Harajuku Shopping

After 4 years of planning and anticipation, we finally made it over to Japan. Given where I work, one of my colleagues had chanted the name Harajuku in my ear atleast 5 times saying I must visit. Never under estimate the power of affirmation ;-)!




Once in Tokyo, I found myself feeling a burning urge to go to Harajuku - still cant explain why.

The narrow brightly lit lane dotted with adorable stores was hard to resist. As luck would have it, my shoes fell apart as we started walking down Harajuku. Conveniently it was right outside a shoe store! I call it 'meant to be', Hari calls it ' the cheat in me' - either which way, I was forced to walk in and buy a pair of cool suede boots.
It took over an hour to find a pair of boots that fit me. Serves me right for taking my giant Ogre feet to a fashion forward store in a country where women have the tiniest of feet that have stayed wrapped up in Japanese silk booties for very long.....