Shimokitazawa (2004-05-04)
The Sunday before last we went to Shimokitazawa (
), a place frequented
by
teens and
people in their twenties who browse the many boutiques there. It
is only eight minutes from Shinjuku (
) on the Odakyu Line (
) express
train. We used to live in a suburb on that train line and
therefore visited the place occasionally back then. We just
wanted to go back and see what has changed. As soon as we came out of the station, we were surrounded by young
people, many of whom looked like highschool kids. We found a
supermarket right outside the north exit which wasn't there three years
ago. A well-known electronics store in Akihabara (
) has opened a
branch there. We also saw quite a few new shops and
restaurants. Just walking the streets there brought back a lot of
memories of the first two years of our lives in Japan. I can't
imagine one day visiting Tokyo after we move back to Sydney, what a
mind-blowing explosion of flashing memories we will be having.
We left Shimokitazawa in late afternoon and went to Kichijoji (
)
to get
the yummy bread from Le repas and cakes and apple pie from Takano
before heading home. It was a good day out but I do feel old
walking down the memory lane in Shimokitazawa and walking past all
those young people there.
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