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July 2008 Japan Trip, Day 1

My favorite place in Tokyo is the Hachiko exit around Shibuya and its surroundings, and it was the first place my friends and I visited once we arrived in Japan and dropped off our things at the hotel. It was a hot muggy afternoon but it was still as crowded as ever, especially the famous scramble crossing:

Shibuya scramble crossing

I spent some time walking around the shopping area and seeing what changed, which wasn't much:

Shibuya streets

And hey, the Condomania store was still there:

Condomania

After meeting up in Shibuya with all the SJEC people we all went to eat at 録 ~Roku~:

Dinner at 録 ~Roku~

and then after that we had a blast at karaoke:

Karaoke

And no blog post about Japan would be complete without some Engrish. Keen-eyed readers would notice a mistake in the mural on the wall above. Here's a close-up:

Mermaid Princess, Peal legend

and here's some of the text on the other walls:

At the bottom of the quiet sea, Beautiful mermaids' fighting starts now

The precious treasure which sleeps to deep sea

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