26Apr 09
Out last full day in Tokyo. We had covered all the areas we wanted to visit, so today we decided to go back to Harajuku and Shibuya.
One of our first stops was this cafe which serves the nicest egg and cheese on toast! There’s just the right amount of mayo to sweeten things up! As you walk down the main street, Takeshita-dori, from the station, it’s the first cafe on the left!
I also decided to have my last crape for the trip. And while waiting in the queue, I noticed the cherry blossom tree which was in full bloom. Beautiful.
After that, it was on with the crape! yummy and delicious. The cream they used was one of a kind.
It’s always fun walking along Takeshita-dori street. There’s heaps to see and the shop fronts are always very different.
Sometimes you may even bump into hot Japanese school girls!
After walking along Takeshita-dori street, we decided to check out some of the other back streets. Most of which are quant areas with heaps of smaller shops. The street shown above is Cat Street if I’m correct. I recommend checking it out as there are quite a few shops selling unusual stuff, as well as some unique looking buildings.
One of the buildings that popped out of no where was this Nike Shop. They were having a sale, and as usual, the locals love to wait for good things.
There was even a toy shop which sold some vintage and hard-to-find toys.
Back on the main road, Meji-Dori, you may come across the Audi Forum building or even this shop front which reminded me of the scrolling text in some of New York’s Times Square light boards.
Harajuku is packed to the max on weekends as you can see on the street side as well as outside the train station.
We checked out the nearby Yoyogi park were there were heaps of festivities. Apparently the locals love to spend their weekends in the park and they stream into the park in hordes. They lay out mats and congregate in groups eating and drinking away! Some practise their dancing while some practise their juggling skills.
The entrance to the park is lined with food stores selling all types of Japanese street food. Like the yakitoris above. Yummmm.
And of course no trip to Yoyogi Park would be complete without cosplayers. Though for some reason we saw hardly any. I took pics of those we did see though. Love those Elvis impersonators.
We had a great day out and was kinda sad to have the night ending on us. For our last meal we felt like tempura. We walked all around Shinjuku looking for a good place to eat, but couldn’t find any place that specialised in tempura. It was only when we decided to check out 1 last obscure corner did we finally find the place. It was the same chain of restaurants that we had the best tempura a few days back. Yeepeee!
Shinjuku was a great place to stay and as a base of operations, it was very well connected.
Our hotel, Sunroute Plaza Hotel Shinjuku, was also very comfortable and reasonable in costs. The location was great as it was about 5 mins away from Shinjuku Station.
Narita Airport in the morning, waiting for our flight back. Dreading going back to Singapore.
Checked out the food court at the airport and they had this pretty cool technology. For every order, they pass you this small device. You can walk around or go back to your seat, when your food is ready, the device will beep and vibrate signalling for you to pick up your dishes. Good idea!
The huge A380 waiting for us on the tarmac.
The view from the top is truly one to savour. Can anything be as blue?
The new inflight entertainment system on SIA planes rocks. Over 100 movies, tv programmes and games to keep one occupied. The screen is now bigger and even has a small light below for your reading purposes. You can even connect your iPod or USB drive to read video, mp3s and documents!
And that’s it! Our last pic of our Tokyo trip. It was a fantastic trip and we had great fun. 9 days exploring Tokyo and eating Tokyo. Heh,, we wanna go back!
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hi Roy. your Tokyo trip is very useful, thanks for the comprehensive write-up. My wife and I will be going there in May for 7 nights…and your writeup really comes handy
But too bad Ghibli Museum is closed for renovation during our stay, else it will be perfect 
haha awesome! I’m sure you two will have a good trip!
Too bad about the Ghibli Museum, but it gives you another reason to go back rite? hahaha
Let me know if you need any tips or info. And happy toy hunting! wahhahaha