Art and arctic winds

I am not sure whether we have gone soft after all this time in the heat or it is just bitterly cold here but yesterday was very cold again, I don't think February is Tokyo's best month.

So we decided to do an art gallery,  we had a brisk wander through the palace parks again to the Momat, one of Tokyo's many modern art galleries. We had spotted a poster which seemed to suggest that there was a big Jackson Pollock show on and were rather pleased to find it open. The Pollock exhibition was really good and very inspirational, if you want to know my opinion on what Pollock's work is about ask me when we get back as I found it educational walking though his work from art school through to his final pieces. The signage in the Pollock show was not in English but in the permanent collection the signage was good and we had an interesting time looking at 20th century Japanese art. The we enjoyed hot chocolate from a can, yes enjoyed!

Gallery done we headed across town to Shinjuku to the Tokyo Government towers to get a free bird's eye view of the city.

Tokyo doesn't really have a skyline as it is too big and has several centres so it makes for an different landscape than New York or Hong Kong.

The towers obviously had a gift shop like all good tourist attractions so we had a quick look around before we headed off to get food.

Amy is Excellent Beautiful

Matt is Truth Capital

I really wanted a Lightsaber Umbrella

Last night in Tokyo so we are off to brave the cold then Jump on an overnight bus to Kyoto.