Shibuya

Day two and we continue to explore Japan's capital. Today we went to Shibuya by foot.. yea we walked there and it was raining the entire time. Japanese are really used to rain and the entire town seems built around the fact that it does rain quite a bit in Tokyo. Outside every store, restaurant and coffee shop there is either a place for you to hang your umbrella or a machine that will wrap the umbrella for you so that you can bring it into the store without getting the floor wet. This thing is brilliant.
Walking to Shibuya from Shinjuku takes about an hour and something like 5 minutes with the Yanamote line. Shibuya is all about shopping and all the brand name stores like Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss are everywhere. The clientel seems to be young people and it is very trendy. I ended up buying a Tshirt and a pair of pants.

Some things are similar in both Stockholm and Tokyo. For example in both Tokyo and Stockholm you don't talk to strangers on the subway and it is dead quiet in the carts. Also you never tip, they won't accept it. I realize we do tip sometimes in Sweden but it seems unusual. Also when you buy things never hand the clerk money, always put the money in the little tray on the counter. First time I tried to buy something the clerk was almost shocked that I tried to hand her money. Japanese are however very tolerant with tourists and will try to help if they can. Unfortunately not many speak english even among the young people but those that do are usually good, not swedish good but good... German good.

Unforunately I don't have any photos of all this on the Ipad since I only brought the camera with me, ill try to work something out soon. More to come.