Harajuku – Part 1
竹下通り in 原宿 on a Sunday is interesting to see once. I can’t imagine wanting to ever walk down it again though–at least not in the heat and humidity that we encountered on this day.
You can pretty much point your camera in any direction while in Harajuku and be able to photograph something interesting.
I pointed mine at the sky and a blimp flew by.
We picked up Maya’s birthday present in Harajuku at a place called Kiddy Land. I asked Maya if she went to Harajuku (or Shinjuku or Takadanobaba) much. She said she hopes to go there someday which surprised me. We go through Harajuku nearly daily as foreigners living in Tokyo, yet a Tokyo native who lives 20 minutes to the east has never been there. Sure she is only 11, but it reminded me that we frequently miss the things in our own backyard.
As a kid who grew up just across the bay from San Francisco I remember thinking how rarely we ever went to San Francisco.
September 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Looks like a great place and time to people watch.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:50 am
i read sum of ur posts…
its quite interesting,especially about a bank account…
i faced the same problem too..huhu, we are gaijin right..??
i live in hachiouji, im arrived in japan on april this year for university’s entry…
i further my 3rd & 4th year study at Takushoku University in hachioji,
so, japan is quite new for me,
thats why i have to read some of travel japan blogs…