Boxing Day in Harajuku and Shibuya

As it was a Sunday we wanted to take Matt to see Harajuku in hope that there would be lots of young people dressed in crazy outfits!

We saw lots of people dressed very extravagantly (like the people above), but because they were walking around I didn't manage to get any good shots of them! We went for a walk down Takeshita-Dori, which is the main shopping street for young fashion in Tokyo. Also we saw a shop that was selling clothes for your dogs and cats... no matter how many dogs I see wearing clothes and being pushed around in pushchairs... it's still just as strange!! Matt was amazed at the people who stood outside their shops, either shouting as loud as they could or shouting through a megaphone to get you to go inside! Me and Fran are just used to that now!

We went into a building called the Design Studio, where there was lots of technology that you could try for free, such as phones and computers and stuff! There was a booth that had face recognition technology and from taking a picture of your face it would tell you your ideal profession... p'ha! I don't think so! haha!
The results were as follows;

Matt

1. Wine Selector
2. Celebrity / TV Personality
3. Web Designer

Vicki

1. Fashion Adviser
2. Beautician
3. Waitress

Fran

1. Bar Tender
2. Wine Selector
3. Web Designer

Needless to say Matt and Fran weren't thrilled about there top 3 choices, especially as there was a MUSICIAN and me and Fran getting Bar Tender and waitress didn't exactly go down well after leaving that all behind in England! hehe! Anyway, we soon got over it :-D

Matt was flagging a bit by this time, so we headed to Yoyogi park to chill and eat some Turkey sandwiches! We stopped at the front of Yoyogi Park to watch the Rockers Rock out to some 50s music! I love them to be honest and Matt had never really seen anything like it!

Matt confidently did some jiving for a few seconds! HEHE!!!

Well I had to get a photo of these cuties didn't I, their owner was sat to the left of them chain smoking whilst tourist and anyone with a camera or camera phone took photos of them! hehe - adorable!

He's got the Rock N Roll thing down to a tea, hasn't he... that leopard print floor length fur coat on the chair was his too!
Matt went for some free hugs...after all you never know when you'll get your next free hug ... ha!

 We headed to Shibuya for some shopping and mooching around... Matt was completely blown away by the crossing!

Oh yeah - and we finally found the Pink Cow!!!! It's a bar about 10 mins away from Shibuya station.  Me and Fran have tried to find it a couple of times (granted - we didn't have a map!) and we finally found it with Matt! It was a totally cool, chilled out, relaxing bar and whilst we were there, there was a jazz band sound checking. If we hadn't all been so tired we would have stayed to listen! Me and Fran will definitely be going back there FOR SURE!