Last summer week?

Yesterday and today heavy rain has been falling over Tokyo. This might be a sign that hottest part of summer is over and we are approaching typhoon season before the autumn is coming. Last week was on the other hand very nice with temperature around 30 and a lot of fun with Jonas and Anna who came visiting from Stockholm.











Last weekend we found a street festival close to Yoyogi park where we could enjoy watching break dance battles and graffiti artists. Good fun, these guys were pretty good.











At the same street festival with cousin Jonas and his wife Anna, just hours after arriving in Tokyo.











One night at a festival in Azubadjuban we met this guy, Yohei, outside his store Hejsan. It turned out he spoke Swedish and the reason for that was because he went to an art school in Sweden. Far up north, outside Skellefteå town, in Solvik School just a couple of kilometers from were I grew up. What are the odds for that... I'm not even going to mention that saying about the size of the globe.



















One night at Maki's friends bar in the fantastic traditional bar area golden gai in Shinjuku (Shinjuku 3 chome).















Of course. Karaoke.











We also made an overnight trip to Hakone to see some nature and go to hot springs. This time we tried going with the famous pirate ship on the lake and it turned out to be an relaxing activity, and not as crowded as I've heard it can be.











We found a nice art gallery just off Harajuku street close to Ometesando. It was a fun place where the apartment building has been kept as it was (except for the repainting) and each of the small apartments in the 3 floor building contains a different exhibition. There is a small nice cafe as well if you are not that interested in art.











Cool painting on one of the walls of the art gallery.



















Print club. A good way to finish off the week. And gives you funny stickers as memory.