on our last full day in tokyo, we went to shibuya and harajuku. . . shibuya contains fames such as the nhk building (nhk is like the bbc of japan), lots of shopping, an amusing electronic museum, and the following dancers. . .
this style is called para-para dance. . . i watched a documentary (of sorts) about them on tv once, and it was the most ridiculous dancing i had ever seen. . . pretty much just hand movements. . . but they take it so seriously. . .and the leaders were so cruel that i was afraid to take their pictures when we happened to see them rehearsing on the street. . .weird, right?
not far from that trend are the teens in costume play. . . harajuku is a huge area for people to dress up in goth outfits and just kind of hang out with their friends and let random people take pictures of them. . . there may be more to all this, but that’s how it looked to me. . .
so. . .that evening we finally met up with toshi (after a year and a half of almost crossing paths – but not quite – in both america and japan) . . .now it’s his turn to visit kochi. . . if i can just convince him that the kochi airport is a safe place to fly into. . .
anyway, we finished our trip on saturday by going to shinjuku. . . which didn’t seem all that interesting aside from the basic setup of it containing the business center of tokyo on side of the tracks. . . and the redlight district on the other. . . quite the combination. . .anyway. . . one last picture from tokyo. . . in case you ever forget your pants. . . tokyo has them in vending machines for just five hundred yen. . .
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