My wife and I decided to head over to Tokyo today and attend a play in Akasaka. We headed out early and decided to play a visit in the morning to Hie Shrine in Akasaka before grabbing a quick lunch and heading over to TBS ACT Theater. I thought I’d share some pictures I took with our readers as I love Japan as much as I love golf, actually probably even more.
One of the amazing things about Japan, and many other Asian countries for that matter, is their ability to mix modern and traditional together. The Hie Shrine was founded in 1478 and is now surrounded by much that is old and new in Akasaka.
The Japanese people, who are immersed in a very high tech culture are able to step back to their roots and still visit these traditional shrines to have traditional wedding ceremonies. There was a couple today having a wedding at Hie, and I decided to step behind their videographer for a quick snap shot. The Japanese brides always keep such a serious face!
As we left the shrine through the main gate, it’s like leaving the traditional world for the modern one as seen in the picture I snapped above.
We went to Jojoen Yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant for a quick lunch before watching the play. First time at Jojoen and I really liked, fresh and tasty beef!
After lunch we headed over to TBS Studios which was rather crowded on a Sunday afternoon as they now have their skating rink open as well as their Christmas illumination up! Here at TBS Act theater we watched Joan of Arc in Japanese starring one of my favorite idols, Maki Horikita.
After the play we headed back to Tokyo Station where we decided to try Uogashi Nihon Ichi, a stand up sushi bar. The bar is popular for cheap and tasty fresh sushi, fast enough for you to eat standing up and on the go. Luckily we arrived at around 5:00pm right before the dinner crowd so we had the chef’s to ourselves.
My favorite was the Toro Salmon, or fatty salmon. Raw but lightly grilled on top and with a dash of sea salt. Just melts in your mouth. Best of all only 75 yen a piece!
After dinner at Uogashi we couldn’t help but stop at Mihashi for anmitsu dessert. Anmitsu s a tradiitonal Japanese dessert popular for many centuries. It is made of small cubes of white translucent jelly made from seaweed. It also has what are called Shiratama dangos, the white balls you see above made from rice flour. The image above is a picture of my dish, the Christmas Anmitsu special, which also has matcha (green tea) ice cream, vanilla soft ice cream, strawberries as well as red bean and Shiratama. Mihashi is actually a favorite of TSG staff who frequent the main shop in Ueno.
On the way home we grabbed cake and more sweets for the neighbors and ourselves of course but we haven’t eaten those so no pictures yet!
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Beautiful !
Wich camera did you use for these pictures ?
Nice pictures ! Which camera did you use ?
These were the Sony a33.