My first day off
So I had my first day off and decided to do some sightseeing.
Well actually the first order of the day was to hit the gym. If gyms in the U.S. would have you take off your shoes before you enter the locker room as they do in Japan, our gyms would be a lot cleaner and more pleasant (smile.)
Then it was on to the Ginza area and my first thought was, "God, Lauri (my sister in law) would go nuts over this!" It's like 5th Ave/Madison Ave in NYC. Shop shop shop. There are all the biggies (Gucci, Cartier, etc) of course. It was most interesting to head down the side streets and check out the smaller shops. While in the area I also took a look at the Kabuki-za theatre, home of, yes... Kabuki. You can check out some pix on my website. I am going to be seeing a Kabuki performance this week which I am very excited about.
I then headed to the Asakusa section of Tokyo (again more pictures on my site). I was actually quite moved when I stood before the Senso-ji Temple. Watching people "bathe" themselves in smoke around the incense burner leading to the Temple was beautiful and sort of mesmerizing to me. The area is so different from Shibuya, where I'm staying, or Ginza; those areas strike me as magnified versions of New York. The blazing primary colors of Shibuya seem more beautiful to me than Times Square--- there is just so much of it. Asakusa was just a totally different version of Tokyo to me and made me really want make an extra effort to do a day trip out of the city to Kyoto or to some hot springs. I will make a trip back to Asakusa surely to do some more shopping. I did the first of my "gifts for the family" shopping-- for my sis and sister in law (shhh.....) I would have done more but it was a long day with a lot of walking. I will go back definately.
I was going to write more about rehearsal but I'm exhausted LOL. Suffice to say for now that it was an amazing first week and tremendously productive.
More later.
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www.joecalarco.net
Well actually the first order of the day was to hit the gym. If gyms in the U.S. would have you take off your shoes before you enter the locker room as they do in Japan, our gyms would be a lot cleaner and more pleasant (smile.)
Then it was on to the Ginza area and my first thought was, "God, Lauri (my sister in law) would go nuts over this!" It's like 5th Ave/Madison Ave in NYC. Shop shop shop. There are all the biggies (Gucci, Cartier, etc) of course. It was most interesting to head down the side streets and check out the smaller shops. While in the area I also took a look at the Kabuki-za theatre, home of, yes... Kabuki. You can check out some pix on my website. I am going to be seeing a Kabuki performance this week which I am very excited about.
I then headed to the Asakusa section of Tokyo (again more pictures on my site). I was actually quite moved when I stood before the Senso-ji Temple. Watching people "bathe" themselves in smoke around the incense burner leading to the Temple was beautiful and sort of mesmerizing to me. The area is so different from Shibuya, where I'm staying, or Ginza; those areas strike me as magnified versions of New York. The blazing primary colors of Shibuya seem more beautiful to me than Times Square--- there is just so much of it. Asakusa was just a totally different version of Tokyo to me and made me really want make an extra effort to do a day trip out of the city to Kyoto or to some hot springs. I will make a trip back to Asakusa surely to do some more shopping. I did the first of my "gifts for the family" shopping-- for my sis and sister in law (shhh.....) I would have done more but it was a long day with a lot of walking. I will go back definately.
I was going to write more about rehearsal but I'm exhausted LOL. Suffice to say for now that it was an amazing first week and tremendously productive.
More later.
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www.joecalarco.net
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