The Harajuku Alley

These "guys" welcome you and say goodbye to you on either side of Harajuku Alley. Interesting place. I liked it.
Crossing a bridge that divides Shibuya and Harajuku, this scene struck as so unique, I don't know what this building is called but I loved the contrast between nature and modern.

The Meiji Shrine/ Harajuku

This beautiful gravelled path winding its way to the Meiji Family Shrine in Harajuku is so beautiful, the trees are massive and basically cover the overhead like a canopy. Anyway its nice.
The two trees on the sides of the Meiji Shrine were striking to me and you can see in the sky that lightning is coming soon and sure enough about 10 minutes later it was loud and rumbling and pouring rain.
In the famous Harajuku Alley of shops, I've never seen so many umbrellas in one spot like this so I had to take a picture of it. Its funny that on the streets there were umbrellas sellers while it was raining.

On the way to Harajuku

This is part of a long paved corridor full of buskers and all kinds of interesting people. KInd of like part of the Seattle Center in a way. The neighborhoods it connects are Shibuya and Harajuku. Both very famous neighborhoods in Tokyo. It felt like Seattle through here
Here I go again with the architecture, Not sure what this one is but maybe a sports arena of some kind near Harajuku, Tokyo
In Harajuku, the entrance to a giant gravelled path through huge treed forest on the way to a famous Meiji Dynasty Shrine

Train Station in Yokohama, Shibuya to Harajuku Neighborhood

The train station in Yokohama that we spent many trips coming and going from in 48 hours. All part of the Japanese lifestyle. I think its better than sitting in traffic

I don't know what this building was but it struck me as very unique and I love unique architecture.
I think Japanese style is wild and very Western, particularly they have an amazing collection of footwear. Look at these thick soled shoes on JL!!!

JL and I in Yokohama at Ramen Museum (Yes the Noodles)

What a couple of saps, outside the Ramen Museum. Home of many kinds of ramen noodles and you can try them all. Quite delicious but very salty so ice cream was craved for the next 10 hours and then it was satisfied at Baskin Robbins in Shibuya
Mister JL at the Ramen Museum. It looked Disney land in there, the fake facades everywhere and atmospheric lighting and music playing taking you back to the war days I think in Japan.
On the way out of the Museum place and headed for the train station of course before we hit up Tokyo again.

the sun Rises in Yokohama, Tokyo with JL

With the famous Hashiko "Dog" in Shibuya, Tokyo
Probably the biggest 4-way crosswalk in the world, Tokyo
This is Spiderman trying to get a grip somewhere on this absolutely packed train car going home at believe it or not 12am even then the train is loaded. So funny!!!