Omote Sando

On Saturday we went to Yoyogi park again to see some freaks. Of course the place we were looking for, we couldn't find. There was a section of park where everyone hangs out which we'd been to before, but we got side tracked into going to Meiji Jingu shrine again along a long dark tree lined tunnel. Yoyogi is quite a big park. Well at least Bek got to go there and we saw a wedding also.




Alice befriended a bunch of women who promptly gave her their mobile phone to play with. She didn't want to give it back and they didn't want to take it back, so I stepped up into my natural role as the bad guy and took it. Of course she started crying very loudly in the middle of the large echoing courtyard where the wedding party was marching.

We hustled her away into the dark surrounding forest.

When we emerged on the other side of Yoyogi we did at least find a smattering of freaks. There were a group of four people standing about with 'free hugs' signs.

While a noble sentiment, I couldn't help but wonder why they didn't just pair up and hug each other. Leave the civilians out of it.

We avoided them and made our way down to Omote Sando road, which is kind of the fashion and shopping mecca for young people. Bek forced me into Snoopy town and we bought a bento box for Alice, an empty reusable one to pack her lunch in. She ran around in the press of people, and even assisted us with a few choices.

I bought a nice shirt with a carp on it. No, really. Then we pretty much just wandered around the backstreets browsing the little boutiques until Alice fell asleep and we went home.