What a crazy city! And amazing!The first day was very overwhelming, so many sounds, people, colors, lights, everywhere.The subway is a maze, with so many lines that connect many times, you can spend hours in the underground, walking. Some platforms are so long, that once I walked from one end to the other, the next train already arrived. Bringing many people with it. The platforms have some kind of security barrier, i suppose it’s to prevent suicides.
There are also some rules to help when it’s too crowded:
The first day brought also the chance to visit the National Museum of Art for free. I was impressed how Japanese treat the museums: they lined in a queue and were slowly walking all in an unison to read and see ALL the objects that were displayed. I personally never saw something like that, they took a look at all objects, all texts, all people in the museum. This was really unbelievable. I found some things really interesting, about the history of Japanese art:
When I finished, i slowly walked to the Used Book Market. This was also crowded, people stopped by, bought books, looked at them, were very curious about each of them. It’s interesting to see what kind of standard Japan has, it’s very hard to cope with it. At this point my body almost wasn’t reacting anymore, so I HAD to sleep a bit, because I couldn’t walk anymore.
After a two-and-a-half sleep break, I went again outside with fresh forces. First I visited the Senso-ji, one of the oldest temple in Japan. It was night and the illumination looks so wonderful!
Next was Shibuya Crossing, that is crowded until late in the night.
There is no garbage bin anywhere on the street and also no garbage.
There is air conditioning in use everywhere: bus, shops. Ok, now in Tokyo there are 19 degrees, but there is no need from my point of view for air conditioning.
During the Shopping in Shibuya, I found very wierd things. Beside the kinky stuff, these I found funny:
This one is to massage that part of the finger. I never knew someone needs to massage it …
This one looks weird, but it’s actually a massage tool for the muscle of the face. Now it makes sense, right?
And everywhere masks: many forms, colors, uses. I don’t know why they are really into them and they really use masks intensely.
On the way to the hotel, a very strong rain started. It seems there is rain on this coast, i hope it will not be too long.
I noticed that the Japanese are experts at sleeping in the public transportation. Is there a training for it, here, in Japan? I would need some, eventually until I return back home.