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Sakura Illumination
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 @ Tokyo, Japan
rovingsun.com/2024/04/10/sakur

After arriving at Haneda, we checked in at the Mesm, near Hamamatsucho. We had dinner nearby, which was the most disappointing meal we've had in Japan. After, we went to see night sakura illuminations at Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi before getting some 7-Eleven onigiri on the way back.

Roving SunSakura IlluminationAfter arriving at Haneda, we checked in at the Mesm, near the JR Hamamatsucho Station. We then had dinner nearby, which turned out to be the most disappointing meal we've ever had in Japan. After that fiasco, we went to see nighttime sakura illuminations at Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi before returning, getting some 7-Eleven onigiri on the way back.
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Day 2, “weird” and “shot abroad”

Maman, by Louise Bourgeois.
Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan. June 2013.

I have been lucky to visit Japan 6 or 7 times. I have also been lucky to see “Maman” at the foot of the Mori Tower twice, and at the foot of the Bilbao Guggenheim museum twice, too where the same statue is installed.

Maman, by Louise Bourgeois.
Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan.
June 2013.

I have been lucky to visit Japan 6 or 7 times. I have been lucky to see “Maman” at the foot of the Mori Tower twice, and at the foot of the Bilbao Guggenheim museum twice, too.

I didn’t know it then, as I was watching the high rise through the legs of the gigantic spider sculpted by Louise Bourgeois, but two years after, I returned and ate in the fanciest restaurant at the top of that very building. A colleague of mine was able to get us in for a splendid work dinner. His name is Jun Murai and he’s known to have been instrumental in bringing the Internet in Japan. I am lucky to know very interesting people.

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