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Visit the Ginza district on a Sunday.The streets are closed to traffic and it's a great time to stroll around the area with it's many shops. Perfect for people watching!
Ginza is well connected to both underground and overland train services. The nearest station is, not suprisingly, called Ginza.
Not particularly original this one, featuring in a Belle & Sebastion song and all. Just outside the Meiji shrine on Sunday afternoons, right near Harujuki, all sorts of weird creatures and freaks assemble dressed as their favourite anime characters or gothic victorian dolls amongst other things, and all seem willing to have their picture taken. Once you tire of this, your right near trendy Harujuku with limited edition trainer shops, perhaps Japan's only Pizza Express and even a Gold's Gym.
Meiji jingu mae station
This branch of Starbucks is located at the busy Shinjuku intersection on the first floor. Get in there and grab a window seat and sit and watch Tokyo go by outside.
1st Floor
Shinjyuku Green Tower Bldg., 6-14-1, Nishi-shinjyuku Shinjuku-ku TOKYO
Shinjuku Station
The ideal vantage point to stand and watch Tokyo’s teens come out to play in their thousands, even on school nights. The exit is named after a dog who would turn up at the station every day to wait for her master. When her master died, in the 1920s, Hachiko continued to show up daily until her own death 11 years later. The show of dedication touched Tokyo hearts and led to the statue in her honour. The gesture is possibly Shibuya’s only nod to sentimentality.
Grab a seat upstairs by the window on a Saturday afternoon and watch Tokyo’s smart set as they do the rounds of designer clothes shops, department stores and the nearby Apple Store. The cappuccino isn’t bad, either.
Near the main pedestrian crossing in Ginza; also branches all over the city
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