Rakugo and Art in Ueno – Japanese Comedy and the Tokyo National Museum

Today we headed out to Ueno to watch a Rakugo performance being held at the Tokyo National Museum. Rakugo is a comedic style of Japanese storytelling performed in a kneeling position on stage using only a fan and hand towel as props.

Kaishi Katsura & Robert Campbell

We were lucky enough to come across an English speaking performance and as a bonus, it was also free (including entry to the National Museum which is normally 620 Yen per person).

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Our day around Jimbocho

Our day around Jimbocho

We slept in until about 10:00am after being out late drinking at the Ginza 300 bar the previous night.

I was trying to recover over a giant bowl of cereal when I received a message from a HelloTalk friend saying that he was in Tokyo and wanted to meet up. He decided we should go to Jimbocho (Jinbōchō) to look at some books and outdoors shops as I mentioned that we’ve been looking for winter gloves to buy for our potential Mt. Fuji climb. Continue reading “Our day around Jimbocho”

Some Japan
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