Nihon - Day 10

Day 10 - Shibuya

Today's plan was to stop off quickly in Harajuku and score some Hangry and Angry and a bunny hoodie then head to Shibuya to check it out. But the plan came unstuck when I discovered Hangry and Angry were closed. Blast!

So I caught the train to Harajuku and went to Richards and got my bunny jacket. The sales lady also gave me a free Patch and a half price arm band that matched the jacket. So I gave her a koala to say thanks (now I'm down to just 2).

I then walked to Shibuya, which was not far away, but headed down another street looking at all the shops and accidently ended up back in Harajuku. Oops! So I walked back to Shibuya on the other side of the road and went down another street. This time I stayed in Shibuya.

I got a little distracted from my mission by a childish delight. DISNEY WORLD! A 3-storey store with just Disney stock. I bought an Alice in Wonderland umbrella, cheshire cat ear phones and a big cuddly Scrump (lilo's doll from Lilo and Stitch).

I was then kinda lost as this was on a different street and I started heading off in the wrong direction. What kind of city guide leaves out the Disney store???

Anyway I eventually stumbled across something in my guide, Tokyu Hands, and bought some more halloween stuff (you would think they don't have halloween in australia - HAHA). I then headed to the subway via Tower Records (also in the guide), as I had had enough of the weather today and headed back to my hotel.

Now I see a lot of Lolita's and Gothic Lolitas and the like in Harajuku, but whenever I am there they are never just standing around, they are always on their way somewhere. I know that they would more than likely say yes and let me stop them and take a photo, but unless they are just standing around it seems rather rude to do so. So I have no photos of the Harajuku youth clothing culture, but you can find many examples by googling it.