Jack in Tokyo

I joined more than 15,000 in Chiba (near Tokyo) to see one man. His name is Jack Johnson. The train from Tokyo ward area to Chiba was crowded with parents and their children aswell, but they went to Tokyo Disneyland. 30 minutes later, off the train, we joined the trail of people to see Jack.










The concert was awesome!!! We were about a third from the front, and packed in like sardines. I was lucky to have to have small Japanese people in front, so I had a good view. They're polite and pretty quiet too as all I heard was foreigners' voices.

After the rush of people leaving the concert, and the train ride home, we went for a bite to eat, then checked into the hotel at 2am. Check out at 10am... still needed more sleep.

Sunday was a perfect day in Tokyo. Walking in Rapponggi. Visited the long awaited Diesel store, imported goods are to expensive here. Went to Mori Art Museum... Much of the time there was spent in the gift shop, flicking through books, and waiting for the rain to stop. The sun came out and we headed to Harajuku.

Everytime that I'm in Harajuku, I notice a group of women lined up for something by the subway entrance. This time I decided to investigate. It wasn't a line for the bakery or the cafe across the path, because it wasn't busy. A couple of guys in matching jackets which had Johnny's written on the back came to my attention, who were talking to the women. We are onto something, I thought. Rich and I sat on a bench, feeling quite silly, waiting to see what happens next. Suddenly half of the women in line was escorted by a Johnny's guy. We jumped to our feet, and walked beside them, while pretending to be subtle. Arriving at a small gate before a store, the women handed in a pink ticket, then proceeded to a basement floor. We tried to peek into the store, where we saw polariod pictures of, what we assume were Japanese and Korean pop-stars, as their names were on a sign-board by the door. That's all I know, until I figure out how to find out......

I'm happy knowing where the women go, my curiousity over, but I do wonder what exactly is down there. Rich was furious, this little activity has gotten him more curious as to what goes on in that basement....????

After we knew there's no point trying, we went window shopping. Walked along a beautifully tree lined road, where you'd find shops like Dior, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Jimmy Choo... and many more. I did however stop in a surf shop to find another birthday present for my little brother. This time I decided on a Quicksilver t-shirt which had the famous Mt. Fuji and waves painting by Hokusai and the Quicksilver logo to look pretty much alike, well the general picture kinda looks similar. By the way, Hokusai's museum is 30 minutes away from my house.... Also on this tree lined road there was a disney store, and more other toys. I bought Joe little figures of Final Fantasy and some Wallace and Grommit things. For myself, Snoopy stickers, and Rich bought a Lilo & Stitch lunch box.

















It was a late lunch at 4pm. Rich decided we should eat Mexican food. It's rare in Japan, so since we're in Tokyo, we may aswell. With the excitement and wanting a taste of everything, we ordered too much food, we couldn't let it go to waste, it would be very un-japanese of us. After sitting in there for over 2 hours, it was time to catch the bullet-train home, for a much needed sleep.