Nagoya - Bullet Train Ride

So, we made it out of Tokyo by bullet train (very cool!) this afternoon, arrived at Nagoya about 4:30 PM.  Too bad we couldn’t stay longer in Tokyo, seems all systems are pretty much back to normal, but plans were made last month when things didn’t look so rosy.  It is amazing how empty Tokyo was because of the nuclear concerns, not that I would have noticed, but Jeff was able to point this out.  Nagoya much livelier, at least for the 20’s set (leaves Alan, Jeff, basically all of us out of the loop). 

Went to Musee Tomo in Tokyo, which had a pretty amazing ceramics show; mostly large scale, contemporary work and very design oriented, but still a very nice show.  Train ride was interesting, saw the foot of Mt. Fuji but it was too cloudy to see the entire mountain, oh well, just means I need to come back!  Dinner was great and unexpected (even by Jeff who couldn’t find the restaurant we were supposed to eat at), but this was no problem given the great improvising skills of Shapiro san.  Tomorrow will be a great day with stops at Suzuki Goro’s studio, we’ll see some great work I’m sure, but highly unaffordable!