Friday, February 28, 2020


                   Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin  "Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1"

                   Performed by Anastasia Parker

Thursday, February 27, 2020

                   Édouard Manet  "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"  1882

                   Masterpieces of Impressionism: The Courtauld Collection
                   TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

                   "The Courtauld announces a major touring exhibition in Japan"
                    (The Courtauld Gallery official website)

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

                   Masterpieces of Impressionism: The Courtauld Collection
                   TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM (Ueno Park, Tokyo)


                   Édouard Manet  "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère"  1882

                   Official Website of the World Renowned Courtauld Gallery



                   The Courtauld Collection: Impressionists and Post Impressionists

Monday, February 24, 2020

                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

                   The woman on the right is looking at the brochure.

                   It's not a Van Gogh painting!


                   First Suite - Prelude - J.S.Bach - for trumpet - Paolo Trettel

Friday, February 21, 2020


                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo


Thursday, February 20, 2020


                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo


Tuesday, February 18, 2020


                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo


Sunday, February 16, 2020


                   Visiting the Japanese Snow Monkeys: Cutest animals in Japan (trip)

                   Snow monkeys at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (Wild Snow Monkey Park)

                   I have lived in Nagoya before.
                   My father has lived near Zenkōji Temple before.



                  【SNOW MONKEY】 ☆Cute Snow Monkey Babies☆

                   Snow monkeys at Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (Wild Snow Monkey Park)
                      Jigokudani = Hell valley
                      Yaen = Wild monkey
                      Koen (Kōen) = Park

                   It's the only place in the world where monkeys bath in hot springs.

Thursday, February 13, 2020

                   12:37 p.m.

                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

                   3:17 p.m.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

                   12:30 p.m.

                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                   The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

                   3:20 p.m.

                   Japanese people love Gogh.

Sunday, February 9, 2020

                                   Box office at 12:30 p.m.
                                   20-minute wait to enter

                                   Vincent van Gogh Exhibition
                                   The Ueno Royal Museum (Ueno Park, Tokyo)

                              Box office at 3:20 p.m.

                              more crowded



                   Mary Louise Knutson  "How Will I Know?"

                   It's her original compositions.

                   Mary Louise Knutson, piano
                   Gordon Johnson, bass
                   Phil Hey, drums

Friday, February 7, 2020

                   20-minute wait to enter

                   Ueno Park, Tokyo

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

                   Long lines

                   Ueno Park, Tokyo

Monday, February 3, 2020

                   150 Years Friendship Austria - Japan
                   “The Habsburg Dynasty: 600 Years of Imperial Collections”

                   The National Museum of Western Art (Ueno Park, Tokyo)

                   I didn't see this exhibition.

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                   Next Exhibition

                   MASTERPIECES FROM THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON
                   (Art Exhibition JAPAN website)


Saturday, February 1, 2020


                   Fay Claassen  "Speak Low"