Tokyo Day 7 Part 3 — Gothic Lolita, Marui One, Marui Young Shinjuku

After our lovely visit to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (Tokyo Day 7 Part 2), we visited Marui Young, a fashionable department store in Shinjuku, with 4 floors dedicated to Gothic, Lolita and street fashion. A Marui department stores are identified by its logo which looks like 0101. Maru means circle and i or ichi means [...]


Tokyo Day 1 Part 3 — Kabukicho, Hanazono Shrine

We had our first taste of Shinjuku (Tokyo Day 1 Part 2). After that, we explored the Hanazono Shrine and  the red light district Kabukicho. After dinner, we decided to take a look around Kabukicho. We somehow wandered into a crowded Hanazono Shrine. There was a fair going on – tori no ichi (open air [...]