Friday, May 30, 2008
Sorry guys for a temporary absence from blogging, been more lazy than anything else, procrastinating and delaying my Japan photos. Haha.
Been quite sick these past few days as well, bouts of headaches, cold and BAD BAD dry cough. finally today I'm feeling better; mustered enough determination and enthusiasm to put up more (overdue) photos of my Japan trip. Moreover, I was thinking since I was sorting out the photos for printing later on, may as well pick up where I've left off....
DAY 3 (Harajuku,Omotesando)
Back in 05, we had already came to Harajuku and Omotesando, and it was such a nice place so we decided to pay it another visit. During our previous visit, we went to the Meiji Shrine but this time we just decided to stick to the shopping areas, because we would be visiting Kyoto later on. Being the previous imperial capital, shrines and old castles would be aplenty.
These places are known for its several international brand outlets, Zara,Louis Vuitton, Topshop, GAP, Gucci, Burberry,Ralph Lauren etc. etc. You'd be surprised how much cheaper these things in Japan are cheaper than in Singapore, plus the range of stuff you can choose from is much more varied and all in all, a better shopping experience.
In my humble opinion I feel these two places are better than the much touted Shibuya area, because it has a better appearance, the people are friendlier (to be honest everyone I've talked to is friendly lol) and the tiny streets weaving in and out of the entire stretch offer almost limitless shopping, dining and fun.
There was this particular street that had very good bargains,(mostly 'brandless' stuff, but they had shirts at $14 SGD and scarfs at $5 SGD and good genuine leather bags at $45 SGD and lacoste shoes at $50 SGD etc. lol) think of it as Japan's version of Bugis Street + Good Cooling Weather.
BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES of that place. Probably due to the fact I was too busy rummaging through all the small stores heh.
Well, I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking yeah.
Wanted to go this very unique UT shop that sells limited and exclusively designed T-shirts that are packaged and sold very specially, but it had closed already.
We did, however, manage to come back on Day 5 I think. More on that later.
And so for dinner was a neat little cafe that offered very good food and drinks.
and finally back home for a rest.
Nothing like watching an NBA broadcast in all HD goodness woo.
More on Day 4 tomorrow.
