Yoyogi Park Shibuya

We had so much planned for the day, we headed out the door by 9am. We stopped for a spot of breakfast in a cafe near our hotel. Yen-Lee and I bought a bagel each and some muffins and snacks for the road.

First top was the Imperial Palace and the surrounds. We caught the train from Shinjuku to Tokyo and walked towards the Imperial Palace. …

... walked around so much that my feet were killing me. Got lost quite a few times too. Walked through Harajuku, Yoyogi Park, Shibuya (twice), Aoyama, almost into Roppongi but thats like the American hangout place so I dont go there...haha sorry ...

... meant that Harajuku would be at its best. The Rockabilly Club were dancing away, there were lots of bands playing outside Yoyogi Park, and the eccentrics were hanging out on Jingu-bashi...perfect! We even witnessed a wedding ceremony at Meiji shrine, so ...

... area which is where most of the action seems to be.  After a recommendation from my friend Nicole we decided to walk to Yoyogi park to see the Meiji Jingu shrine and the 'interesting’ people in the Harajuku area.  The park is a dense ...

... when you see Cpleopatra being carried by slaves in old movies... it was really cool... Then we got another train to Yoyogi Park... as we were walking around we came across Meiji Kingu Shinto Shrine, which was absolutely stunning... On the walk up ...

... get a sandwich and a coffee and partake in a spot of people watching. After breakfast we walked through Shibuya and towards Harajuku. We ended up in Yoyogi park and the Meiji-Jingu Shrine. Spent a good hour admirring the shrine before heading off to ...

Every Sunday Cos-play-zokn can be found around Yoyogi Park (or Yogi bear park as we tried to remember it) so we headed over there to check out this other side to Tokyo. They were easy to find not just from their appearance but from the numbers of people ...

... into a big dissapointment! we then decided to change our plans and head for harajuku, where we were yesterday, from there go north through yoyogi park (i promised ill get to it) and arrive at shinjuku there two things were expecting us - a supposed to be ...

... I headed over to Harajuku. It was the crazyiest trainstaion I have ever seen. It is this tiny station that is the main stop for Yoyogi park and omotosando shopping area. We could off the train and immediatly there was a qeue to walk to the end of t he ...

... Harajuku girls. On Sundays there are open air concerts and bands playing in the streets, and at the main square south of Yoyogi Park french maids, school girl goths, dragons, dolls and god knows what else parade the street trying to catch your attention ...

... in Shibuya. Following these busy places, I'm ready for a bit of peace and quiet and fortunately it's quite a short walk to Yoyogi Park, which is next to the Meiji Shrine. Both of them are extensive open spaces but there's no direct route between them ...