Even though it was a rainy day we wanted to get out and buy some concert tickets. The concert is next week and is Beethoven's 9th Symphony Choral Movement! Ode to Joy is going to be fantastic. The tickets were reasonable as well, only 2000 Yen each. The Tokyo Metropolitan Theater is only 500 meters away and it is next to a giant mall. The mall was a great place to wander around on a rainy day. We had a late lunch at a dumpling place and then wandered for hours in the different food stores. There were stores for pastries, stores for pasta, stores of specialty imported items, different liquors and then we hit Tumo! Tobu is the equivalent of Loblaws in Canada, Dierberg's in St Louis and a upscaled Whole Foods in the rest of the US. A fine afternoon followed by a snockkered evening!
Nice buildings near the train station
Skinny bronzes
A huge dress!
No one in the dress
Some sort of performance on the lower floor
Some sort of insect costume
The "Treachery of Images" by Magritte. The caption is "This is Not a Pipe"
An outdoor stage
Cool curving art
They are setting up chairs for a show
Exact measurements were required
Fish and beef and pork and chicken!
Jazz Hands sculpture
I smell dumplings
We ordered on the tablet, we hoped...
Still waiting for dumplings
Jackpot!
Fresh and tasty, perhaps the tastiest ever
A siracha vending machine, it is popular on the Dull Man's Club in the facebook
So much fish for sale!
Oil and Vinegar in containers that are suitable for tasting the product
Giant bamboo shoots
We came back by the stage and there was sound check going on
Wooden bassoon or oboe?
