We flew the two hours from Sapporo to Tokyo, and immediate hopped on the bus to Tokyo Tower. Our bus guide was a beautiful young lady, I mean all the boys were going CRAZY! Well anyways, we had lunch at Tokyo Tower, but were not allowed to go up the elevator and check out the view from the top. Talk about a tease! Then we headed to the Tokyo National Modern Art Gallery. I was floored by some of the stuff in there, though a true lover of art would have undoubtedly been underwhelmed. But I actually appreciated art for the first time in my life. What makes this art? Who says this is any better than what a 3rd-grader could draw/paint? Why did the author choose to accentuate just this person, and just in this color? What's with the use of all curvy lines? What's with the choice of pen/brush? What about the background? Why so much detail? Why so little detail? Why no facial expression? And so on.
Then we drove through Tokyo and saw the Imperial Palace (I think?), and other sites. Our hotel, the Asakusa View Hotel, was really nice and right near one of the most famous temples/shrines in all of Japan! I didn't get out to see it, but I did take a picture of it. Anyways, it was a great day. It ended late in the night, when all the girls got together at midnight to surprise Minami, whose birthday was the following day.
Up tomorrow: the kids go out on their own in the largest city in the world. Crazy? You bet! Crazy fun? Uh huh! Freedom for the teachers, too? YAAAAAAA!
We flew the two hours from Sapporo to Tokyo, and immediate hopped on the bus to Tokyo Tower. Our bus guide was a beautiful young lady, I mean all the boys were going CRAZY! Well anyways, we had lunch at Tokyo Tower, but were not allowed to go up the elevator and check out the view from the top. Talk about a tease! Then we headed to the Tokyo National Modern Art Gallery. I was floored by some of the stuff in there, though a true lover of art would have undoubtedly been underwhelmed. But I actually appreciated art for the first time in my life. What makes this art? Who says this is any better than what a 3rd-grader could draw/paint? Why did the author choose to accentuate just this person, and just in this color? What's with the use of all curvy lines? What's with the choice of pen/brush? What about the background? Why so much detail? Why so little detail? Why no facial expression? And so on.
Then we drove through Tokyo and saw the Imperial Palace (I think?), and other sites. Our hotel, the Asakusa View Hotel, was really nice and right near one of the most famous temples/shrines in all of Japan! I didn't get out to see it, but I did take a picture of it. Anyways, it was a great day. It ended late in the night, when all the girls got together at midnight to surprise Minami, whose birthday was the following day.
Up tomorrow: the kids go out on their own in the largest city in the world. Crazy? You bet! Crazy fun? Uh huh! Freedom for the teachers, too? YAAAAAAA!
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