It was raining pretty heavily in the morning, so we donned coats, grabbed an umbrella and headed to the subway and Roppongi for a look around. The complex of Roppongi Hills is over a decade old, but is still considered a forerunner of modern Tokyo city design, with apartments, offices, galleries, restaurants etc rolled up into a couple of buildings. There was a great sculpture by Louise Bourgeoise of the Maman spider at the bottom of the Mori Tower. Harriet had b...

A few friends had told me about the amazing Ghibli Museum in outer Tokyo - dedicated to the animated movies of Hiyao Miyazaki- and warned me that you need to book well in advance to get in. We booked through JTB online around 2 1/2 months before leaving and think they were sold out for our preferred day not long after. Being prepared sure had its reward. Spread over 3 floors, with a garden and giant robot statue on the roof dedicated to an earlier movie "Castle i...

Matilda's ears didn't survive the flight too well, so the first night was restless and she awoke with a fever and sore ear. Despite this, she put on a brave face, had some panadol, and agreed that a visit to a cat cafe might cheer her up. Exit 4 to the Azabu-Juban underground line was just across the small street from the entrance to our apartment block, so we easily followed the signage for the Oedo Line toward Yoyogi, and transferred there for another train to ...