Today was one of those whirlwind days that packed in everything. We popped back into Tokyo and started strong with a visit to the famous Shibuya Scramble Crossing possibly the busiest pedestrian crossing in the world! Watching the wave of people flood the intersection from all sides was absolutely wild. Georgia thought it looked like a real life video game, and honestly, she wasn’t wrong.
Next stop: Shibuya Sky Garden. The panoramic rooftop views were unreal. If you ever want to feel like a tiny human in a giant city, this is the place, we grabbed some food from the IKEA that was just outside sadly I didn’t do Swedish meatballs. It was Swedish hotdog instead which confuse me slightly but it was nice nonetheless and cheap. After grabbing some churros on the roof and soaking in the rooftop park and buildings that tower around you, we headed off.
We went on a bit of a window shopping mission, Disney Store because George didn’t get enough at the two days at Disneyland clearly, Pokémon Centre (yep, it’s as cool as it sounds) The Pokémon store was a highlight for me having a picture with Ryu I think he must be every genx life long hero!
But the real “wow” moment of the day was our trip up the Tokyo Skytree the tallest tower in Japan and the second tallest structure in the world at 634 metres! We zoomed up to 450 metres, right to the top viewing platform, and the views were just jaw dropping. We also stopped at the 350 metre observation deck, where there’s that clear glass window area I took a photo of Ali from that height, pushing the pram on the ground below. She looks like a dot. The pushchair looks like a comma. Insane!
As dusk settled in, we wandered over to the nearby Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa. It was absolutely magical in the evening light lanterns glowing, incense in the air. We all had a go at the omikuji fortune slips. Dotty got the best fortune! Georgia and I both scored “good fortune.” Ali, poor thing, got a bad one and had to do the traditional fix tie it up to leave the bad luck behind.
We wound our way back through the high street, checking out quirky little shops and peeking in at the local restaurants. But after all that walking, we went full tourist and grabbed a quick dinner at McDonald’s (no regrets those Japanese fries hit differently), then caught the late train back to our Airbnb.
Big views, little fortunes, and a lot of memories. That’s Tokyo for you.
I would absolutely recommend doing any of these activities thoroughly amazing!, if you want to know any details let me know.
