Yokohama

Today I went to Yokohama. (To see the morning musume bunkasai but that’s a matter for another blog.

It was good to see the sea again . And these little crabs kept being washed up on the pavement. One boy was collecting them in a plastic bag.

It may have just been me but Yokohama's port area seemed to give off slightly seedy vibe during the daytime.

But at night it vastly improved.

In the end I only visited the Minato Minai area and didn’t get to go to Yokohama’s famous China town but all in all I liked Yokohama a lot. Nice to get away from Tokyo for a little bit too.

Tokyo Dome City

I went to Tokyo Dome City yesterday but I forgot my camera so no photos. I had Indian food which is always good for a vegetarian. There were lots of interesting shops there too. Like a Thomas the Tank Engine shop (Kathryn) and a Shonen Jump shop (Alice). Afterwards we had some drinks in an odd little imported beer place. It had pumpkin candles and photographs of the UK on the wall. Even one from Edinburgh, the view from Calton Hill.

Harajuku

Last weekend I visited Harajuku. Mainly to see the vegetarian and Indian fairs there but I ended up spending more time visiting the Meiji shrine in Yayogi park.

While I was there, a Shinto wedding ceremony was taking place. The procession had a really ethereal quality, like a procession of spirits. But getting married at Meiji shrine has its downside as you can expect to be photographed by dozens of foreign tourists. (Like me)

After checking out the fairs, I wandered over to Shibuya to engage in more staring at pretty lights.

Also, there was a V6 (Japanese boy band) concert being held in Harajuku so the concentration of young Japanese fan girls was quite overwhelming. The number of ticket scalpers by the station was amusing though.