Japan Visit 2010

We took the train today from Shinjuku down to Harajuku and spent the morning in some of the most amazing little shops I’ve ever been.  Lots of cool tee-shirts and kitsch stuff that was brilliant.  We managed to get pretty much all of the gifts for people back home and even some for ourselves!

One of the coolest place we found was graniph.  They sell lots of great tee shirts and I’m gonna be heading back on Sunday to pick up some more for myself.

In the midst of all this shopping we also managed to visit Meiji Jingu Shrine.  A huge wooden temple dedicated to the late Emperor Meiji and his wife. 

After our usual afternoon nap we headed out to find another Nepali restaurant.  The place was a little out the way but the food was absolutely amazing and if you ever have the pleasure to be in Shinjuku I cannot recommended it highly enough.  Called Sansar it serves wonderful Indian/Nepali food for a very reasonable price.  Jeez, even the booze was cheap – well cheap for Tokyo! The service was terrific, the staff there were very friendly and we’re even going back on Sunday night!

After dinner we took a walk through Shinjuku and stumbled across a little shrine hidden in the sprawling mass of Shinjuku.  Called Hanazono-jinja it’s supposed to have a reputation for bringing good luck to new business ventures – I’m going back before I go home to see if it brings me luck! :-)