24 Sept 2023


Murray and I walked up to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art

Beautiful morning, sunny, not too hot

three of us had lunch at a little place where we had a table a bit like an izakaya with sliding doors and a foot-pit under the table. Lunch sets - sashimi, rice, miso, murray had a katsu curry, violet ordered an extra set of fried chicken

Walked to the architecture museum. Amazing display of animation backgrounds from Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Metroplis, Patlabor... painted backgrounds, some layered with cell overlays, storyboards, photos of reference/inspiration (location scouting), plus videos of interviews from the artists. The illustrations were so beautiful. You could see the brush strokes and the colour/paint testing on the borders. It was really interesting hearing about the way they collected inspiration, and their thoughts on animation styles and future.

Murray and I walked around the samurai district and visited a samurai house and garden, then walked up to a small geisha district via a sculpture garden walk near the castle. All incredibly beautiful. The geisha district was right on the river, narrow streets, beautiful wooden buildings.

Snacky dinner.

21,090 steps

14.17 klms

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