Saturday, January 9, 2010
Getting Close to the End of This Tokyo Visit....
Yes, I am and makes me both sad and glad. Sad, of course, because I already know how much I will miss on a daily basis getting to witness the discovering the world that Carl and Chloe are doing so amazingly well....and hearing them ask "Ama help you?" When they really mean "Ama help me."
Some quick photo impressions of the last few days which have included an afternoon on the town with Maja--we went to the National Museum of Modern Art especially to see a South African, William Kentridge's exhibit "What We See and What We Know: Thinking About History While Walking, and Thus the Drawings Began to Move"--a somewhat startling and very interesting exhibit with lots of creative work he has done via the original motion picture camera of the '30's, charcoal and his fascination with the frames those cameras provided, one movement at a time. We enjoying it and were somewhat surprised at the leanness of the rest of the museum's works. From there we went to the heart of shopping, Omotesando to just enjoy being IN the city and its night lights. We then met Adam for dinner at a restaurant I had read about in an article in The Economist about the dying art of raising rice in Japan, Kokoromai--a delicious experience, as I have found most all dining here to be. The rice, clearly, was amazing and it looked like each grain had been individually polished.
And tonight, just staying home, enjoying Brenda's cooking, Carl and Chloe's work to help Mama fix their highchairs and wishing Adam a good trip back to headquarters in San Fran. So many impressions I hope to ponder and write about in the future. For tonight, I loved finding out more about Otafuku, a mythic fat cheeked woman figure with twinkling eyes whose essence of "goodwill and affirmation and delight is thought to bestow pleasure, success and well being and to grant wishes." Believe me, I'm taking her home with me--and maybe a couple of sets of chopsticks too :).
Monday, January 4, 2010
The Tokyo Tower and its Noppon Land!
Went yesterday so Tana could get a view of the city from above other than in the plane as she flies out today--darn. Carl and Chloe have quickly learned that the fourth floor of Noppon Land is much more of an attraction than the top floor with a view! Ama almost agrees with them! And Maja drove us there in their new car with the steering wheel on the right and the driving on the left--well done, daughter!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
I'm so glad we are "doing" Kyoto!
Yes, we are here in the Toyku Hotel with a fabulous breakfast including in the package deal where Adam can have a complete Japanese breakfast and those of us not quite so local yet can enjoy a more traditional Western style tho I don't think they have pineapple this sweet in my West :). We have been blessed with rain free days and have been off to different temple sites each day. Here are a few of my favorite shots so far (and if I could figure out how to do an even better job with photo import and text into this blogging deal, I'd stick in some more but for this afternoon, this is it--I mean I have a temple chanting to get ready for at 4!) As you can see, C & C have been temple stars--they are such good, good kids and today's temple visit with its beautiful gardens put us all in an even more calm satisfied zen like place for sure--a nice place to be in for the start of a new year!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Hey, Christmas Eve Day in Minami Azabu
Yup! Gramma Tana got here last night and guess who waited up for her?! They were delighted to see her and I think the feeling was more than mutual. So this morning we sent Dad off to work with a promise of coming home early enough to go with us to hear some great live Christmas music at a beautiful outdoor park area near the Grand Hyatt/Mori Complex and then home for sake, fondue and presents...and maybe even putting on his Santa suit of sorts...And we took Gramma to our favorite noodle place for lunch--slurp and yum!
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