Today was a beautiful day. It was designated as shopping day. We bummed around a bit in the morning and didn't get going until almost noon. We went to Shibuya to go to the 100 yen store. When we got there Prime Minister Koizumi was speaking just outside the station (elections are on the 9th). That was kinda cool. I think mom and Donnie were worried about an assassination attempt or something... there wasn't much security. One of them said that it was amazing that in a country of how many billion people that they saw the Prime Minister... and yet in Canada you never do.
Shibuya was surprisingly quiet. I thought it would be packed. We wandered up to the 100 yen store (like the dollar store) only to find that it is closed!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!! That 100 yen store was awesome. *sigh* So we headed out to Harajuku and soon figured out why Shibuya was so quiet - everyone had gone to Harajuku instead!
At first we wandered thru Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine). It was a perfect time to go. November is shichi-go-san (7-5-3). Basically 3 and 7 year old girls and 5 year old boys get dressed up in traditional clothing and go to shrine. They are absolutely adorable! We saw lots of cute kids and a wedding - got some pics of the traditional wedding clothing.
After wandering thru the shrine grounds we went shopping. We went to Oriental Bazaar which is a huge souvenir shop. Mom and Donnie went to task and bought a ton of stuff. The store is great - it has pretty much everything. The only thing we couldn't find was playing cards. I couldn't believe it. There were some, but $13 is a bit steep.
After we finished shopping we went back to my station and met up with Hiroshi (he had another day without English) and went to Gyu-Kaku which is a Korean bar-b-q restaurant. We ate so much! We were stuffed. We had a lovely spinach salad with sesame dressing, a ton of meat, some scallops, and veggies. Then we waddled home.