Japan: Day 3 - Part 3

...or the post about the attack of the Asian Santas.

After the Mount Fuji tour I went home and warmed up and rested for a little bit.  Then I headed back out to the Shibuya Crossing area that I had briefly seen the night before. I wanted to see it more because it's famous and awesome.  So I went down there for Christmas Eve dinner and to walk around and see the sights.

It was so bright.

The amount of people that pile up between each red light is ridiculous.  You can YouTube a million videos of what it's really like, but this is a video of one of my crossings:

The video doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of what it was really like, but you get the idea.

It was so cool.

The highlight of the entire night was the red motorcycle stampede of Asian Santas.

I walked around the area for a good three hours, and they had spread out like a disease during that time.  They were eeeevvvvveeeerrrryyyyywwwhhhhheeerrrreeee.  I saw possibly hundreds by the time I was done walking.  They were just circling streets and spreading Christmas cheer and waving and taking photos.  It was hilaaarious.

After dinner I didn't do much other than just walk around looking at stuff and people watching.  It was a lot of fun being in the big city.

Lots of crazies out and about.

Afterwards I went home to relax for the rest of the night and wind down.  It was a long day of traveling and seeing cool things.  A lot different from the Christmas Eve's that I'm used to.

The view from my hotel room.

And once my light was out I passed out faster than one of those Santas on a motorcycle.