Walk With Me / Lala Lopez De Leon

Tokyo Station Marunouchi Area

March 21, 2022 – Spring Equinox

Also called Vernal Equinox, it’s when we have equal amount of day and night, and which signals the beginning of Spring. I would like to think of today as an auspicious start to better and more hopeful days ahead. I do pray the rest of the year would be kinder to all of us!

So happy that I got to spend today with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Rowena and her hubby Ishihara-san! A quick message or phone call of invitation to venture out – and for as long as time allows, we’re there with bells on!

Eager to see the Tokyo Flower Carpet 2022, which runs for three days only, we headed to Tokyo Station Marunouchi area, had a sumptuous lunch of Sushi at Hanamaru (5th Floor, Kitte Building / https: //www.sushi-hanamaru.com), and took a leisurely walk along that wide and long stretch of path right across the grandest and most beautiful inter-city train terminal Tokyo Station.

Using petals from about 50,000 Carnations of all colors, the artists depicted the masterpieces of Ukiyoe artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi, whose paintings of Kabuki artists are known classics. The ground on this side of Marunouchi has turned into a fantastic walk-through display of Hana-Kabuki.

Actually, I find the Marunouchi area the most charming, most enticing side of the aptly named Tokyo Station City. There’s always something new and exciting going on this side, and it’s bound to keep everyone hooked, at any time, any season of the year!

Lala Lopez de Leon

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