This is post number 50! In case you didn't notice you can get the whole series from the archive page.
Anyway, after a cold few months spring has gradually sprung in Tokyo. We went to many gigs this past month. The small people you see above English pop combination Wet Leg. They were very good.
Also Ingrid gave a talk on how to be a historian at Nerd Night Tokyo. It was very good. There was also a talk about AI; much less good.
Near Ichigaya station there is this ... establishment. You can catch some fish in tanks. Fishing has never much appealed to me, but this version completely baffles me. What is fun about this?
My headphones broke so we went to the famous Akihabara electric town to get some new ones. Turns out that the main road was closed to cars! They do this in Ginza too, and possibly other places. Why not every day guys?
After the huge gig the prevous week we went for something a lot smaller. Turns out we have a local tiny venue that specialises in weird experimental music -- no need to trek over to Koenji!.
This was a Norwegian duo, backed up by their japanese friend. It appeared to be largely improvised, and was totally totall weird. Quite fun though!
We went down to Koishikawa botanical gardens, but it was a bit too early for most trees. The first plum blossom was out though!
We also went to the National Museum of Moden Art. It was very good. So loads of japanese artists, most of whom I had never heard of before. Which is definitely better than the usual Euro-American artists you get in many modern art museums.
I do not know why Ingrid looks so skeptical.
Last weekend we went back to Shimokitazawa for another show. Four local bands all good. The last one (below) was totally great. Didn't get any of their names...