January 21, 2010
The New Years Day Walk
Every New Years Day my family and I embark on a walk which is normally down to a beach near our beach house in New Zealand. However, this year as we were in Japan, we decided to go to the Meiji forest which is right next to Harajuku for a casual stroll as an escape from urban Tokyo life.
Little did we know that most of the Tokyo inhabitants would also choose to visit the Meiji forest on New Years Day as well. I would assume most of the Japanese went because of the temple that is there whereas we went for a nice stroll. Although our walk wasn’t quite as we expected, we still enjoyed the many food stalls that were out on display down the main street of Omotesando which neighbors the Meiji forest.
Liam