Tokyo rocks.
May 26th 2005
Saved: November 21st 2009
Saved: November 21st 2009
Finally made it to Japan. The subway system is impossible to figure out. I've given up.
Not being one of the models (obviously:p), I'm not supposed to be staying at my cousin's apartment, I have to stay away until 8pm.
I did touristy things today, visiting the Meiji Shrine, Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden and Harajuku district.
The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto temple which is dediecated Emperor Meiji and his wife Shoken. destroyed druing the IIWW, it was rebuilt in 1958.
Shinjuku Gardens were beautiful. During the Edo era, the Naito family resided there.
Finally, everyone knows what Harajuku is. Imagine Queen Street and multiply that by 100. The Japanese know how to dress.
20 something year old from Toronto.
I have a tendency of disappearing on random adventures.
I collect flags and beer cans.
I love the ocean, even though it terrifies me.
I like riding buses.
I like to look at maps and make lists.
I hate sunburns, cockroaches and the winter.
Past tips have included:
1999-The Big Greyhound Trip - Canada and the US
2003 - Cuba
2005 - Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Phillipines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar
2007 - Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada
2008 - Nicaragua, Costa Rica
2008 - Bosnia and... full info
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It attacked a little boy.
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Harajuku Girls You Got Some Wicked Style!
I enjoyed reading your story : ) Pura Vida!
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