ever!

best kitkat ever.... pudding (or leche flan?) flavor....  (saved some for you)...

best yoghurt drink ever.... strawberry cheesecake yoghurt....

best-looking smoking room ever.... smokers don't deserve this!

best yoghurt (not frozen) ever are in japan... from hokkaido....

coolest city ever!

bike raku

sis, where are you? :(  

last we spoke, you were in some area for a day to acclimatize in prep for a 3-day trek.

anyhoo, took better photos of the omotesando bike racks i was talking about.

they can used as benches, too.  clever right?

see you soon.

people, people

the main attraction of tokyo?  the people...

too bad i'm too hiya to ask to take their photos.

so here -- enjoy the backs and sides of the ones i managed to take.

buildings, buildings

audi building slash glass sculpture...

coolest nike store ever...

toons peeking out...

white light never looked so cool....

top floor not really on top....

yun lang :)

trash cans?

in the city of all things yummy and packaged to the max (take note of individually packed egg),

in the city of vending machines, 

(this is the best vendo ever!!! it dispenses ice cream sandwiches!!!!),

you won't see trash cans on sidewalks... because they don't really eat while walking/moving.

even their food courts have no chairs & tables.... you're to take the food home to eat, i guess.

yun lang :)

harajuku's security guards

irrishaemasheee!

pompiduku

japan's fascination with the french is apparent everywhere we go...

in this small artsy area of west harajuku, we saw this:

doesn't it remind you of the pompidou?

it's an art gallery, made up of smaller galleries -- most of them with the actual artists hanging around them!

creepy...

anyhoo, i think the japanese & french really share a lot of things in common:

- love for all things small and intricate

- serious fashion sensibilities

- distinct and delicate cuisines

- an almost 'us first, tourists later' way of thinking 

- strong sense of heritage

and perhaps more.