On Saturday, we ventured into the Big Toe for some fine dining and general "big city" fun before heading to the Motor Show on Sunday. We also had arranged to meet a friend of Brian's in town just for a very limited amount of time on business. It was her first trip to Japan and we had a great time taking her around Shinjuku and Shibuya - two of the busiest areas of Tokyo. In fact, rumor has it that Shinjuku station is the busiest station in the world, and I have to say that I can well believe it. I used my cell phone to take the video below on exiting Shinjuku station at about 1 p.m. - NOT a busy time of day (it's not a great video - I have to get some practice, but I do think it shows Shinjuku station a bit, and I also wanted to try out Blogger's new "upload video" feature):
After lunch and window shopping around the east side of Shinjuku station, we went to the west (businessy and non-trendy) side where we checked into our hotel and then met Natalie. From there, we went to Shibuya - another very lively part of town. Here's a photo of Brian and Natalie standing outside at the Hachiko exit of Shibuya station at the most famous intersection in Japan:
Something Natalie said while going from shop to shop in Shibuya summed everything up: Sensory Overload...
EDIT: The Blogger video feature is great, but it seems to have compressed my video and reduced the quality a bit. I'm not complaining, though - I did take the video on my cell phone after all!
2 comments:
Sensory overload can be a good thing can't it? Everyone looks happy. The question is how light does the pocket book feel at the end of the day?
Loved the video experiment. Glad you included a shot of Natalie, too.
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