Yoyogi Koen

Yoyogi Koen is the place to be on a summer’s day in Tokyo! There are so many people who go there and play all kinds of sports. From tap dancing, to BMX riding, to drums, to jogging, they do it all in Yoyogi Koen! It is really cool just to walk around and watch people doing their own thing. Many people will just go there by themselves to practise their specialty. Some will go with their friends for company. It is so cool that there is a common area for people to go and do whatever they want to do.

This is a boy practising his tap dancing. It was so hot on this day, so the park wasn’t as busy as it usually is, but there were still a few people out and about.



This guy was so good on the BMX. He was doing all sorts of fancy tricks like riding backwards and doing spins and jumps.



These men were playing the drums. We sat in this spot for a while under the shade enjoying the sound of the drum beat.



There were also some Japanese Elvis impersonators who joined the scene. They had really nice cars and gelled their hair just the way Elvis used to!



In between the Harajuku shopping area and Yoyogi Koen, many young, teenage kids hang around and dress in the most amazing costumes.

It would take so much effort to dress the way they do everyday, but they look so good in what they wear! I don’t think I could ever get away with wearing the clothes they wear, but they look great!

We asked these three girls if we could take a photo of them. I think they were a little embarrassed, but they posed for us anyway.



We thought this boy looked really cool.


He was talking to his friend on his mobile phone, but when he saw that we wanted to take a photo of him, he did a little pose for us while still talking to his friend! It was really funny!

Just around the corner, there was an artist selling paintings of sakura. I liked them so much that I decided to buy one. It was only 1000yen which is around ten Australian dollars. I thought this was a great price! This is me with the artist and my new sakura painting!



Just near Yoyogi Koen is a place called the Meiji Temple. It is really famous and really old. I love looking at different types of temples. This one was really interesting because it was so big and prominent.



There was also a large area where people could write what they wish for and hang it on display.


This is at almost every temple you go to. I love reading what people have written because it is usually something nice they wish for about their families or their children. Obviously, most of them are in Japanese, but there are some that are in English also.