We walked down Takeshita Street before looking for a small flea market at the nearby shrine. No luck with the market but the gardens surrounding the shrine were beautiful and we saw our first traditional wedding for the day.
From there we walked to Meji Jingu shrine. We were lucky enough to see two weddings taking place and one where the men of the family were actually inside the shrine itself offering their prayers while the massive drum was being played by a Shinto monk. It was a beautiful afternoon.
Around the corner from the shrine was the Yoyogi park. As soon as we entered the park, we were confronted by the infamous rockabilly Elvis'. Apparently they belong to two rival "mafia" gangs in Tokyo and every Sunday they have a kind of dance off with each other. Just bizarre! And the funniest thing was they were crap dancers! Ross and I were mesmerised by this for a while before we finally dragged ourselves away to look at the other sights in the park. Every where we looked there was something going on. A lot of groups were obviously rehearsing plays in full costume. A bunch of young Goths were simply stalking about the place. Many people were practising musical instruments or martial arts. It was amazing to see.
By this time the temperature had dropped significantly so Ross and I made a B-line for the train to pick up our stuff and head to Warren and Julie's. We finally arrived there about 5 and we were frozen to the bone and exhausted. Warren was kind enough to go out in the cold and get us Indian takeaway for dinner which we scoffed before heading to bed not long afterwards.
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