Tokyo: Day 3

Day 3 itinerary? . . . . . . mad shopping! It's amazing what a little "motivation" can do to help you pop out of bed at 8am despite the previous nights' mischief. We were actually very lucky this day, to be greeted by warm sunshine and a 15 degree increase overnight! It was a tolerable 65 degrees!

9:30 am: Hotel lounge. Impromptu photoshoot.



10:30 am: Before the shopping, we enrich ourselves with a cultural trip to the historic Meiji Shrine. Everything about the Meiji grounds was breath taking, magnificent and peaceful. My amateur photog skills do not do it justice.

Emperor Meiji wrote over 100,000 poems in his "spare time". This was mine. It's a keeper.

A traditional Japanese wedding. So regal and elegant.


11:30 am : Off to HARAJUKU! Hmmm, I wonder if she knows that her purse doesn't match her other purse?

Chanel in Omotesando. I dare not enter. A picture of it in the back ground will do just fine.

2:00 pm : 1 trek down Omotesando and 3 turns through Aoyama later, we find the famous Maisen!

Now, I don't eat pork chops (I do eat bacon minus the fat strips, it's a texture thing), so TONkatsu is definitely out of the question. However, this place was world famous! What was I gonna do? Order a side salad? It was simply delicious to say the least. The pork cut in half with a little pressure from my hashi. Not texturally displeasing at all.

3:30 pm : Shibuya!!!! The world's busiest pedestrian crossing. It's kind of itchy to watch.

"shibuya 109" aka "ichi maru kyu" aka "heaven"

4 hours and 1 warm beer later, we stagger the world's busiest cross walk. Oh and BTW, please watch the movie Hachiko. It will explain this famous akita landmark right outside of the Shibuya Station. heart.

9:45 pm : Back to Tsukiji in search of the seediest hole in the wall for otoro

I know, it's almost as if you were there right?

We feasted like kings


11:00 pm : Bar 300 in Ginza


1:00 pm : Someother club in Ginza that Choji san promotes.