Landed in Tokyo!
And hit the ground running
I finaly arrived in Japan for my 8-week long trip with my family. It’s been an epic attempt to plan a trip to appease a group of 8 people, from 8 to 80 years old.
This is my mom’s first time in Japan. She has wanted to come for many years, but my dad, for some odd reason, never did. Their parents migrated to Brazil when they were children, and they weren’t alone: Brazil is the largest Japanese community outside Japan.
Unfortunately I can’t take my school age children for a long trip in the middle of a school year, so we will have to brave the summer heat. We arrived in Tokyo last Friday and it was hottttt!
I will post highlights of the trip here as much as I can. I can attest that my bag from Rachel Comey is a workhorse already. Here it is in the Shinkansen (bullet train) 🚄
We landed at 4:30am, and after refreshing and resting, we headed to Shinjuku Station to get some train tickets exchanged (wow, that was convoluted…) and we stopped by the Meiji Jingu Shrine ⛩️ at Yoyogi Park. We had a very ambitious plan to walk to Harajuku and Omotesando, but we gave up. It was way too hot, so we just relaxed at the park and headed back to the hotel.
Sunnies by YSL*
Meiji Jingu Shrine
Famous sake brewers donated their barrels to the shrine to be used in ceremonies and festivals. So beautiful.
You can write down a wish with a little donation to the shrine and they will add it to their prayers.
Old top by Ulla Johnson, very similar shape to this one, curved cargo pants by Another Tomorrow, my bag from Rachel Comey and Onitsuka Tiger Mexico sneaker that I got in Milan this Spring. I got my hat in an arts and crafts fair in Sag Harbor before I left to Japan.
We meandered through the park and, to everyone’s delight - especially my mother’s - we stumbled upon a spectacular Iris Garden. It keeps going and going. Huge and gorgeous.
On our way tot the shrine I bumped into a Dean & Deluca store. It made me miss it when it was in NYC.
I am late in posting, but will share more soon…
Patricia