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- Day 21
- Monday, June 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
JapanShibuya35°39’39” N 139°41’54” E
Art is subjective

We started today with a bit of light retail therapy. There have been a few stores that we've had our eyes on that we wanted to wait until later in the trip (😭) to grab things from. The main beast of a store we tackled was one called Don Quijote, which is a large (ours was 7 floors) department store which sells just about everything.
After browsing for a while, we realised we had to leave in order to get to our main event of the day. So we quickly went back to the accom to drop off our loot and then jumped on some trains to get to our destination. After a short walk we ended up at teamLab Planets, a highly regarded immersive art installation. After spending some time in line -- Japan does love a good queue! -- we entered the exhibition.
The installation itself was split into four sections; Water, Forest, Garden, and Open Air. We started with the water section which contained multiple separate rooms in sequence each with their own unique twist. They were really enjoyable and even had us wading through calf deep water at one stage (with our shoes and socks off!)
We then visited the Forest section which contained many physical activities. While it was too busy inside for us to want to line up for all of the interactive things, we tactically picked the ones we wanted to do and left the others to everyone else.
After that was the Garden section which was a much more straightforward art installation which contained hundreds of real orchids hanging from strings attached to the ceiling. While artistically it may have been lost on us, it was very impressive to see and also smelt great! The final section, Open Air, felt more like a small outdoor area where people could chill before leaving. Though we may have missed the nuances of what they were trying to communicate.
Once we were done we took the train most of the way back, stopping at another store we wanted to check out, then walked the rest of the way home.
After a short break we put on a load of washing and went on a hunt for dinner. There was one last place in the area that we wanted to try, a teppanyaki! The theatrics of teppanyakis vary based on the restaurant here in Japan and while this one wasn't too flamboyant, it was known for another food we were wanting to try: Monjayaki, which is a variant of okonomiyaki (which we had on the first night) a savory pancake dish known for its runny, melted texture. It was overall quite nice and was fun to eat! (Though we think okonomiyaki is better.)
Once done we headed back to the hotel and spent more time drying our washing before calling it a night.
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