Diary Entry #8

July 21 – 24

Tokyo was blur of lights, shopping and packed subways. For shopping, one cannot go past Harajuku. There is so much available there, it almost defies heading elsewhere, but we did. The troops were in formation and we launched consecutive attacks on the ‘sparkling sales 30-70% off’ of Shinjuku, Shibuya, and Akihabara. As one may or may not know, Shibuya is the area with Japan’s busiest subway station and the flashing lights, whilst Akihabara is the heart of all things geeky; electronics, anime maid café’s and cameras. It was a tiring campaign, and I believe all were a little relieved when the bugle sounded the retreat on Monday. The experience of the city of Tokyo was much the same over the three days we were there, so I thought the time would be best illustrated by dividing this section into the significant events that were experienced.