Sunday, July 27, 2008

Can you take me to funky town?

Today we went to Togo Shrine which has one of the more well known flea markets. Tokyo has some great flea markets every week; individual markets run at different times of the month, so you can usually fine one or two to visit during your stay. Togo Shrine flea market runs every 1st and 4th Sunday of the month - unfortunately it didn't run today! :(
But! It was ok because we went to Hirajuku!!! :D

Hirajuku is like the St. Marks st of NYC, just way bigger and way cooler! There were some AMAZING clothing stores so I was definitely in my element! (We won't discuss how many bags I left with :) ) Most people here where clothing with english words on them, and it's pretty funny to see what some of them say... like "get back dad"! haha

Evan, Linda and I shared this great dessert while shopping: a crepe, topped with whatever topping you choose (we had whipped cream, strawberries and cheesecake), rolled up into a cone like ice cream! It was deeeeeeeeeeelicious!

After all that shopping we went looking for some real food and took the train over to the Shibuya district. One great thing about Japanese restaurants is that they all have fake dishes outside the restaurants to show what foods they serve. Unlike Japanese restaurants in America, these restaurants have specialties, so certain restaurants will serve only sushi, while others will serve noodles like Udon and Soba, and others Tempura, etc.
Also, I used my first Japanese-style toilet today... it's just a hole on the floor that you squat over!
Shibuya has some great music stores, so we stopped by RECOfan, a store one of Linda's friends said we should check out. I'll let her tell you more about that.
I picked out some Japanese band's records to check out. Hopefully they'll be good!
I left a little present behind, if you can catch it in one of the photos... ;)

Anyhow, We just got back from the bar downstairs next to our hostel. We met some people and had a few drinks. Now it's time for bed. :)
























3 comments:

Mamio Andretti said...

spotted the "gift" and yup, that's what i thought it would be. you're funny!!

Unknown said...

I found what you left behind. Maybe you'll make it big in Japan!

Anonymous said...

I found it too. That was fun, do some more. Can you please send me a post card to:

Fairy Godmother
15 Vera Avenue
Plainview, NY 11803