Architecture has always excited me, and in Europe I was in heaven..... but for some reason I haven't had the same emotional connection here.
However.... I love new Tokyo! Some of the buildings are mind blowing. I have a list of must sees..... First stop
The Tokyo International Forum(designed by Rafael Vinoly in 1996)
This was built as a convention center of sorts but it full of shops, cafes and restaurants. We stumbled upon the Children's Rice Museum on the bottom floor which is worth checking out. The kids learned about all the different varieties of rice, how they are planted and grown. Then there is the harvest and how rice is processed and shipped all over the world. (I don't know what happened to all my pictures of this...?) They even had a chopstick classroom, explaining all the different shapes and sizes and exercises to fine tune your chopstick skills. (the kids loved this part)
What I found most interesting was the Japanese food pyramid. It was flipped upside down with rice making up at least 75% of their daily diet.....then soup, an egg or two and maybe a piece of fish. Actually very little vegetables, and fruit is treated as a sweat treat to have occasionally. Crazy. But they must be doing something right....everyone is tiny.
What I thought would be just a quick 'go see' ended up filling half our day.
The kids were worn out by the end..... and ready for the pool.
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