Dear Japan,
Why is everything closed on Sundays??
Sincerely, Emma
Today we planned on headed to a few shines and temples over near the Shinjuku area, but they were pretty much all closed. Even the parks surrounding them were all locked up!! It didn't help that the weather was pretty terrible too.
Despite that, we still wondered around for a while and saw a huge group of kids learning to ride bikes in one of the parks near a huge museum, and got some delicious hot food from a vending machine near the basketball arena. It turned out to be octopus dumplings, and they were actually really tasty!
Also, I don't quite know why, but literally every statue here seems to have a dragon head. I was told they are meant to be lions, but I don't see it, and I certainly don't know why there would be a unicorn with a lion or dragon head!!
We then decided to head to Harijuku. We didn't really know the way, so we literally just followed a girl in cosplay just about the entire way!
Takeshita Dori (the main street) is ridiculous. The entire street is lined with super Kawaii stores selling everything cutesy and girly you could ever imagine. There was even an whole shop of Tamegotchis, selling the toys themselves, as well as plush toys, stationary and even themed doughnuts!
Everything in the whole street was really bright and girly, even on a day like today when it was a bit drizzly. Unfortunately it was the wrong weekend for full cosplay groups, but there were about a dozen girls all dressed up!
Planning on having a pretty quiet night in tonight, hopefully xx