Tokyo Day One
(Crappy pictures ahead. I didn't realize that I'd set my camera quality to low.)
I began my day as I promised, going to the Johnny's Entertainment store in Harajuku. The store was, as is typical with Japan, down some random alley but it only took me two tries to find the store. I got there at around 8:40am (the store opens at 10 am) and was expecting to see a line, but there wasn't one, so I figured I'd walk a little and come back. So I went for a walk and somehow ended up in Shibuya!
Shibuya was great, and I went into the famous Shibuya 109 building but the clothes there were all too expensive and WAY to skanky. LOL. Shibuya had tons of Harry Potter posters all over the place. Japan loves Harry Potter. These posters are EVERYWHERE.
Then I went back to the JE store and GUESS WHAT--THERE WAS A BIG ASS LINE. ROFL. Still, I managed to get into the store a little after 10 am but the line to pay took FOREVER so I didn't leave the store until about noon. O_O I almost had a heart attack when I was in the middle of the line and suddenly realized that I'd filled out my forms incorrectly but I was able to correct the situation. Apparently you're supposed to have a new form for each JE group that you're buying a picture of. No one told me that! So I had all of the pictures that I wanted on one sheet. LOL.
I managed to escape the store only spending about $28 on 18 pictures and a fan--that's great compared to just about everyone else who dropped $200 on pictures alone!
Next I went to Shinjuku but I didn't really see much of anything there besides skyscrapers. There was a park there but I saw a lot of homeless people in tents so I didn't go through it. Haha.
After going back to the apartment to rest I went to Roppongi Hills. Roppongi Hills is like a shopping mall with office building and high-rise residences. It was actually really pretty and you can even see Tokyo Tower from there.
I began my day as I promised, going to the Johnny's Entertainment store in Harajuku. The store was, as is typical with Japan, down some random alley but it only took me two tries to find the store. I got there at around 8:40am (the store opens at 10 am) and was expecting to see a line, but there wasn't one, so I figured I'd walk a little and come back. So I went for a walk and somehow ended up in Shibuya!
Shibuya was great, and I went into the famous Shibuya 109 building but the clothes there were all too expensive and WAY to skanky. LOL. Shibuya had tons of Harry Potter posters all over the place. Japan loves Harry Potter. These posters are EVERYWHERE.
Then I went back to the JE store and GUESS WHAT--THERE WAS A BIG ASS LINE. ROFL. Still, I managed to get into the store a little after 10 am but the line to pay took FOREVER so I didn't leave the store until about noon. O_O I almost had a heart attack when I was in the middle of the line and suddenly realized that I'd filled out my forms incorrectly but I was able to correct the situation. Apparently you're supposed to have a new form for each JE group that you're buying a picture of. No one told me that! So I had all of the pictures that I wanted on one sheet. LOL.
I managed to escape the store only spending about $28 on 18 pictures and a fan--that's great compared to just about everyone else who dropped $200 on pictures alone!
Next I went to Shinjuku but I didn't really see much of anything there besides skyscrapers. There was a park there but I saw a lot of homeless people in tents so I didn't go through it. Haha.
After going back to the apartment to rest I went to Roppongi Hills. Roppongi Hills is like a shopping mall with office building and high-rise residences. It was actually really pretty and you can even see Tokyo Tower from there.
