My day continues touring Tokyo with Tag, Matt, & Fred.
Here is Yoyogi Park in Harajuku, one of the few "green spaces" in Tokyo. This one even has an extensive rose garden!
What is that?! Grass?? I haven't seen it for months!! This is amazing! Most parks have dirt or cement!
A beautiful fountain of Yoyogi Park. This place is traditionally known for crazy "hippie" entertainers wandering about. We did see some cool stuff (like wannabe Michael Jackson back-up dancers and Frisbee Olympics), but nothing too bizarre.
On to Shibuya, were I always love to eat dinner at TGIFridays!! First, I also love to stop by and see Hachiko the famous dog statue. Today he is being decorated for the Japan World Cup game that was being played a few hours later that day.
Crazy Japan World Cup Fans. BTW - Japan lost the game and Fred (from France) was impressed that there was no rioting or looting!
Quick break in a silly photo machine! (LOL... Tag decorated it with "We love Transfreight"!)
Here's Kabukicho in Shinkjuku.
This is an entertainment district that isn't advertised to foreigners, so I've never been there.
It's a world of difference from all other areas of Japan. There is trash every where, and it's like law doesn't exist in this area. It's also known as the "red light district". Here's a seedy club called Glitter designed exclusively for women clientele.
I can even check out the "working boys" before I enter. My first thought was... "These are guys? What's with the long hair?" Yikes!!
Here's a poster for just a few of the "working girls". I'm kind of disturbed by the one with the machine gun...
Quite an education for me, and I can see why they don't want foreigners hanging out in this area. It was decidedly creepy and sleazy.
I leave you with one more fun photo booth pic. Can you believe that it wasn't even my suggestion to take these pics?! That is definitely one cool thing about Japan :) They love pics maybe even more than me!!
We have another full day of exploring Tokyo left, so stay tuned!!
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