Day 2: Harajuku and Sumo

I don't have any time to write much at the moment so I'll just jot down the highlights and upload a few photos and then come back and fill in the details later on.



We started off the day at the bridge in Harajuku as I really wanted to see some Japanese cosplayers. Unfortunately there weren't any around so we headed into the Shinto shrine next to it. Although Kimiko knew it was an unlucky day to get married there were two weddings taking place.



Had a go at the Buddhist cleansing ritual!



Some cosplayers turned up on the bridge by the time we were done.



We went to the first day of a huge sumo tournament. I was stopped on the way in by a tv crew and interviewed. There's been a big scandal in sumo wrestling as two of the top wrestlers were caught smoking marijuana and were thrown out. That's literally all the details I knew but somehow I ended up spouting my insane opinions on the subject for a good 5 minutes on Japanese TV.