Tokyo was a revelation, huge but ordered, quiet and clean.
A quick four days visit, for the occasion of the marathon that my mother in law was running. I managed to catch up with Kumi of the local urban sketchers and enjoyed a day drawing the Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple where there was a Sunday ceremony inside (imagine the incense smell and soft chanting) and the view down from the Tokyu Plaza Ginza shopping mall from where the cars and people appear tiny.
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| Tokyo Marathon - cyclists |
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| Tsukiji Hongan-ji Ceremony |
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| Tsukiji Hongan-ji - Drum |
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| Tsukiji Hongan ji - Exterior |
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View from Tokyu Plaza Ginza
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We also managed to catch up with architecture views that I remember from my student's days, the Tokyo International Forum and some more historical temples, Senso-ji.
The views from the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree (that appears in the Senso-ji sketch) showed the enormity of the city, no end in sight.
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| Tokyo Forum |
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| Senso-ji |
