I spent the day wandering around central Tokyo.
Somewhere near Shibuya, probably
Korea has its share of good-looking buildings too, but Japan has always had plenty of unusual ones. We’ll have to try a bit harder to catch up.
Tower Records and Miyashita Park
This area used to be pretty run-down, but it has been completely made over lately.
The park
It’s dazzling at night, but in the morning it’s nothing special.
Shibuya Scramble Crossing
The view here doesn’t seem to change much.
Shibuya scenery
Not much different from back when I used to come here all the time.
Yoyogi Park
The ginkgoes had turned a lovely colour.
A restaurant
There are a lot of nice places around Yoyogi-Hachiman.
Fuglen
They’ve opened in Korea now too, but they’re still as popular as ever in Japan.
A popular spot
The line was long, so I snapped a photo.
Chateraise
They sell cheap ice cream, and yet here they are running a branch on land this expensive. Kind of amazing, really.
365 Nichi
It seems to have moved a little. It looks roomier than before.
A sparrow and a fountain
Snapped it while walking past.
Shinjuku
The colours were really lovely.
Yaki-musubi
I don’t think I’d ever seen a place like this before, so I took a photo. Coming back after so long, there’s a lot I don’t recognise.
A queue of otaku
Looked like a line to buy figures. Hard at it from first thing in the morning.
Pachinko queue
The dark side of Japan.
Sake recommended by Yoshida Rui
It was nice to spot it, so I took a photo.
Junibun Bakery
It looked rather stylish, so I took a photo.
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