The rain had dissipated through the night leaving a very sunny and hot morning. Pete and I went to the electronic district at Akihabara, whilst Ellina went off to a fashion museum – I don’t have a sense of fashion so it would be wasted on me.
Every gadget you could want, old or new was for sale. It was also a bit nerdy, but not the cool nerdy. Despite the plethora of high tech on offer, I came away with a water bottle.
From there we went to Shibuya, and took part in the infamous crossing. A huge crowd, enough people to fill a football stadium waited for the pedestrian crossing lights to go green.
Once it did, everyone en masse moved as one, people crisscrossed the junction in ordered chaos. From there we had lunch at another Izakaya style restaurant – like yesterday’s.
We then met up with Ellina to make our way to Azabudai for the Teamlab Borderless exhibition. An immersive digital art show.
I was very impressed. An amazing experience. Rooms had light shows, pictures and patterns projected on the walls and floors. One room looked like you were within a waterfall.
A travelling musical band of animals moved around the corridors. I followed them to a room where they danced and partied.
A room had baubles with lights inside, dangling from the ceiling. It felt like you were amongst the stars. One had walls of mist, with more animations projected on it.
That is only half of the experience, don’t want to spoil it all!
From there we had a drink then headed back to Chuo area for dinner. On the way back to the hotel we called into 7Eleven for a couple of cans of beer and had them in the hotel foyer.
Early one tonight, as tomorrow it’s a day trip to Mt. Fuji.
Stu's Camino 