Archive for May 29th, 2008
100 Yen Shop
The 100 Yen shops are just like our dollar store here.. but of course 100 Yen is about a 89 cents here. It sells a wide range of products .. for 105 Yen per item.. and everything.. i mean everything in the store. 5 Yen is for consumption tax. It’s a great store for both local.. and travelers.. on a budget.
They are just about at every corner in Japan. From multi storey stores.. to corner stores in the malls and expanding rapidly. Check out the 100Yen store Daiso Harjuku in Takeshita Dori which is said to be one of the biggest. They do have alot of awesome stuff.. and i did buy alot here.. for souvenirs and even food home.
Harajuku Fashion
Harajuku is commonly known as the area around Harajuku Station on Yamanote Line in Tokyo, Japan. This area is internationally known for its youth style and fashion. The Harajuki Street style is promoted in Japan and it is a way and place.. where the Japanese kids expresses themselves.
Lined with trendy shops and fashion boutiques, used clothes stores and crepe stands plus fast food outlets, you can see that the trend conscious teens are pleased to show off here. Visit Harajuku on a Sunday and experienced the costume play of these youngster as they dressed up in crazy costumes to resemble their favorite anime character or punk musicians.
My Japanese Friends & Cars
My Japanese classmates from college were crazy about cars. And you should see what they do with their car .. they really treat their cars as if they were the wives. They polish them with their car buffers and modify them ever so often.
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