[JAPAN] Princesses for a night
February 21st, 2010
it’s our last day in Tokyo city before moving to Tokyo Bay for Disney land and Disney sea. So part of the day has been planned for Harajuku – the shopping street, with an early morning stroll to Meiji Jingu shrine that’s right next to the station.
Apparently, that is where you find the ‘weird’ fashion dressers, and people dressed in kimonos on a Sunday.
Absolutely loveeeeed the lighting there! (I keep seeing myself with my geeky camera backpack, and literally how geeky do I look?!)
You find alot of these in shrines, a way of cleansing yourself before praying. Rinse both hands and your mouth. The water was lovely, cold and refreshing 
Loved the atmosphere at meiji jingu, it wasn’t overly crowded on a Sunday morning. I would recommend going there, if you wanted to spot out the weird dressers, kimono wearers, and most significantly to witness a traditional Japanese wedding. There were about 3 weddings taking place during the hour that we were there. It was like celebrations in public, everyone would make way for the bride and groom, while taking photos of them as well. And, maybe, check the groom out… – what a friend or 2 did
Not sure what these are called, but they are basically wishes written on a plank of wood. I’ve been wanting to do one of these all trip but didn’t get around to 
For one, I don’t know how many wishes I can fit on 1 board.. so I kept delaying it.. and yeah never got the chance. Oh, its not free either, costs Y500, so I guess its worth while to fit as much as u can on there
Maybe I should’ve done what the person above did Wish for BIG $$$$$$$ and all wishes will come true? haha, that has to be the funniest wish on wood i’ve seen all trip.
A friend of a friend had recommended this gyoza house, called ‘gyozarou’. Took some time finding it, since we only knew the street/section that it was located and not the address. We had gotten pro at asking for directions by then. Luckily it was actually rather well known, so you can’t miss it. Not with the long queue outside!
You get a choice of 2 different pan friend gyozas or 2 different steamed gyozas, i think it was around Y260 for a plate of 6. And you can order some side dishes as well. But we chose to just try all the dumplings and leave our tummies for something else later.
Personally, it wasn’t anything special, I’ve had better in Sydney, believe it or not. Either way its quite like Chinese dumplings so yeah… but hey we had gyoza in Japan!
We then made our way to Ginza, which is pretty much for high end shopping (maybe next time, I’ll go there prepared to spend big ). Our visit there wasn’t intended for shopping, rather for another themed cafe, Princess Heart. As you can tell, it’s a princess themed cafe. We entered into the waiting room that was nicely embellished with dimmed chandeliers, and was guided to our table by a ‘maid’. In the centre was a strawberry white chocolate fountain, as well as a tree with beautiful fairy lights. Really worked the atmosphere! I enjoyed the tunes they had playing – Disney songs, very fairytale like, even if it was in Japanese =/
Some mocktails we ordered… (the menu was in Japanese, so we had to either recognize the katakana ourselves, or get them to read/try decipher for us)
Apple flavoured mocktail
Fried Chicken
Overall review; I would prolly recommend this place instead of Alcatraz, mainly because the place is nicer and the food is more decent. But just be warned there isn’t any english menus. It’s a nice place to go with girlfriends 
Can’t remember how much we paid each but it was under Y2000 each i think.
Cool Yamaha building across the road, in Ginza
We tried to squeeze in another destination, at Odaiba Palette town, but to our disappointment it was closed by the time we got there We were looking forward to a ride in the big ferris wheel! Next time
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