The Honeymoon (Final – 6/6)
Our rats and monies! I don’t really like the Jap currency… looks abit like **** notes to me… hmmmm… but one thing is their monies are all very nice and crisp! So Japanese, everything is nice and presentable!
Baumkuchen cake from Club Harie, as recommended by Irene! We bought it from the basement of this dept store called ‘Hankyu’, reminds me very much of the old Daimaru!!! And the best part is, there is still Daimaru in Japan!!! Reminds me so much of my Dad, he used to love to bring us there.
Random crate we saw outside a small restaurant on the streets. That day, we were on our way to Harajukku.
ZQ at a very traditional looking restaurant!
Water cooler at a train station! I didnt take a drink, it was freezing cold, can’t imagine drinking more cold water…. brrrrrr!
Welcome to Harajukku!!! BTW, the station announcement says (with a very cute bright and cheery and high pitched lady voice) “HARAJOOOOO KOOOOOOOO”. The “Ku” dragged very long! Really cute and left an impression in me till now!
I had really high hopes on this place, being extremely excited to see the ‘extreme’ cosplay / weird dress ups! But, this was ALL that greeted me and I was sooooo disappointed!!!
Tamagotchi in da house!!! This is one time you can say TAMA but not in a bad (Tamade) way!!!
If you would like to know how the crowd is in Harajukku, the above picture gives the best answer!!!
Forgot to post this uncle’s picture… haha, another fella to satisfy my need to see the weirdly dressed!!!
We then went to the famous 7 storey Daiso in Harajukku. Boy was I shocked from the size of that Daiso!!! It’s one level for one category of stuff, like what you’re seeing, the basement is entirely FOOD STUFF!!!!! their Daiso, also known as the major 100yen shop, sells everything (any anything beyond your imagination)
After an hour, we were back in the open! Crowds everywhere, cute shops selling all sorts of cute and fashionable items!!!
and we found the famous Marion Crepes!!!!!! This is the most famous crepe shop ever, and anyone who goes to Harajukku must taste it! You gotta queue just to get one but that’s okay, since they have so many flavors you really need some time to decide! It’s next to another crepe shop which has no crowd at all.
Everyone stood around to eat their prized crepes, and so, we joined them. We also got a neighbour to help snap our photo =)
We got a sakura ice-cream mochi crepe, with red bean! I was so worried that the sakura ice-cream would be too flowery and yucky, but it proved me wrong… the taste was simply divine!!! We chose it as it was a limited edition flavor, for the upcoming sakura season.
I can still remember the softness of the warm crepe, the smoothness of the ice-cream, the heavenly combination. I have never ever eaten such a delicious crepe. Even the one that claims to be ‘orginal’ in Singapore is totally CMI. And since it was so cold, the ice-cream didn’t melt at all – you can see that from the picture!
Done with our crepe – carried on to snap photos, ZQ and his One Piece buddy, lol
Cutest dressup ever!! Everyone was busy snapping their photos!
Found Kiddyland towards the end of the road of Harajukku; this is a major toy chain in Japan! It has EVERYTHING!!!
Major Kappi display. I love it!!!
And more! They also had many characters – Hello Kitty, Ponyo, Rilakkuma, One Piece, Cubic Mouth, Disney characters, Gundam etc etc etc. I remember that it has around 4-5 floors. Those were the only two photos I took because I could not wait to comb the whole store!! We left with a happy purchase!!!
A pretty neat Anna Sui boutique! Definitely much more assortment than what we have in SG! And I was using the Anna Sui tote I bought there! Haha, and I was in my purple lacy tights. LOL.
ZQ at a random shoe shop. This trip, he bought 3 pairs of shoes. A very happy boy I must say!
Harajukku is truly sneakers paradise! I didn’t manage to snap pictures on the streets (those crowded shops) because I was so afraid that my camera would drop and break in the super crowd!!
[to be continued...]
