Tokyo Friend-Trip, Part 1
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This past week was Golden Week in Japan, which is a week in late April/May when 4 national holiday days fall together meaning - Holiday time! It's one of the busiest travel times in Japan as it's notoriously hard for people in Japan to get time off work for extended periods.
As we had some of our best friends over from Australia, as well as little G's dad, who was happy to look after G for a few days, we headed to Tokyo for a child-free trip with friends! It was so much fun! Although we love travelling with our little guy, it's a rarity for us to have someone to babysit for us so we are so grateful that we got to have a grown up 3 nights in Tokyo.
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| Out on the streets of Shibuya |
We arrived at our apartment in Shibuya at around 4:30pm so dropped off our luggage at our AirBnb and headed out to show my friends around Shibuya. We went shopping at my favourite store, Loft, as well as some of the shoe shops (ABC Mart and Asbee) before having a drink at the closest bar and then heading out for more snacks and drinks at an izakaya. On the way back to our apartment, we passed a Lindt cafe that was still open and couldn't resist getting some chocolates as well as a soft service ice cream! It was delicious!
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| Lindt soft serve was amazing! |
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| I love the colour of the taxi's in Tokyo |
Because we visited on Kodomo no Hi (Children's day) there was a parade happening with some traditional floats being pulled around the temple with small children taking part. There was also lots of festival food stalls around the temple. We chose to get Kakigori (shaved ice) because it was such a warm day and sat down to eat it by a gingko tree.
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| Soe of the many souvenirs available from the stores on Nakamise street, approaching Sensoji Temple |
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| Tokyo Skytree in the distance |
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| Fresh senbei crackers being made on Nakamise St near Sensoji Temple. |
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| Lovely Sensoji Temple |
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| Kakigori (Shaved ice) was perfect on a hot day! |
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| A parade for Children's day |
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| So lucky for this woman <3 |
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| Such a beautiful sunny day |
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| Loved hanging with these awesome guys! |
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| The Japanese garden on the Sensoji grounds is so lovely |
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| Children's day festivities at Sensoji Temple |
After finishing up at Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, we headed to Tokyo station for vegan ramen at T's Tan Tan, then hopped on the Yamanote line train to Harajuku where we made our way through the crowds on Takeshita Dori (street) before heading to Commune 246 for dinner and drinks (separate post to come on that awesome place!).
If you're thinking about a holiday in Tokyo, I really recommend staying at the apartment we were in. It was 2 bedrooms with really comfortable beds and only a short walk from Shibuya station! You can find the link here, and if you sign up for Airbnb with my link, you will get money off your first stay!
5 comments
This is the definition of a Wanderful day! So beautiful! How long have you been living in Japan? Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteI've been here for almost a year and a half now! Thanks for stopping by :)
DeleteI didn't know they had a Lindt cafe in Tokyo! I've never even seen one in Europe! Anyway, Tokyo seems gorgeous in springtime!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous colours! What an amazing way to spent a week of national holidays (I think every country should have a week like that!!) and that ice-cream looks so incredible, especially as that's my favourite brand of ice-cream, mmmm!! Thanks so much for linking up with #Wanderfulwednesday, hope to see you again next week!
ReplyDeleteYay for grown up time! This looks like so much fun and that ice cream looks unbelievable! I didn't know Lindt made ice cream! Thanks so much for linking up with us! :D #WanderfulWednesday
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