Ginza

IMG_4897.1_1We could leave our luggage at the youth hostel even though we didn’t have any bookings there which was nice. The plan is to get back there around 17 and shower, change clothes and beg for them to take care of our stuff while we hit the streets and don’t show up until late sunday morning. It’s been quite hot the latest days (around 30-35 during the day) but we left for Ginza around 10. Ginza is and old shopping focused area of Tokyo, Ginza actually means silver coin in Japanese. When we got there we checked out Sony’s showroom, some old fashionable stores, an apple-store and some other generic trendy stores. I prefer the shopping in Shibuya and Harajuku to this though, most of the stores were focused on ‘classic female fashion’ like Prada, Dior and so on. We thought of taking the lunch at Tiffanys (we had our breakfest already ;)) since it would even out the fact that we would sleep in a park for homeless later but instead found ‘Wendy’s. It was a little better than McDonalds but one visit per lifetime seems enough for now. After some traditional ogling outside the apple store (which was kind enough to leave their network open) we headed back to the large park near Tokyo station. It’s really soothing here and I guess we will sleep here tomorrow from noon until we are able to check in at another youth hostel (which have confirmed bookings on, yay!). I misplaced my black shades by the way so it’s pilot from now on. Bah.

Wish us luck for tonight, next stop is Womb!

A nice turn of the good old wheel

When we got back to the youth hostel after our stroll (we had walked quite a bit from Roppongi we realized when taking the sub back) we bumped into Sho, a japanese guy just a few years younger than us. He was in Tokyo for an job interview and originated from Aichi and his english was way better than the japanese average. He took us out for some eating and we had our own guide for the japanese cuisine. After several different dishes (you can share dishes straight from the plate apparently) we were satiated and happy. We had discussed cultural differences and helped us with the language so we could learn more handy phrases. On the way back we once again visited our favorite place for a quick shochu. We were greeted by the bartenders and what seems to be some of the regulars in the pub as well, which felt really nice. We discussed music and japanese for awhile before we headed back to the youth hostel. Sho told us that we were very welcome to stay at his place when/if we pass that city and it was on the way to Osaka/Kyoto so we think we will do that. He will leave for the states for some soccer camp later in next week but promised that he would work something out if we arrived then since his friends liked internationals. I spent some time searching for places to stay after the clubbing but it seems completely full due to some kind of summer festival or such.