OdaibaTrain to Shimbashi then monorail to Odaiba to see giant Gundam statue and shop at Uniqlo. Daiba ShopsStory of statue: en.japantravel.com/tokyo/gundam-statue-gundam-front-tokyo/12256 Venus Fort ShopsA unique shopping experience, Italian style shop fronts, a central sculpture fountain and beautiful sky screens. Next door is the home of the Megaweb Toyota Museum. Decks, Tokyo BeachWalk to Decks, Tokyo Beach shopping Mall. More info: www.odaiba-decks.com/en/ The National Museum of Western ArtMonorail back to Shimboshi and then a train back to Ueno to the The National Museum of Western Art. To see another art exhibition: ‘Hokusai and Japonisme’ an exhibition of western artists including Monet,Degas, Gaugin and Cézanne influenced by Japanese art. Particularly ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai . There are drawings, paintings, woodblock prints, glassware and timber parquetry furniture. A stunning exhibition. http://www.nmwa.go.jp/en/exhibitions/2017hokusai.html ShinjukuCoffee at Starbucks at Shibuya,we look at a Kimono shop where the prices are around $1000 au dollars or more, such gorgeous colours and designs. We walk past ‘piss alley’ all the tiny restaurants all packed so we went for dinner at Shinjuku.
https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/a-guide-to-tokyos-piss-alley/ We find a place selling gyoza, as usual we seem to pick places full of the locals no tourists. The soccer is on the television , food is great but unfortunately smoking is allowed inside restaurants.
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