The budget travel: Tokyo 10th-14th March 2016 Final leg

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So this is our final leg in Tokyo. Truly an adventure to remember. We will definitely come back. Juan is now talking about wanting to visit Tokyo again. 4 days weren't enough for us. We skipped so many places. If you Google interesting places to visit in Tokyo, the result only shows tourist attraction sites. Actual fact, if you were to read travel blogs from experienced traveler, there are more.

We decided to go on a slower pace on the last day of our stay. We wanted to make sure that we embrace the culture, the people and the food one last time (and the cold weather).

Our Tokyo Metro pass has expired by this time. You have 3 types of pass ; 1 day, 2 day and 3 day. We decided not to purchase an extra 1 day pass as our JR pass is till valid. So it wasn't a problem for us to commute the train or subway. The only thing was, we can only ride trains that are under JR company and it takes slightly longer time to travel from one place to another.

We headed to Harajuku street and Shibuya downtown for the 2nd time to get my sister's overall pants. The 1st time was our 3rd day in Tokyo. We went for a brief walk, survey prices on souvenirs and to see what Harajuku is all about. The crowd were lesser at that time cause it was almost 7pm when we arrived at the Harajuku stations. Most shops along the main street were already closed because it was still late winter/early spring.

Prices around this area are quite reasonable compared to other places. You can find the weirdest souvenir to the most decent ones. Instead of walking on the same street, we explored the back alley of Harajuku. To our surprise, there are many more shops you can find. From toys, clothes, souvenirs, food, anime lovers and everything you can think of. You can also find variety of super cute cafe. The famous LINE cafe can also be found here. We didn't went in cause the line was super long.

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