Sunday, February 12, 2006

Tokyo train station and Imperial palace






A visit to the historic Imperial Palace minutes away and walking distance from the Tokyo Train Station. We visited the Imperial Palace and crossed the small bridge that led into the park. There was some walking and an english walking tour going on, from a hotel or some group, led by an english japanese speaking woman. We decided to proceed on, and spent nearly an hour at the park taking in the views and walking around.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Tokyo












I haven't posted in a long long time, but i am going to continue the my trip to Japan and some pix. Here are some pictures of Tokyo, coming back from Kyoto. The remainder of the trip was spent in Tokyo. More photos of Shibuya, and other cities in Tokyo. We also visited Shibuya 109 bldg and the surrounding areas. Some of the j-girls were so cute there. People were everywhere, and consisted of Japanese Salarymen, Office ladies, school girls and boys, and other people. We visited practically all of the surrounding areas, we could cover in the short week we were in Tokyo area. Shibuya, "Hachiko" dog statue right nearby the trainstation in Shibuya is a landmark, and i visited it also during my first visit to Japan back in 2003, summertime. We headed to a huge bldg, Shibuya109, which has primarily young ladies apparel and some restarants on the upper floor. It felt like a nightclub there, since they had dance music blaring on speakers everywhere as they sold the latest young women's fashions. I took some photos of various Japanese girls, and one girl in particular was more than happy to have her photo taken in a clothing store in the bldg. I didn't get her name as she spoke japanese too me, but i did pick up on the word "souvenir". I should have taken a photo with her too...lol
and some more photos that i took while in Shibuya.
Some Advertisements, one of BOA billboard in Shibuya, and HMV store.