Day one we arrived at Narita airport at 6.30 am, we headed for the subway and made our way to our hostel in Minowa but couldn't check in till 3pm so we dropped of our backpacks and took off to see some sights. We caught the train to Asakusa which should have been a 20 minute trip but since the only word we spoke in Japanese was arigato the train trip ended up taking over an hour. The streets are lined with vending machines for drinks and cigarettes and much more in the red light district. We grabbed a coffee in a can to help balance out our lack of sleep. Later that day we met up with some friends in Shinjuku for drinks and dinner.
Day two we headed to Harajuku where on a Sunday all the crazily dressed teenagers gather at the entrance to Yoyogi park to show off their costumes and be photographed. The Japanese pop culture was my main reason for wanting to go to tokyo so being their on a sunday to see the teens in cos play was a real highlight. Along the walls of the park a lot of rock and punk bands set up and play most the day.
With 30 million people living in the city, Tokyo was electric, and the people were so happy and helpful. Tokyo Rocks!
Sayonara
Karl says: Tokyo......such a crazy and wonderful place. Vending machines everywhere, a million and one flavoured soft drinks, bloody complicated train lines, people everywhere, bright lights and advertising, automatic toilets, guys wearing snakeskin cowboy boots (while wearing shorts) and fruit girls dressed up like dolls....... these are a few of my favourite things.
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