Mon, 1 Sep '08 - Meguro

At first Meguro seems like an average suburb where things close too early and a high student count. The more time we spend here the more we realise Meguro is quietly quite hip. There's a high number of vintage furniture and interior design boutiques here. 

The pedestrianised market that leads to the elevated station (to Shibuya) is full of authentic Japanese shops and bars and even a couple of second hand clothing shops selling genuinely cool apparel. It's an unpretentious district, pretty much untouched by tourism. It turns out that one f Johns friends from college lives just around the corner form our hotel.