I loved the first guy - he happily posed for people in Harajuku, just outside Yoyogi park. The young girls loved all the attention they got too from the tourists.
...From Tokyo. Hope everyone is having or will be having a great night and a happy and healthy 2009 to you all.x
Quick visit today to see 'the spider'. Went up Tokyo tower yesterday too to check out the area where we are going to celebrate new year. Getting ready for the countdown in a few hours.
Sunday was spent in harajuku. Went to Meiji shrine which was busy as they get ready for the new year festivities and went to the usual shops and observed the lolita goths near the station entrance. Yesterday was Kyoto by bullet train. Fell in love with the place. Very different from Tokyo. Went to ryoanji temple,kitano temple,the golden pavilion which was stunning, Gion,the geisha district and Sanjusangendo temple with it's hundreds of buddha statues lined up,which reminded me of the terracotta army, couldn't take photos in some temples but have included some of the ones we saw. Be seeing some of you soon. :-)
All the S's, spent this morning in Shinagawa and then a peaceful stroll in the afternoon round Shinjuku's gardens and then late afternoon and evening was j-pop tastic spent in noisy,lively and brilliant Shibuya.
Spent today in Yokohama. Went up to the top of Japan's tallest building and got a brilliant view of Mt.Fuji. Finally!-been to Japan twice before and missed it each time because of clouds.
Utterly beautiful. The lift up was an ear popping 69 floors in forty seconds! After that we hit Chinatown. Really enjoyed Yokahama. Nice rest from the pace of Tokyo. Yesterday was the weirdest but most fun Christmas day. Spent it at Tokyo disneyworld in the morning. I have no point of reference on this having never been to the american or european ones but it was nuts. And we loved it,but the sickly sweetness started to grate after a bit so we headed back into town and went to the boozer. ;-)
26th Dec 2008, 10:22
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Christmas eve is a romantic night here. Lots of couples out, bit like valentine's. All the restaurants were booked and couples walking hand in hand looking at the vast illuminations. All comes down tomorrow though. Not really a holiday of any kind. They've just nicked the best ideas, along with adding their own. Like strawberry christmas cake. Got ours and a little tree for the hotel room! Thanks for all the nice comments, been reading them just now, having prob's logging in though. Merry Christmas to both sets of ma+pa's, grasshopper and helly&G.; Will phone tomorrow, and of course happy Christmas fellow mobloggers! Have a good 'un wherever. ;-)
Nipped into the 100% chocolate cafe today, and funnily enough had some chocolate. Hot chocolate. Yummy. Going to the tokyo icebar later for a very cold vodka and off to see the christmas lights at the Emporer's abode at the imperial palace gardens. More to follow...
