Like an overhyped movie...

Sadly, we've just had a really big run of bad luck. I think one of us didn't pay enough at one of the shrines or something cause we seem to have accumulated some bad juju / karma.

I had hoped we had put the whole Aso fiasco behind us. We traveled about 1200 kilometers by lunchtime (we left at 7 am). Fast bullet trains are fast!

Upon arrival, my first order of business was to go see the Harajuku girls everybody had been raving (heh) about. Sadly, it was kind of a shady day, so there weren't many out. Supposedly, they're supposed to love the camera. Not this group... the ones on both sides of the street were able to mime no photos. *sigh*. Interesting sub-culture though.

We watched Angels and Demons. The theatres here are a bit different, it's expensive to get in (1800 yen), but they give you an assigned seat, and you don't get gouged for food / pop. Too bad it started out with rapid fire Japanese. "Hadon Particle Collider" was written in engrish though. Wewt.

We called it a night and went for Sumo tickets today. It was a bit insane, as it's the very last day of the tournament. Lonely planet recommends arriving at 6 AM to ensure tickets. We accidentally slept in till then, and... well... you can see the photos of the lineup. A full city block (along the outside of it), for just the day's cancelled tickets.

The licks just keep on coming.

So... since now it's really, really pouring (and hence no 2nd attempt at seeing Harajuku girls) - we're just taking a shopping day instead. Imma gonna have ze nap (we still did get up at 6), and then see if I can break the streak with some retail therapy.

Go go duty free electronics stores. Wewt. I'll probably have more to say about electronic town later. (They alternate electronics, camera and sex stores. What an amazingly, fantastic neighbourhood!)

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