DAY FOUR: * Meiji-jingu shrine all to myself before 8am * elaborate morning prayer ritual by Shinto priests kicked off by male shrine attendant batting the taiko drum baseball-style * tour groups pouring into the shrine only after everything was over * couples in full kimono posing for wedding photos * Harajuku station * Takeshita-dori * Omotesando * Aoyama-dori * Shibuya station * Hachiko statue * hunt for FIFA World Cup 2002 official store in 6 buildings of Parco Shibuya (again, those responsible for this know who they are) * Tokyu Hands * unsuccessful hunt for black fan continued at Seibu Shibuya * emerging from the right exit from the infamous Shinjuku station with 60 exits * Tokyo Metropolitan Government building * fourth consecutive day of unending TV news coverage of failed North Korean asylum bid at Japanese embassy in Shenyang *

	Meiji shrine, Tokyo: handphones are everywhere, yet I've never heard any ring nor beep while on public transport, unlike in Singapore		posing for wedding photos outside the Kaguraden (Hall of Sacred Music & Dance), Meiji shrine
	lanterns, Meiji shrine		Mashi Maro on its life-size throne, Kiddy Land storefront, Omotesando, Harajuku
	cold 'life partner' (the name of the drink) for 150 yen, vending machine, Harajuku		no store barkers or sings: sign outside Starbucks outlet, Harajuku
	ceramic tanuki statue, Aoyama-dori, Tokyo		takoyaki stall, Aoyama-dori
	Ice Cream Week, Koen-dori, Shibuya: beats any of the government campaigns that inundate Singapore		Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Nishi-Shinjuku - free views of Tokyo & beyond from the 45th floor observation decks [ architect: Tange Kenzo ]

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