Tokyo Trip: Day Two



On the second day of our trip to Tokyo, we had a late breakfast followed by a trip to the Imperial Palace Gardens. It was very hot. The gardens are pretty expansive, so we took an hour or two wandering around and taking in the nice scenery. Unfortunately, you can't really see the Imperial Palace from the gardens, but it was still pretty impressive.


After that, we went to a the Tokyo Sword Museum, and saw lots of very, very old swords (though they still look shiney and new). Apparently one was by a mega-famous sword-maker, though I don't know much about swords. Alex was pretty impressed, though. No pictures allowed, though!

In the evening, we went to Akihabara and Harajuku. We managed to navigate ourselves to the busiest part of Akihabara, this time. There was lots of neon, crowds, and music blasting out of shops. Alex found it all a bit irritating, but I thought it was cool, at least just too see. It would probably be more interesting to people who had something in mind to buy. Harajuku is a youth fashion district, which is also something to see. Not as many crazy outfits as I was hoping for (although I've probably become a little immune from my time in Japan), but I did see at least one girl dressed up as a kitty/maid.

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