Tokyo!
As you may know, we took a little trip to Tokyo last week for ten days of fun, shopping, eating and WALKING. Tokyo is a big city! I’d compare it to Berlin in terms of the amount of walking we did. But what a trip! What a city. Here are some highlights of the Tokyo we saw.
An amazing cloudy sunrise from my plane seat flying into Tokyo.
The giant bunny head on exhibition in the Le foret building, Harajuku. (sorry I didn’t catch the artists’ name!)
Climbing pastel staircases in Harajuku!
Eating banana caramel cream pie for lunch in Shibuya.
Playing claw machines in late night “sports world”. We won!
Having dessert in a cool little cafe with mattress seating and mirror chandeliers.
The brown sugar parfait I had was to die for.
Drinking giant lemonades in a random Hawaiian cafe, Daikanyama.
The Jon Knox exhibition in a cute store in Daikanyama.
Visiting Ueno Zoo and it’s BEAUTIFUL signage.
And finally seeing a Capybara in person!
Eating a limited edition leopard print Tokyo Banana! (chocolate and banana custard filled sponge cake! Delicious!)
Seeing the brand new Tokyo Skytree (it only opened the day we arrived!).
Eating Japanese crepes! “Fleecy and softened” -thats their claim.
Walking through a sea of people in Harajukus’ Takeshita Street.
Hanging out with old friends most nights.
And eating dinner at Bills Harajuku and getting a taste of home!
Eating delicious noodles at a local japanese hang out.
Seeing the hugeness of Nakameguros’ Don Quijote Shop! Anything and everything you could think of on offer.
Junie Moon Blythe Shop in Daikanyama. I could live here.
And finally hanging out with some cute Frenchies in the French Bulldog Shop Shibuya! (yes, a shop dedicated solely to Frenchies!!) I’ll share more about other shops and shopping related things next time. Hope you enjoyed the highlights! Kx
meep says:
Ohh! What a cute capybara! I wanted to see some in the Berlin Zoo, but their enclosure was completely empty. :/
deerdonna says:
oh my goodness, i love it all. i miss tokyo so much! i only spent 4 days there and it wasn’t nearly enough!!!
did you have any coffee in a can? haha!
xo
Sam Berry says:
Looks like you had heaps of fun Kelly! Omg the food, desserts, little cute things to buy, the funny English interpretation of signs, those crazy game centres, the people!! Everything is awesome in Japan!! Make sure you post pics of all the things you bought :-) Sam (devoted plate buyer) ;-)
kell says:
yes, everything is outstanding there, i LOVED it. We had so much fun, the food was awesome and the people as you say, are incredible. thanks Sam! x
kell says:
no coffee in a can donna, but we had coffee in a foam container from the convenience store and it was horrible! it tasted like smoke!
kell says:
which zoo did you go to in Berlin? we ended up going to the crap one apparently! and there wasn’t any there either.
Minny says:
Hello Kell, we’re hoping to go to Japan but can’t decide between Tokyo or Osaka! Where did you stay in Tokyo?
Trudy Florence says:
This all looks amazing Kell! You’ve really increased my desire to go to Tokyo, the Frenchie shop is perfect and I love the attention to detail. Having friends show you around must have really helped as well. Love all your photos! xx
Me And Boo says:
I have really enjoyed seeing all your Japan photos on Instagram, lots of fun!
My Dad goes to Japan a lot and always brings me home weird little things. He did well on the last trip – I received two small tins of lollies, with Moomin characters on them! He didn’t even remember me reading those books as a little one, so it was completely by chance, but I was very happy! I shall have to tell him about the Blythe shop – he will probably have to take someone with him though, he might be a bit embarrassed to be buying Blythe things!!
Jo says:
Amazing! I can’t wait to go in October. I’m already self-combusting with excitement.
Katie says:
Wow, it looks like you had such a wonderful time! I would love to go to Japan… Reubs went in highschool and we often talk about taking a trip there. I can’t believe there is a whole shop dedicated to frenchies! Amazing! x
caroline says:
looks so fun. I would visit just for that leopard pastry!