Today was our last day in Tokyo before heading back to Otsu. Unfortunately it was rainy and yucky outside, but not cold. We went to the Harajuku district. I was excited we would be going to Harajuku on a sunday to see some of the world famous Harajuku girls! Sunday is the day that they go all out and gather by the park.
We got off the train, umbrellas in hand, and headed to a famous meeting place for Harajuku girls. They were there, as expected, but unfortunately the rain kept many away. I got some pictures of them and then we headed to the world famous Takeshita Street. This is one of the epicenters of the fashion world. Once again it was crazy shopping. I was still yet to buy anything besides food in Japan and still in search of the sickest pair of Nikes to bring back to the states.
We split up and planned to meet at this staircase in an hour. I was off and running looking in and out of shoe stores. I walked down Takeshita street about a half mile through 7 or 8 shoe stores. I crossed a big intersection, one of the main avenues, and saw MY DREAM STORE. It was this store called Chapterworld and just about all they had were limited edition Nikes! I looked through their walls of shoes for a good 20 minutes and tried a few pairs on. It was down to this pair of high Dunks with orange and a cement bottom or a pair of high Air Force 2s that were Grey and silver elephant skin and this bright baby blue. I copped the AF2's for $126. Mission Accomplished.
After I met back up with the group we went down the main avenue. There was an H&M, Gap, lots of big stores and they had just opened a Forever 21...HOLY CRAP the line was about 100 yards long. One thing I have learned, Japanese people love standing in line. If they see its a big deal they get excited and stand in line. The longer the line is the more people want to join in! Crazy. Ryan and I journeyed to another BAPE store. It was down the super high fashion street. We walked past Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Gucci, the world famous Japanese designer Isse Miyake and when we got to the Prada building we knew we were close. The Prada store was an incredible structure. It looked like it was a giant all glass honeycomb, it was just ridiculous. Once again the BAPESTORE had an insane layout. Each one is different. The only thing I got there was an umbrella holder for free...
We all decided to leave shortly after. The rain was putting a damper on the day. So we headed back to the hotel in Shinjuku. Aaron and Brenda showed us a delicious Mexican restaurant/karaoke place. It was kind of a disaster ordering, it took forever for Taylor's food to come. You had to order using the Karaoke remote. If we didn't have Sarah's friend Masa there it would have been cataclysmic. They ended up chasing us out because we had a time limit to eat...? Even though we wanted to order more food...weird.
After eating we said our goodbyes and endless thank you's to Sarah and headed to the train station to catch the Shinkansen back to Kyoto. We all had the same feeling that Tokyo was the highlight of the trip. Coming back we felt like the trip was over and the train to Kyoto was going back home to the states. It seemed like nothing could top Tokyo. I am now exhausted and I have to give my Topic Presentation soon so I gotta start looking over that.
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