Day 3: Harajuku

What can I say about Harajuku? It exceeded expectations - so much more in fact that I plan on returning tomorrow since I didn't get to hit all the shops I wanted to. (But in all fairness, I did spend that entire morning in the Tokyu Hands massive Shibuya store. And I had to leave early in the afternoon to meet up with some friends in Shinagawa.)

Since my hands were full of merchandise, I couldn't snap many pictures, but I will post what I have. I'll be taking another shot at it tomorrow, though.

As you can see, Takeshita-dori is packed even on a weekday. I can't even what it's like on the weekends.

I lost all sense of time just hopping from shop to shop. It's seemingly endless and the variety is unparalleled! There were a couple lolita sightings but none of the craziness that normally goes on Sundays. I did see a GAP there, which is hilarious. When I think of the GAP, I think "cookie cutter clothing", so it was the last store I expected to see where normally this goes on.

The plan for tomorrow's attack is LaForet (which is like Harajuku's version of 109) and the rest of Takeshita-dori.