Day 3 June 20

Slow start today as we are heading firstly to the Owl cafe which is just around the corner. Toast and coffee and baseball on the TV and then we're off. The Owl Cafe is 4 flights up. We enter a small cafe which is divided into drinks and owls. A quick apple juice and we're in with another American family surrounded by half a dozen owls. The American asks if we know of Casey Chambers. Seems he interviewed her for USA Today last week. When you bump into other travellers you always try to make connections.
Anyway the Owls were amazing. Soft to the touch and just magnificent. I had a rather large one sitting on my arm for a while. It was heavy and light at the same time if that makes any kind of sense at all. The colours were so deep. The kids loved it and the time went very fast.
From there we caught the train to Tokyo Tower. It was a choice between that and the Sky Tree which is the tallest. But I find the Tokyo Tower more iconic. And it looks great. On the way we pass another large shrine whose name escapes me at the moment.
Looking at Tokyo from the top of the tower you can see how vast the city is. No way we could see all of this in 5 days. Each district has it's own character. After this we head down to a small park and relax for a short while before heading to Katano Broadway to see all the anime shops. We seem to be going round and round on the train system. At one stage we are at the front and can see through the drivers window which is pretty cool.
Katana Broadway is pretty amazing and shops are full of amazing toys. Most I've never heard of but pretty soon we find our way into Star Wars and Simpsons territory too. There's a small exhibition of the work of Takashi Matsuyama which we delight in. Then I come across a Gigantor model. Brilliant. After deliberating for a bit I make my first Japanese purchase.
Then we go to this most amazing shop which is just full of antique toy robots. And the floor is lit up. And it's just a delight looking through antique toys. I forgot to write the name of the shop down though. I'll have to do a bit of research and find the names of these places.
By this time it's 8pm we're all getting tired and need some food.We head back to Shibuya and a place called Genki Sushi. While the gang are waiting in line I pop over and grab an adaptor from Bic Camera.  Cheap, unlike the useless one I bought in Melbourne. Back at Genki the deal is you order your food by iPad type thingy and it travels on a monorail to your table. The food is great and it's lots of fun. We love the food and the kids eat squid so it's a win all round. It's getting late and the family are tired from a full day so reluctantly we head home. Not without spending time soaking up the atmosphere of Shibuya just a little bit longer.