5.03.2009

Golden Week 2009

Got a tip from dad to go check out Tokyo Midtown's Open the Park during golden week (japan's national spring break week). Took along my friend Gillian to the heart of the Roppongi (the pong) and discovered fun and green.


humpable art


and performers:



i'm terrified of clowns. i took this picture and ran away.



Tokyo Midtown is one of the latest fashionable architectural high-end shopping areas that opened a couple of years ago. it was soooo crowded when it opened that i never went to check it out (i stay out of the pong as much as possible), so this was my first outing there. i was pleasantly surprised to see all the green:


and art:


they had performers and music and an outdoor "library" where they had readings, etc. a very cool day to spend in the park:



she was so cute. there were heaps of cute kids around.




why do people make their dogs wear clothes? they have BUILT-IN clothes. it's called FUR.


the interior of midtown is just as interesting as the outside. here's a donut/waffle/parfait shop:



this was far and away the COOLEST shop there. it's a VERY EXPENSIVE japanese cofectionary shop called Toraya. they had a bunch of other cool stuff too:






a fruit bar (not gay):


couldn't really figure this one out but it had a cool design. and bad engrish, "we make one year shop!"


LOVE the bread at Maison Kaiser:



the myriad of jars at Dean and Deluca:


cake shop:




at Muji:



Took G to the penis restaurant (AKA Chinese Cafe 8) for an early dinner since she'd never been there before and i was craving xiao long baos (the ones in HK were much better H).



the decor is not subtle here . . .

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