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Shibuya Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Shibuya, Japan
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Fashion show, sashimi + sake and hittin' the bars
... to meet a friend". While searching for some crepes for dessert we bumped into Tim (from Sydney living in Japan), Richard's friend. He lives in Shibuya and offered to show us the local pub. Cheap beer and new friends Cheap beer at the local ...
Clubbing til 5am in Tokyo
Mel arrived in Japan at 11am after 30 hours of travelling. Of course she was severely jet lagged so we spent a lazy day resting at Owen's apartment. Went to dinner with Owen to eat ramen noodles - delicious!! And as it is Japanese manners to slurp ...
People-Watching in Harajuku
Just got back from Harajuku. It looks pretty cool at night, with all the lights on. And my gosh, there are so many Crepe shops there. And they've all got the little plastic food displays. It's so awesome, haha. I think we'll head back over there tomorrow ...
Dress-up at Studio Katsura
... frantic rushing around and dragging of luggage we've been doing since we got here. I had my first good night of sleep since arriving in Japan (thanks to the fact that we're in separate rooms now that we're back in Kanda). I kept waking to the sound of my ...
First day in Shibuya
... the hotel & see my first real glimpse of Japan. One of the first things that struck me as we rounded the corner towards Shibuya station (which is huge) was the amount of grey. Summer in Japan is their rainy season, and it ended up being rainy of ...
Shrines, Sushi, and Sleepovers
Yesterday was a really fun day! Our friends, Meredith and Isa, and their parents Keith and Kathleen, took us on a walk through a big park called Yoyogi Park, where we saw people learning how to ski on the grass (weird), lots of runners and bikers, and ...
Tokyo Continued...
... luck finding the spot where I was supposed to meet him and a few of his co-workers, we decided to head down to Shibuya to check out the 'scene'. Shibuya is the area of Tokyo that looks like what Americans picture Tokyo to look like. Skyscrapers, ...
Stress Reliever
... it was only a half day. While we were at school, other JETS were participating in a Sports Day, organized by Kanagawa JETS, so we met up with some of them for dinner in Shibuya and then went to an English Pub for some drinks. THey had Fish and ...
Première journée à Tokyo
... que 15 minutes pour voir ce spectacle. Je n'étais pas sur l'heure de pointe mais c'était beau à voir. Je vais retourner à Shibuya pour voir l'ambiance du soir. Petit dîner dans un restaurant où tu commande sur un distributeur, genre de menu ...
Harajuku and Shibuya.
... groups. Also a few homeless people there, some doing strange performances as a way of busking. Interesting place. Walked from their into Shibuya to have a look around. The usual problem about what to do for lunch came up, but we found a place on the 10th ...
Shibuya/Shinjuku
Well today we were determined to see more of Shibuya and Shinjuku. We probably would have seen more if I hadn't wasted time leading us away from the shrine we were meant to be visiting and through a park that had a lot of homeless bums in it. This park ...
High tech
Ya I found an Apple store with 4 floors of demonstrations and products, and a Sony building of new technology and gadgets for the public to try out. Image stabilization is popular here. In the Ginza district I came across a shop with high tech appliances ...
Starbucks, I <3 you!
... At least one in the morning or you'd better stay away. However, I need it with soy milk, which surprisingly is not common in Japan. Even our hotel didn't have it. Thankfully, Starbucks came to my rescue!! They reliably had soy on their menu so I found ...
The two worlds of Harajuku
We checked out of our hotel, leaving the bags, and headed to Harajuku for a day of exploring. This was my first time on the Japanese trains, and it went pretty smoothly! Luckily in the major city stations they have a roman character version of the map (I ...
I may have been done with Tokyo....
... to say hi again. it was nice to get away from the hustle and bustle for 2 days. On my last day in Japan, I bummed around the Shibuya station without a particular agenda. I think I just hung around peopla watching for 6 hours, not an easy task. In ...
Laatste dag in Azië
... je eten. Toen ik deze middag wou gaan eten was het net hetzelfde. Deze ochtend naar de hippere wijk ( met het bekende kruispunt) Shibuya geweest , wat rondgelopen en ik wou ook nog eens een 2de poging wagen om de skytree op te gaan maar het zal weer ...
Shabu Shabu in Shibuya
Again, today I had a ridicuously lazy day. I just chatted to Oliver and Mum and did little else. I went to meet Hannah in Shibuya, home of the busy crossing, once she'd finished work, for some more shabu shabu. Its my new favourite food. It's just so ...
Shibuya
After leaving Shunjuku, we got a taxi to Shibuya and met with a girl called Celica for sushi. Shibuya was out of this world!!!! We hung around the main square for a while and found a really cool comic/manga book shop where i bought some Miyazaki books!!!! ...
Shibuya (crazy intersection)
We took a little day trip when we were staying in Roppongi. We went to Shibuya which is a famous interesection. Lots of people cross and then the light changes and lots of cars cross! I think I will post a ...
Harajuku: Home of Snoopy Town!
... with it when she was tired last night). So, later in the day we headed to Harajuku. This area is pretty close to Shibuya (see last entry) and also has a similar culture regarding youth, and fashion and such. I'm really getting the hang of riding ...
Crepes and Shibuya... great job!
... , breads, and really commonly, it seems, on pizza. And banana flavoured chocolates, pastries, and cremes are everywhere. But I digress, Shibuya really isn`t that far via the JR. The ride was around twelve minutes and we made it there while the ...
Somethings Fishy
... walking too, the weather was chilly but comfortable and we certainly got to see a lot in a district which we hadnt yet visited, shibuya!! However first stop today was the fish market, and no it didnt smell as fishy as I expected but I have never seen so ...
Relaxation and Retail Therapy
... and when we want, so what else do a bunch of girls do when in Tokyo, GO SHOPPING!!! We went everywhere from 109 in Shibuya and then worked our way down to Harajuku and Takeshita st, everyone who goes to Japan really needs to visit this street it is ...
Let's start at the very beginning
... fixed the disaster that was my bag and had a little me time. At 11 we met up with Katelyns friend Rice and headed off to Shibuya, which is about 20 minutes away by train. Once there we just walked around, did some shopping and just absorbed it all in. We ...
Christmas in Japan
... tourist areas it's easy to forget about it all together. For my Christmas Day I made my down to the Harajuku district in Shibuya and found it heaving with people, just like any other day. Harajuku is a popular destination for Tokyo's youth, with a host ...
A Sidetrip to Narita Airport...
... laughed while waiting for the train. The train ride was mostly spent chatting and looking out the window, until we got to Shibuya station. I thought it would be totally crazy, but we came out on like a "quiet" side obviously because it wasn't busy ...
maj 6, 2012
... ber ned i en sø med en fiskebro. Ren idyl. I weekenderne er der ydermere mulighed for at se et japansk bryllup i helligdommen. Shibuya stations enormitet strækker sig også til antallet af udgange, så da jeg trådte ud ad den ...
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Odd night
I don't remember exactly when I took this picture, but we wanted to go to a pub in Shibuya and we happened to come across this. It's a music store that would never open anywhere else in the world. Also, there are many drunk people in Shibuya at ...
Asakusa, Ueno, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Meji-jing
Asakusa, jak wiadomo, skałada się ze światyń i pomnika wielkiego owsika. Ale tak najbardziej to chce zobaczyć jak będzie teraz mapka wyglądac, a potem sprawdzić, czy da się ustawić lokację, np. Tokyo ...
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