Last day in Japan. I am emo
Sep. 16th, 2006 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieToday is our last glorious, full day in Japan. I don't want to go back home! Please!
I can proudly report buying two really cool Japanese skirts for self (and two pairs of shoes and a handbag). I feel more fashionable already! I was looking for a shirt or so, and there were a couple of cool sweaters, but poor Mr. Mousie was being very sweet and patient and I did not want to keep him bored for longer. Presents have also been bought for everyone who was getting them (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
katranna and aliterati, you better like yours!)
We went to Akihibara today and saw every electronic gadget one could imagine. Also saw girls in anime and maid outfits. Funnily enough, Akihibara had almost no fashionable (dyed or layered) hair at all, thus proving geeks are unfashionable the world over :P
Also went to the area where the sumo arena is. All the tickets were sold out but we saw a crowd lined up outside, and as a bunch of sumo wrestlers were walking out, the crowd surged towards them for autographs and pictures. Which was cool, and probably almost as fun for such an ignoramus as myself as watching a match.
We also went to the top of Tokyo Municipal Building and Oh. My. God. Fritz Lang, eat your heart out! Metropolis has nothing on this. You see city as far as the eye can see, in any direction.
Ended up taking a stroll through Harajuku, which was so fashionable it hurt. There were a bunch of clothing stores which were unbelievable (think Victorian by the way of anime and a fetish enthusiast) but the owners did not want pictures taken, so alas...
You saw people all over walking dressed that way too (both men and women). When I went to the store bathroom, it was an entertainment unto itself, as the other people in line were either:
a. Gothic Lolita types
b. Victorian as imagined by Hugh Hefner
c. At home as anime cosplayers
d. Punk in bondage
I really wish I had a sneaky camera, because people there were WAY worth photoing. In fact, I rather must apoligize about my earlier cracks about the Hana Yori Dango j-drama fashion. It is very mild comparative to Harajuku (and Shibuya, though there it is less in your face). Compared to the stuff in the stores and on people, the HYD guys were a model of conservatism.
I continue to be a bit confused in regard to some guys: now and then I have to do a double take to reconfirm whether it is a man or a woman (invariably, it is a man). I am turning into Miaka and staring at people's chests. Tonight we passed a very sweet looking couple (he was sitting on the railing, holding her face up to him by her chin and she was smiling at him all radiant) and I seriously had to stare and stare and yup, he was indeed a he. Androgeny seems to rule here :P
Now we are in Shibuya enjoying the sights and then on to a late night onsen. I bought a copy of the 'Silence' soundtrack (they have TONS of F4 vids and CDs) and I gotwinterspel a Jay Chou CD+VCD (not sure what as it is all in Chinese).
And tomorrow a flight back. Booooo!
I can proudly report buying two really cool Japanese skirts for self (and two pairs of shoes and a handbag). I feel more fashionable already! I was looking for a shirt or so, and there were a couple of cool sweaters, but poor Mr. Mousie was being very sweet and patient and I did not want to keep him bored for longer. Presents have also been bought for everyone who was getting them (
katranna and aliterati, you better like yours!)We went to Akihibara today and saw every electronic gadget one could imagine. Also saw girls in anime and maid outfits. Funnily enough, Akihibara had almost no fashionable (dyed or layered) hair at all, thus proving geeks are unfashionable the world over :P
Also went to the area where the sumo arena is. All the tickets were sold out but we saw a crowd lined up outside, and as a bunch of sumo wrestlers were walking out, the crowd surged towards them for autographs and pictures. Which was cool, and probably almost as fun for such an ignoramus as myself as watching a match.
We also went to the top of Tokyo Municipal Building and Oh. My. God. Fritz Lang, eat your heart out! Metropolis has nothing on this. You see city as far as the eye can see, in any direction.
Ended up taking a stroll through Harajuku, which was so fashionable it hurt. There were a bunch of clothing stores which were unbelievable (think Victorian by the way of anime and a fetish enthusiast) but the owners did not want pictures taken, so alas...
You saw people all over walking dressed that way too (both men and women). When I went to the store bathroom, it was an entertainment unto itself, as the other people in line were either:
a. Gothic Lolita types
b. Victorian as imagined by Hugh Hefner
c. At home as anime cosplayers
d. Punk in bondage
I really wish I had a sneaky camera, because people there were WAY worth photoing. In fact, I rather must apoligize about my earlier cracks about the Hana Yori Dango j-drama fashion. It is very mild comparative to Harajuku (and Shibuya, though there it is less in your face). Compared to the stuff in the stores and on people, the HYD guys were a model of conservatism.
I continue to be a bit confused in regard to some guys: now and then I have to do a double take to reconfirm whether it is a man or a woman (invariably, it is a man). I am turning into Miaka and staring at people's chests. Tonight we passed a very sweet looking couple (he was sitting on the railing, holding her face up to him by her chin and she was smiling at him all radiant) and I seriously had to stare and stare and yup, he was indeed a he. Androgeny seems to rule here :P
Now we are in Shibuya enjoying the sights and then on to a late night onsen. I bought a copy of the 'Silence' soundtrack (they have TONS of F4 vids and CDs) and I got
winterspel a Jay Chou CD+VCD (not sure what as it is all in Chinese).And tomorrow a flight back. Booooo!
