We Can't Get Enough Tokyo!

Even after spending a few days in Tokyo we were still marvelling how much there is to do there.  Our 'to do' list didn't seem to be getting any shorter!  Since it was Sunday we were headed to Harajuku, Tokyo's fashionista district where the costumed (known in Japan as 'cosplay') kids come out to play.  Walking out of our hotel, the first thing that struck us was how organized Japan is compared to some of the other places we've been...

Japanese sidewalk repair...

...contrasted with Burmese sidewalk repair.

First up, though, we checked out Ueno Park near our hotel - home to many museums, temples, shrines, and a lake.

Chad cleanses his hands at one of the shrines.

If the grass isn't out yet, the locals throw down a tarp on which to picnic.

Beneath the torii (shrine gates)

We were a bit early for full cherry blossom season, but some were out already.

Whatever that duck has got, these carp want it.

Some decent lakeside gypsy-style jazz

On arriving in Harajuku we first headed into the Meiji-Jingu gardens.  Meiji-Jingu is arguably Tokyo's finest Shinto shrine.

The smoking area at the visitor centre.  Smoking in allotted areas only!

Lunching on udon, while pretending it isn't bathing in fish broth.

A lovely shrine.  May even be the 'most splendid', as the Lonely Planet claims.

This is one of the most popular spots in Tokyo to have a wedding.  Note that the car has a lift up top so as not to ruin the bride's hair do.

Back in Harajuku, we joined a million other people (probably literally) out enjoy a balmy Sunday afternoon window shopping in Tokyo's fashion distrcit.

Pretty much all the graffiti in Tokyo is confined to this one telephone pole.  It's probably just an art installation.

From there we headed over to the Shibuya crossing, one of the busiest intersections in the world with an estimated 100,000 people an hour passing through!

Yeah, cross that street!

Followed by spending the rest of the day trying out craft beer bars.  What?  We're the McFrothys - that's what we do!