Shibuya

From one end of the Ginza Line all the way to the other, we departed at Shibuya Station. The Shibuya scramble crossing is the quintessential image of Tokyo - thousands of people crossing in every direction. For us, this meant watching the sea of umbrellas battle for space on the crossing - quite a sight!

We found somewhere to warm up with a coffee, whilst wandering around the first but of Tokyo that was as we expected this city to be - busy, neon and a little overwhelming. The lack of space means many of the shops and cafes are in basements or the upper floors of buildings. Therefore it is often a challenge to work out what any building contains other than a directory hung on the building side. It certainly means that you can't easily approach either shopping or eating by looking in through windows to gauge your own interest.

We did briefly stop at the Disney Store...the display in which made it look like a massacre of cartoon characters had taken place!Baca selengkapnya