We also went to Takeshita Street, which is basically Harajuku. I loved this street. But alas, it was raining so we didn't do much exploring. We did have their famous crepe for brunch, at Marion Crepe. There are lots of choices of crepes along this road so really you can't go wrong, just follow the queue. We also went to the 100 yen store Daiso (of course!) and the 390 yen Thank You Mart. I picked up some green tea cookies and Moomin cookies at Daiso, plus Hello Kitty goodies. The Thank You Mart was a gem. I found a really cool Toy Story canvas bag.

If you like to see what's in store at the street, go check on Youtube for Kim Dao, an Aussie who loves to come to Japan. She has the best guide to Harajuku! But besides the shopping for fashion, I was really looking forward to going into their drugstore. One of the biggest is called Matsumoto Kiyoshi. I would go along the aisle for a long time just trying their skin products or makeup! After a few visits, I finally bought my first Japanese makeup, which is Majolica Majorca's Lash King mascara. FYI, Majolica Marjorca is the sister line of Shiseido.




To escape the rain, we went outside of the city to Kamakura, to the see the Giant Buddha. Here I was there. It was interesting--to get to the place, you have to ride an old electric train, which reminded me of the train Sen rode in Spirited Away. It was so crowded though-the feeling like just like going on the Commuter Line in Jakarta.

There we had lunch at this really humble Chinese restaurant. I had Char Siu noodles and fried rice which was delicious. You can't find that many restaurants along the road leading to the Buddha. But, you can find lots of ice cream place. When in Japan, eat matcha ice cream!