My curious April. Day 6, part 5

19.40, Tully's coffee
We were in the mood for crepes, but here in Enoshima all businesses seem to die out at 7 pm. We headed to Tully's and I think we don't lose much.

My curious April. Day 6, part 4

18.20, Enoshima candle
Google has created me a photo of the view on Enoshima island as how it looks on a sunny day. I'm half disappointed that we couldn't admire the bright view or have a look at Mt Fuji, and half happy that we saw nature as wild as it can be.

My curious April. Day 6, part 3

15.10, Komachi Street
It's strange but I have never visited a sushi restaurant before, though I have travelled to Japan 10 times. This will be my first one, and a good one too.

My curious April. Day 6, part 2

14.07, Tsurugaoka hachimangu shrine
Even though I liked the shrine itself and even got to see a traditional wedding, the place I felt really blissful at was the small Japanese garden, full of peonies this time of year

My curious April. Day 6, part 1

13.16, Tsurugaoka hachimangu shrine
I was not very much eager to visit Kamakura, but we were lucky to hear traditional ritual music inside the shrine. Now I think I understand how the feeling of reverance is born.

My curious April. Day 5, part 4

18.56, Chateau Mercian Tokyo guest bar
This place is too good to be true... I never knew Japanese wine could be so good...

My curious April. Day 5, part 3

17.33, Hie shrine
Zerotopia - that's what I'd recommend to anyone interested in musicals. I was asked by a reporter at Narita Airport what we came to see in Japan, and I said a big part of the entertainment was Japanese musicals. I was not wrong... Great songs, perfect dancing and singing, astonishing stage equipment, superb talent of all the performers... I won't forget it for a long time.
Some wisteria already in bloom here at Hie jinja. I like the gold decorations of the honden, but what we came to see is the red gate stairs.

My curious April. Day 5, part 2

13.03, Atrium Akasaka Aoyama flower market tea house
Aoyama flower market - I have been longing to visit it once, and here it is just near the Akasaka ACT theatre we're visiting.

My curious April. Day 5, part 1

11.51, Tokyo National art centre  Looking at Monet's 'Monet's garden in Giverny' I recall for some reason the scene when Gerda enters an old woman's garden with colourful flowers, and this childhood memory makes me feel warm. By the way, Monet's paintings are not too be looked at closely. They need to be admired from a distance.

My curious April. Day 4, part 3

19.27, Yokohama ramen museum

This is a magical place. I wouldn't think I could travel in time so easily. 'Miracle romance' from Sailor Moon after Lupin's theme, then Miyuki Nakajima's 'sora to kimi no aida'... I wonder what is happening in the 'school for adults' behind the closed doors... But we'll never know.