DAY 2: FIRST DAY IN BUSTLING CAPITAL OF JAPAN-TOKYO...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We used the Japanese rails to go Iidabashi from Narita ,where the Tokyo central youth hostel. The journey was stunning. We traveled the way travelers do ,pulling our bags, taking care of it, being alert every moment. When we entered the train ,I was amazed to see it. The people are so disciplined. They maintain the silent, busy in their own work. Most of the people read books and use gadgets.We reached the hostel and it is a really tall building , and I am sure any Indian will be amazed to see it.  It is in the eighteenth floor of the building! And the view from there is splendid.!

1.  Ishaan and malaika in the train,looking tired.

    

2. People reading books and using their gadgets.

3. The splendid view of the city from the Tokyo central youth hostel.

Everyone went in different direction. Although I was alone, I couldn’t resist myself in going out and exploring the place. I went for a long walk. The weather was cold and beautiful. As today was shinchigosan(a festival when kids of aged three,five,seven go to the shrine and wear kimono for the first time) I saw many kids in kimono and they were really looking cute.! I observed that in japan people love nature, they take a lot of care of it. People use more of public transport ,cycles or walk to get to the place they want. When the time was up I went to back to the hostel. Then we were given the rooms. My roommates are Maliaka ,Mercedes and Zoya. As we were free in evening we decided to go to Harajuku,the marvelous fashion street in Tokyo.

4. A lady and a girl dressed in a kimono walking on the streets.

We took the train from Iidabashi to yoyogi station and then to harajuku. When we reached there our eyes were glued to the street. The street’s name is takeshita dori. It is a pedestrian street. The street was lined up with fashion botiques,cafes,accessories shops. It was crowed yet it was fun to explore it. As we read alot of information about tokyo before we found a store named kinji clothing store where in clothes are sold in cheap rates. she found that Kinji clothing store where you get the stock for cheap rates. So we decide to find the store.We wandered around the whole street,asked help from many japanese but didnt find one. We were sad but the bittersweet change was that we were carried away with the bing-bling accesories. Although i dint buy anything for me,malaika and mercedes went crazy buying the rings. We just went crazy looking at the things around. Everything was so cute and adorable. We actually went from shop to shop and checked the things there. when all this was going on, Zoya got lost. We were worried about her but thank god she made it back to Iidabashi. And even reached on time to the hostel.

5. Malaika posing with the ticket of Harajuku.

6. The shop of accesories in Harajuku.

7. Malaika starring at graffiti art,in streets of Harajuku.

The whole experience was really astonishing. Travelling ,Shopping, all alone indeed teahes alot. The first day was so awesome and I hope the remaining days will also bring alot of suprises. I'm really waiting to explore the country more about their culture,lifestyle,cusine! I'm in love with Tokyo!

- Lizzel Greta Dias