Shiba-inu dogs cafe coffee art in Tokyo 🇯🇵 post Olympics. Exploring Harajuku district 😍

The best of Tokyo. The Paralympics are over & it’s my first day out. My friend Zainab from Syria (who was born in Japan and lived here for many years) takes me to Harajuku. Buzzing Harajuku is renowned for colorful street art and youth fashion, with quirky vintage clothing stores and cosplay shops along Takeshita Street, and traditional, upmarket boutiques on leafy Omotesando Avenue. Small, trendy bars fill the surrounding lanes, while dessert shops and carts specialize in sweet crêpes, donuts, and bubble tea. BUT the most exciting part for me and Zuzu is to try the famous #coffeeart - I heard a lot about coffee being made into different shapes and animals but never actually did it. My second DREAM comes true also. Zainab takes me to the shibu-inu dogs cafe. It’s filled with shibu-inu puppies (some of them have grown-up already). They are so adorable and lively. My fear was that dogs cafe mistreats the animals, but here I honestly didn’t see that. I loved my experience in both coff