Day 3 in Japan was spent traveling between Osaka and Tokyo, and some sightseeing in Tokyo. Since we won't have much time in Tokyo, we tried to visit the two main types of attractions of Tokyo (cultural and shopping) in one fell swoop: we visited the Meiji-jingu shrine and the Harajuku/Omotesando shopping area.
Itinerary:
- Left hotel at 10am; took a cab to Shin-osaka
- Found out that we can only reserve seats for the 11:13 Hikari Shinkansen as all non-smoking sections of earlier departures are sold out
- Had lunchboxes while waiting
- Arrived in Shinagawa Station at 2pm
- Walked to the hotel (about 10 minutes walk) with our luggage
- Took a break for about 15 minutes
- Walked back to Shinagawa Station (minus our luggage)
- Took the JR Yamanote Line to Harajuku Station
- Exited the Harajukut Station and made a wrong turn at the exit
- Found out that we made a wrong turn, and walked back
- Visited Meiji-jingu shrine; saw (and took pictures of) several Shinto weddings
- Took a quick break for dessert and drinks.
- Window (and actual) shopping at Omotesando; took a lot of pictures of amazing buildings containing expensive boutiques
- Walked back to Harajuku Station and took the JR Yamanote Line back to Shinagawa Station
- Had dinner at a ramen place (Kakukibi) next to Shinagawa Station
- Walked back to the hotel and crashed
Pictures are here
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