The day dawned sunny with a clear blue sky so we down-fleeced and set out to trawl the art and architecture. First off the rank was the Doctoral Program Final Exam Exhibition at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Part of the exhibition was in the Museum building which, in itself, is magnificent. The work shown was excellent in all respects. Some of the sculpture and paintings were brilliant in terms of size, materials and aesthetic. I've not seen anything as good as far as I can remember in any of the graduate and post-grad exhibitions I've seen elsewhere. There were some multimedia (video) pieces which, as always, left me cold.
A second exhibition of small, modern, abstract, wooden (some metal - mainly brass) sculptures (Tatazumu Kigi's work) showed how small sometimes out classes large when the aesthetic emphasizes precision and the natural texture of the materials used.
Lunch at Mr Mac's - my God how we have fallen ... I made a mistake in the ordering and we both got half a cow in a bun and a sack full of fried spuds; the indigestion had to be felt to be appreciated ... never again ... but it was tasty ...
On to the metro to get to the area around Kagurazaka and Ushigome Kagurazaka stations. Traffic in some main streets was stopped for the day so that there was a pleasant, quiet feel when we wandered about.
The Zenkokuji Temple was not that impressive; it looks "urban", which it is, but rather like it came in kit form out of a architects temple catalogue. Quite different is the Akagijinja Shrine which is impressive in terms of it's modern architecture.
After a coffee we headed back to the metro to return to Asakusa. Time to visit the supermarket and head home to do the chores - washing clothes.
It's better to travel than arrive ... then again ...