Tokyo Trip: Harajuku, Shibuya + Yamanashi: Hottarakashi, Kofu Castle

The Waseda Yosakoi team!!!!!
We happened to visit Meiji Jingu on the day of the annual Yosakoi competition. Feeling refreshed after a soak in the Hottarakashi Onsen in Yamanashi City. The onsen has one of the three best night views in all of Japan. I would have taken a photo inside, but I couldn't quite work up the courage to bring a camera into the onsen itself.

The strange obelisk at Kofu Castle.

The famous Shibuya crossing

We decided to grab a better view from the Starbucks that faces the crossing.
It's a interesting sight, watching several hundred people cross every couple minutes.
It was not even rush hour when we arrived at the station.