Day 2 - Harajuku

Early morning breakfast was at McDonald's and D couldn't stop marveling about his Mega Sausage McMuffin with Egg meal. It was indeed, yummy and huge! No penny pinching, you get what you paid for.

D might want to post a photo of his Mega McMuffin here.

We then rode the subway to Harajuku station...it was quite far as the subway ride took time. I wonder what we'll see there....

Among the places in Tokyo worth visiting, I'm most excited about seeing Harajuku. You can read all about the diversity of people and fashion in this popular street. But nothing can prepare you for what you will see if you go for the Harajuku experience. The people are fascinating! Their fashion ensembles are not mere statements, but more like works of art! and the crowd, it's like people are following a concert. I've never taken street photos as varied as the ones we took in Harajuku, i'm so excited to review them.

Some scenes around Harajuku Station going to the Meiji Shrine:

Takeshita Street is another popular place to be seen in. Clothing shops are everywhere, even some dedicated to a certain look (i.e. goth, lolita, etc.) Be sure to stay at the left side of the street!

don't you dare...

One of the many creperias in the area...but after a hearty breakfast, i can't na, just can't. At this point, we had just gotten through Tekeshita Dori and are now on Meiji Dori which leads to the Meiji Shrine.

The paper building. Max pointed out how this H&M building looks like it was made out of Japanese paper. Beautiful architecture along Meiji Dori.

We walked until the end of this road, stopped, peopled watched

[people shots here!]

then continued UP the pedestrian crossing to see the Tokyo Stadium then finally enter Meiji Shrine.

D and I at one of the shrine's entrances.

What we missed though were the cosplayers. We were so tired because we went out the wrong exit in Yoyogi Park and had to waaaaaaalk back to where we started: Takeshita Street.

With that, we just had to skip the rest of Harajuku st. and get some lunch in our next stop, Akihabara.

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