Saturday 3rd october

Today we headed off to the very popular tourist destination of Harajuku with all the crew

Harajuku is a retail fashion and dining destination in its own right, but still earns much of its wider reputation a gathering place for fans and aficionados of Japanese and associated subcultures. Jingu Bashi, the pedestrian bridge between Harajuku Station and the entrance to the Meiji Shrine used to act as a gathering place on Sundays to showcase some of the more theatrical styles.

As we exited our apartment we were meet with a very familiar sight of people taking their dogs for a walk.. strollers and associated pet gear is huge business in Japan.

 Below is the start to the very busy retail street with lots of interesting people and their many fashion statements

Here's an old guy in the 100 yen shop dressed up as a Harajuku girl and you could also see his fruit and veg... reckon he would go down well in the Valley late at night.

We headed off to the local park called Yoyogi Park ( this park was used to house the Olympian Village in 1964) and hired some bikes .. really nice day with lots of people enjoying themselves in the park either picnicking or exercising. Char and I hired a tandem whilst Jo and Dan opted for normal bikes.

We headed back to the main part of Shibuya for a very late afternoon lunch and Joey took us to a really cool sushi place for lunch that she read about before we left. You order everything via the touch screen and it comes delivered to you via a automated delivery tray from the kitchen to your seat number. This was probably the best and lest expensive sushi I've had- definetly coming back here a few times next trip

On the way back to the station we went past the statue of a famous dog called Hachiko .During his owner's life, Hachiko greeted him at the end of each day at the station.The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return. The professor had passed away never returning to the train station where Hachiko was waiting. Each day for the next nine years, nine months and fifteen days he waited here for his master to return.

This was our last night in Tokyo so we ventured out late to a local restaurant.