We visited the Meiji Jingu Shrine in time for the coming-of-age festival so there were groups of girls dressed in kimonos, and with it being so near new years there was a massive procession of people visiting the shrine to read their new years' fortune. There were ice sculptures lining the roads and massive sake barrel displays everywhere - it was quite impressive!
When we arrived there was also a traditional Japanese wedding taking place and I managed to snap a few shots of the gathering crowd and the bride in her simple but beautifully elegant attire.
Afterwards, we moved onto Harajuku, which was just around the corner. There wasn't quite as large a group of cosplayers as I'd hoped, but they were funny looking enough to take a photo of.
After a stroll down Takeshita Dori, a 400m long street of boutiques and cafes, which was obscenely crowded, we headed over to Roppongi hills. Since it was getting late, we decided to skip the gallery and look for some food instead. We settled on a seemingly innocent looking sumiba yakiniku place (teppanyaki where you cook your own meat over coals or a burner), which boasted an "english" menu... only to find that their so-called english was just romaji japanese; and that they were an offal specialist!! (the latter, we only found out the next day -_-) What we thought was going to be a platter of 4 (or 6) different types of meat was actually 4 (or 6) different types of pig intestine and cartilage! Fail!
mm, looks good so far!but then..
What we also read as "Wagyu beef tan set" was actually "Wagyu beef tongue set" (top pic)!! Double fail- though this wasn't quite as bad as the intestines, aka Horumon in Japanese. Naturally we clocked onto what we'd ordered and sent for some real meat...
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