Not all buildings need be box shaped
These buildings can be seen in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Cartier is a big gold box. And at Christmas time they even put a big red bow around it. I’m not sure what the building is next to it with the crazy shape.
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Ginza’s Matsuzakaya going out of business
銀座６丁目
Opened in 1924, demolished by Godzilla in 1954, Ginza’s Matsuzakaya will really be destroyed in 2013. The doors are closing on the old building early in 2013, and the largest shopping complex in Ginza will be built in its choice location.
I took today’s photo back in 2009. Soon (2016 is when the new building is scheduled to be completed) this scene will look very different.
High-end shopping in Tokyo’s Ginza
I’m not a shopper myself, but a stroll through Ginza is pleasant enough without having to worry about obtaining the latest from Cartier or the other high-end retailers.
Ginza’s Nenrinya’s Baumkuchen (銀座にあるねんりん屋のバームクーヘン)
I didn’t know what these things were when I photographed them through a window in Ginza (the first floor of Matsuzakaya). They looked like some sort of high-end Krispy Kreme. Actually they are cake, very expensive cake, like everything else in Ginza.
Ginza Bars
Today’s photo is of a few buildings in Ginza which are absolutely loaded with “bars.” Those who visit these kinds of small bars are usually regulars since many operate on the bottle-keep system. Many customers may have their own bottle kept for them behind the counter. This is just a relatively small glimpse of the many similar establishments within a few blocks of this location. Literally, there are hundreds.
So it isn’t surprising that, as an owner, it may be difficult to select a name that hasn’t already been chosen. Hence, a bit of zoom on the above picture revels the following:
Were they out of names or did one owner just decide to differentiate their place from the rest?
Nikki Yanofsky
I previously mentioned the “Ginza International Jazz Festival” we “won” tickets for back in October. What I didn’t mention is the only international performer on the bill was Nikki Yanofsky, the very same 16-year old (she was 15 at the time) who just sang the Canadian national anthem, “O Canada”, at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.
The location was Kabukiza (歌舞伎座) in Ginza, Tokyo. This very old Kabuki Theater is set for demolition just a few weeks from now.
Here is a video I took of a piece of Nikki Yanofsky’s performance. Nikki Yanofsky performs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Sadao Watanabe joins her on sax.