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| Sake in Yoyogi Park (photo by TravellingFool.com) |
This entire trip I've been plagued by early mornings. At first I thought it was jet lag and then I thought it was being in a dorm with rude people but I realized today it's the damn sun.
I know it's called the land of the rising sun but it's really true. By 7am here the sun is fierce and in full force stabbing my eyelids with it's hot piercing rays.
I forced myself to catch a bit more sleep when the sun robbed me of my rest. I really do miss not sleeping on the floor. My knees screamed out in pain as I stood up, to remind me of my aimless wandering the night before.
We got on the road by ten and headed to Harajuku again. Our goal was to see the teenage freaks that we had read about online and in the guide books. It says they hang out near Yoyogi park but the place was empty except for a few tourists. I think it may be because we're just wrapping up golden week.
The park was still lovely and we had amazing weather for it - hot and sunny with a cool breeze. After walking through the park we headed to the cute central avenue where all the kids buy their teeny things. So many people but even more shops.
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| Harajuku gate (photo by TravellingFool.com) |
When we got to the end of the street we thought we would try our hand at finding Oriental Bazaar which is the store for souvenirs. After consulting with a posted map we found it. The first find since we began traveling without a smartphone.
Inside was just about every souvenir possible. I picked up a headband, mini sword, replica sword, and a silk scarf. Jordan also got the sword and a stand for it. I'm not sure how I'm going to get the thing home but I'm sure I'll figure out a way.
With Harajuku conquered we headed back to the hostel. I was exhausted from the heat so getting back to our air conditioned room sounded great to me. We were held up for a few moments an found a film crew working near or hostel which was pretty cool.
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| Shibuya shopping district (photo by TravellingFool.com) |
After a nice long and much needed nap we headed to Shibuya to see the real biggest intersection in the world and have dinner. The intersection I found a little disappointing. There weren't as many people in it as I thought there could be but it was still cool to see. We wandered the streets looking for a ramen shop (we didn't find one til after we ate) and settled on a place near/in a mall, surprise surprise. It was another drinking and apps place which without Eric was really difficult. I got us by for a while but the servers got scare and found us one who spoke English. She was really sweet and walked us through some things. We ended up signing up for membership cards which cost 300¥ a piece but was well worth it since we saved over 2000¥ with it. The food was good and so was the beer. We spent a few hours there and walked around some more afterwards. A long trek back in the humid air to find our room empty thank goodness.
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