We went to Harajuku, a famous fashion center (for those that don't listen to Gwen Stefani) that same Saturday, after finishing our tour of Kamakura. This is the place where girls (and boys) wear goth clothes that look like maid outfits and twisted Alice in Wonderland outfits. This pic is from our visit there with Stacey and Jeremy.
These below are from our visit there in early January, with Abigail.
Sunday we went for a long walk to Konakaike Park. The story is, Konnakaike sounds like "Kakariko" from the SNES Legend of Zelda. If you leave KAKARIKO (konakaike park), and go through the FOREST (Showa no Mori) you end up at THE LEGENDARY/MASTER SWORD park (pictured in "Hello"). I thought I should share that strange coincidence. Also, the triforce is all over in Japan, it's a common family symbol.
Monday we went to Tokyo again! We visited the before-pictured (view archives) Asahi s*** building and Asakusa Shrine. Then we went to Ueno where EVERYBODY had off work since the cherry blossoms were in bloom.
Stacey and Jeremy dropped their things off at the youth hostel and then we went "shopping" ha ha, at Tokyo Ginza (literally: Gold District), where tin foil costs $50, just because of the "Ginza" wrapping. Of course, Ryan had to show Stacey and Jeremy one of his favorite structures which is a block or so away from Ginza. It's famous for looking (being?) like the hull of a massive ship. He is also drinking out of a baby coconut which he was extremely exited about and somewhat dissappointed that we didn't have room in our luggage (or apartment, really) to keep it.
After that, we parted ways. Not Ryan and I, but Ryan and I parted ways with Stacey and Jeremy who went to sleep at the youth hostel while Ryan and I had a looooooong overnight bus ride to Kyoto. Our partners took the bullet train in the morning and we met the next morning (Tuesday) a Starbucks near the JR Kyoto station.
3 comments:
that picture of the girls in red is so crazy! i noticed all these people are just kind of sitting around - are they on the sidewalk? what are they doing?
ps. the cherry blossoms are beautiful! i can see why they get a day off work!!
I miss Bob the Golfer too! Fun Fact: He might be making a come-back!
Yay for Bob the Golfer!
I read webcomics EVERY morning when I eat breakfast so I thought I'd add some links, you're so quick Jenna!
Jenny~yes, those girls were cRAZY! It was just above freezing that day yet somehow they don't look cold. Mostly everyone just sits around, hanging out, eating snacks and smoking, so people will take pictures of them.
Yes, the Cherry blossoms this year were great. They're actually long gone now (just starting to bloom up North though), those pictures were taken about a month ago.
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