Takeshite Street – Harajuku

The brightly pastel colored Takeshite street is home to dozens of “kawaiI” style cafes, little crepe shops, and cute boutiques on every corner. We took a long walk and a small side street to get onto the main street. I immediately spotted a crepe shop with what looked to be over 100 flavors of crepes. […]

The World’s Busiest Station

Shinjuku station was the biggest station in the world, and it certainly lived up to its title! Luckily, our hotel was pretty close to one of the entrances to the station. We walked down a long staircase into the station and figured out how to use a subway pass card that my mother had purchased […]

Shinjuku – Overview

Shinjuku, a bustling district, with the busiest subway in the world, was an interesting place to stay at for the first trip to Japan. We were in the airport bus to the hotel. Immediately upon arriving in the area, you could instantly notice a few aspects of the Japanese culture. Thousands of men and women, […]