tokyo, day 4

On 4/28/07, Leo wrote:

It’s noon after day 4, and yesterday we had another shopping day. We ate breakfast at the train station, and walked to Ueno Park. The park is a green oasis from the buildings and sidewalks. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated and missed the natural setting of Vancouver. After the park, we walked to the Ameyako street market, Harajuku, and Shibuya 109-2 for more shopping. The highlight was the KDDI telephone store in Harajuku, where we bought gifts for our friends. We returned, ate noodles with John, and took the subway to Roppongi. We were looking for karaoke, but instead found streets filled with black guys promoting their strip shows. What was memorable and disturbing was a creepy 50-year-old Japanese man walking into Lucy and trying to proposition her.

John, Lucy, Mark and I ate lunch at the train station, and Jennie got her hair cut at a very nice Japanese salon. Hopefully we will have time for karaoke tonight.