It is amazing the amount of music we hear in the malls, train stations, galleries and toilets. There is some classical, instrumental music but much of it seems to be canned. We like the ecclectic combinations such as Bob Dylan and The Ronettes but also have heard The Velvet Undergound and ABBA. The galleries and museums and even the malls all have places for rest and reflection. There are usually small gardens and waterfalls or pools. In bloom are oranges, camelias, geraniums and plum buds and many of the trees are wrestled into bonzai
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pes. There is beauty everywhere - always a place to rest your eyes from the multitude of screens, shows, crowds and clash of brilliant colours. Yesterday we went to Meguru and walked from there to Ebisu and then to Diakenyama. Daien-gi (temple), right in the middle of a busy centre, is quiet, even though dragons and gods surround you and the gong sounds as worshippers sound it and clap. The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography brings in exhibits from around the world and we saw the Warhol exhibit that we had seen in Amsterdam. Most of the exhibits were films and we hope to go back in March to see what's next. Today we are off to Harijuku so more pictures for sure
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