Today I went to see the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. It took me an entire morning to figure out that the castle itself no longer exists and that I was exploring the buildings and land that remain.
The landscape was beautiful. My friend gave me a crash course in photography before I left so I got to try taking pictures with different settings. Hopefully in the future it won't take 10 minutes to take a picture.
After, I went to Harajuku (the fashion district) of Tokyo. It was overwhelming how many people were there. It was rainy all day so everyone had their umbrellas out. But there were so many people that it was difficult to get anywhere, all I could see was umbrellas. I finally just put mine away and was perfectly covered and dry since there were layers of umbrellas over my head.
I strolled off the main road into the alleyways looking at tiny shops and studios. There were less people, but it was very expensive and too bold for my taste. I ended up returning to the hotel empty handed.
I went on my own to do a little shopping back in Ueno. I wanted to get a few new outfits since everything fits me so well here.
I ended up spending most of my money at Daiso instead. Daiso is a dollar store on crack. It has so many quality things: notebooks, food containers, towels, EVERYTHING for 100 yen (with the exchange rate, it's less than $1.00).
The problem is that I sent my suitcase ahead to Nagasaki this morning; I had to choose the most necessary items if I were to buy anything at this point.
I don't remember everything I bought.
All I know now is that my bag is difficult to shut with a pack of drinking straws in it.
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