Tee peal põrkasin kokku šveitsi/iiri tüdrukuga, kellega saime koheselt sõpradeks, sest me kumbki ei teadnud, mis me teeme. Jutustasime ja jõime hommikukohvi ja siis läksime eri suundades.. Vahetasime kontakt andmeid ka, aga kes teab, kas kunagi üksteisele kirjutamiseni ka jõuab..
Nägin kuulsat ristmiku. Ei olnud väga tiheda liiklusega, veel. Tööpäev jm.
Tatsasin natuke ringi erinevatel Shibuya tänavatel. Leidsin 5-korruselise MUJI poe ja tahtsin sisse kolida.
Ja siis jõudsin järeldusele, et tuleb neid teisi kuulsaid kohti ka külastada. Läksin siis yoyobi pargi ja mei-ji templi poole.
Ideaalselt geniaalne orienteerumisoskus lükkas end käima - kellel neid kaarte ikka vaja on kui sisetunne ütleb, et tuleb minna sinna suunas ja nii ongi tavaliselt.
Pargitasin nats.. Leidsin sisse käigu mei-ji templisse, hiiiiigel suurte Toriidega. Tundsin end nagu mõnes Studi Ghibli filmis.
Siis jalutasin Shinjuku poole (endiselt, kellel neid kaarte ikka vaja on?) et gyoeni aeda minna, aga siis kui ma sinna jõudsin, oli see juba kinni, deeeem.. Tatsasin nats Shinjukus ringi, sõin (tuli meelde...) nuudleid, mida oli hirmus palju ja siis metrotasin tagasi Shibuyasse, et õhtuseid suuri reklaamvalguseid näha.. Nägin! Ja rahvast oli umbes kakskümmend korda rohkem kui päeval - appii!
Ruttasin minema, Ruppongi Hillsi poole, sest mu 8-aastane mina ei saanud jätta Sailor Mooni näitusel käimata. (Lisaks järgmine kõrge torn, kust alla vaadata).
Ja siis oli kell mingine 23, kerged 15km maha käidud ja aeg oli pea padjale seada.
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Morning started with trying to find my way to the famous Shibuya crossing (first fighting the metro ticket machines).
On my way I met a Swiss/Irish girl, and we immediately became best friends for life and decided to have morning coffee together. Talked about many a thing, and then departed our separate ways, and we'll probably never hear from each other again, ever.
Morning traffic on the big & famous Shibuya crossing isn't that impressive.. A bit, but you know.. Meh. I guess it was a working day and everything. I was more taken away by the HUGE buildings and ads (is billboard an american word? Is that what they are?)
Wandered along some of the streets, and found the enormous MUJI store that spans across 5-floors.
I still wonder how I made it out of there alive.
Then made my way toward yoyoba Park & the Meiji Shrine. Really proud of my amazing skill of orientation a who needs maps anyway?
Walked in the park for a bit, mused myself with watching a weird DJ-painter in action, and then headed toward the shrine. Behind the massive Toriis there's a forest path leading up to the shrine - made me feel like I was in Studio Ghibli movie.
Then onward towards to Shinjuku (still, who needs maps? The direction I usually choose is right anyway) with the intention of visiting the Gyoen gardens but the time I got there they were closed already.
So wandered around Shinjuku (a bit lost now), ate (I remembered!) and then found the safety of a metro station to get back to Shibuya to see the lit up version of the crossing.
Quite impressive. Also there were like trillions more people there now - hjelp!
Onwards to Ruppongi Hills, because my 8-year-old shelf could not not visit the Sailor Moon exhibition (and a chance to peruse over the city from another observation deck)
And then it was suddenly like 11pm, and I had walked more than 15km, and I really needed my bed.
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