1. It's pretty expensive
2. All the stores are 7 stories high
3. The fashion is on point
4. You will see a lot of brands you can find in the U.S.
With that said, our first stop was Shibuya. Now if you've ever seen a movie that features Tokyo's busy streets, it is most likely taped in front of Shibuya station. With its 6 directional crosswalk, it gets pretty busy once those lights turn green. Another thing to take notice if your ever in Shibuya is the Statue for Hachiko the dog. Hachiko is a dog that waited for his master at Shibuya everyday when he went to work. Faithful to his master, he continued waiting at the station for 9 years after his master died. In honor of his devotion, they built a statue of Hachiko in front of the station where I hear a lot of celebrities like to drop by and take a picture with the statue.
Continuing on, if your traveling on a budget with barely enough to buy stuff, you're basically window shopping around these areas. These shopping districts are not cheap. On average, a pair of jeans is minimum $100 and a T-shirt with a design is usually around $45-50. Another thing I found interesting was, it was pretty hard to find Japanese brands, a large amount of shops carried brands that you would normally find in the US. But unlike the US, instead of many big complexes of strip malls and department stores. There are a lot of small mom and pop shops. So you can find a treasure here and there.
Harajuku pretty much offered the same type of selection, but with the shops more scrunched up together. If your really into youth fashion, you can definitely find it on the streets of Harajuku. You can for sure find the next trend going to the US in the streets of Harajuku. One thing I did notice about Harajuku is that there is a street with nothing but Expensive American brands, this includes Gucci, LV etc. etc. In fact, you can find all those high end stores all over Tokyo. It ain't that hard to find.
Now hard to believe, but with all the walking and traveling. Our day was pretty much consumed with those two shopping districts. With myself feeling under the weather, I had to call that a day. FYI, Japanese medicine is not that strong compared to US medicine. So try not to get sick if your out here.
Day 8-13 is coming really soon. So stay tuned folks.
