At Takeshita Dori--look at the crowd. Whew! Today, Tamika and I visited Harajuku, which is home to teenage fashion culture. This was our second visit to the area, and we went for three main reasons: to see Japanese teens dressed as their favorite cartoon characters, visit a park and shrine, and shop at Oriental Bazaar.
Tackling this city is a feat in and of itself, which is why this was our second visit. You can never finish all of what you planned, and today was no surprise. We saw some teenagers dressed in outlandish costumes. The park and shrine will have to be tackled on another day--as long as we got to shop I was content ;-)
Oriental Bazaar is one of Tokyo's largest souvenir shops, and they had some beautiful goods. We had fun browsing around the store and picked up a few items along the way. The store was magnificent and replete with nice trinkets.
St. Patrick's Day parade. The streets were crowded with people. There was hardly any room to walk.
On Omotesando avenue outside of Oriental Bazaar. Tamika finds the coolest things!
Having a fabulous time
Riding the subway back to the hotel 
A dessert shop in Tachikawa station. The Japanese are big on sweets and presentation. Desserts are meticulously arranged on platters and look gorgeous. However, their level of sweetness is not the typical "sweet" in the U.S.As a dessert junkie, I wasn't too impressed with the strawberry milkshake I had, cinnamon roll, manju, or doughnut. YES, I kept trying things, but it was the experience that counts. I did have something today that tasted like a light and airy poundcake; it wasn't very sweet, but it was good. At any rate, the wagashi was delicious, so it made up for everything.
Streets of Harajuku (along Ometasando avenue)
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