Tokyo : Harajuku

Well, the Cosplay in the streets was a little disappointing for us. Its said to be really hot on sundays, and unfortunately we visited harajuku twice, both on saturdays. We did see a few girls dressed up on saturday as well.... doing the most mundane things (like their homework).

Imagine the scene, these girls come from the various suburbs in Tokyo.... (read as - really far away) bringing shit-loads of clothes and make-up along. They then go to a mall to change and put the make-up on... which must take them atleast 2 hours.... - all to sit on the sidewalk and do their homework. Wow!

Apart from this, Harajuku is also home to a few unique stores, including the Oriental Bazaar, which incidentally turned out to be the best place in Japan to pick up souveniers and gifts. We went from Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kurashiki and Takayama.... and then came back to Oriental Bazaar and picked up all the gifts.