for Kodama! |
The Imperial Gardens
We soon arrived at our destination. Unfortunately due to some sand eating, trigger-happy #@*% we all had to get checked thoroughly. I might even say as good as some airports. Going through the bags, metal detectors,.. The works. Inside even more officers provided us with the needed protection. All things aside, we quickly could proceed to the gardens and it was beautiful. At this moment the Sakura isn't yet in bloom, but the plum trees were still going hard.
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| Look at those beautiful flowers |
Walking around these gardens was relaxing and prepared us for the next journey to Gaienmae to get us some Belgian fries!
Lunch in paradise, well Gaienmae
About a year ago, some Belgian entrepreneurs settled in Tokyo and started the friet-house "'t Pommeke". Sympathetic Belgians that we are, we decided to pay them a visit! Only to find the doors closed and a fancy note reading something something 16-23h. Darnit, they're closed! Luckily for my fiancée, there was a nice curry place on the road back to the Station that easily filled our tummies! So after that delicious break we continued to..
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| We later found out they were renovating.. |
Harajuku. And all around
We firstly tried to reach Yoyogi park. A park created together with some Olympic stadions in honour of the Games. Yet 2 failed attemps at getting there (one by confusing subwaystations, the other by going right instead of left) got us to get the help of a random woman. She led us to the train station that took us to the back of the park. Yet another stone wall blocked the way and we got annoyed/disappointed (at ourselves) so much we decided to stop trying to find the entrance and enter Takeshita-Dori. A nice shopping street, where kawaii and sugar filled the air.
Filled crepes, ice cream and cotton candy could be bought on a 5meter basis. The shops themselves are easiest compared to those of Camden Town in England. Small shops selling about anything strange you could want to wear, though nothing that nice, so we took it one step further. Onto
Shibuya. A real shopping area!
Not only were the streets filled with people, so were the shops and malls. We made a nice and fun walk through the streets that are booming with shops. Going from electro, music, golf, clothing to karaoke, restaurants and 7eleven, there's alot to be done around here, and the people to prove it. The malls offer a big place that houses a plentitude of small shops, all with their own style and products, though most that could be found here were clothing. Those Japanese really like their clothes and styles.. Feeling our cramping legs, we decided to head back to the hotel and prepare for a cultural trip tomorrow.
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| Good boy Hachiko |
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