Tokyo Tower

                                  The view from the hospital

                                  Roppongi, Tokyo

                                  The view from the hospital

                   Roppongi, Tokyo

                   There are many embassies around here.
                   U.S.A., Russia, Sweden, Spain and others

                   Stacy Kent  "O bêbado e a equilibrista / Smile"

                   "O bêbado e a equilibrista" = The Drunk and the Tightrope Walker
                      It's a Brazilian song.

                   "Smile"
                      Music by Charles Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin)
                      Lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons

                   Tokyo Tower

                   The view from the hospital

   The tall building on the left is "Roppongi Hills".
   KATSUSHIKA Hokusai Exhibition (I posted it two times before) is being held there.
   Here is the hospital where my mother stayed in.

                   Subway station

                   N 07
                      N = Namboku Line
                      07 = 7th station
                   
                      Namboku Line (Tokyo Metro Website)

                  
                   Susan Cagle  "Shakespeare"

                   from the Album "The Subway Recordings"
                   at Times Square-42nd Street station, New York

                   Roppongi, Tokyo

                              KATSUSHIKA Hokusai

                              "Kanagawa-oki Nami-ura"
                              ("The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa")
                                 1831
                                 Woodblock print

                              KATSUSHIKA Hokusai Exhibition - HOKUSAI UPDATED

                   LPG station in a taxi company

                   LPG = LP Gas = Liquefied Petroleum Gas
                   In Japan, most taxis run on liquefied petroleum gas.

                          Johannes Vermeer

                          "Woman with a Lute"
                            1662-1663
                            51.4 × 45.7cm
                            The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

                         This copy print
                            37.5 × 27.5cm
                            700 yen (100 yen = 1 dollar)

                     Johannes Vermeer

                     "The Milkmaid"
                       1658-1660
                       45.5 × 41cm
                       Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                     This book
                       3000 yen (100 yen = 1 dollar)

                   Steven C  "Little Red Corvette" (Prince Cover)

                   Anneke van Giersbergen  "Little Red Corvette" (Prince Cover)

                                  Johannes Vermeer

                                  "Woman with a Pearl Necklace"
                                    1662-1665
                                    56.1 × 47.4cm
                                    Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

                                  This copy print
                                    37.5 × 27.5cm
                                    700 yen (100 yen = 1 dollar)

                   Johannes Vermeer

                   "The Wine Glass" (or "A Lady Drinking and a Gentleman")
                     1661-1662
                     67.7 × 79.6cm
                     Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

                   This copy print
                     27.5 × 37.5cm
                     700 yen (100 yen = 1 dollar)

                   VERMEER - Making the Difference: Vermeer and Dutch Art

                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

                                  Johannes Vermeer

 

                                  "The Milkmaid"

                                    1658-1660

                                    Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                   VERMEER - Making the Difference: Vermeer and Dutch Art

                   The Ueno Royal Museum
 

                   VERMEER - Making the Difference: Vermeer and Dutch Art

                   Johannes Vermeer (Netherlands), 1632-1675

                   John Dowland (England)  "Now, O Now I Needs Must Part", 1597

                   Performed by Les Canards Chantants
                     Sarah Holland - Soprano
                     Robin Bier - Alto
                     Edd Ingham - Tenor
                     Graham Bier - Bass
                  
                   Special guest appearance by Jacob Heringman on Lute

                   Behind me

                   In front of me

                   Ueno Park, Tokyo