A rather dull day for our visit to Meiji Jingu and Yoyogi. We first went for lunch at the restaurant near the shrine; Mum unfortunately spilled miso soup all over her trousers when she wrestled the lid off the pot, but luckily it was almost exactly the same colour and dried on invisibly by the time we left.
We watched a wedding ceremony cross the central area inside the shrine. The bride's kimono was black, with gold embroidery, and she wore the traditional white angular hat that is apparently designed to disguise her 'horns of jealousy'.
Next we walked round to Yoyogi so that Mum could see the array of different activities to be found on a Sunday there. First stop was the group of rockers in the park entrance, grooming their huge quiffs and dancing in winklepickers with ridiculously long points. We spotted some young men group-skipping (wonder if they know 'salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper'?)
various musicians practising, including a bag-pipe player, bubble-blowers and men going through fire-juggling moves. There were also plenty of pooches in various costumes, especially at the dog-runs at the top end of the park. One lady had three tiny dogs and stopped for us to photograph them. She brought one over to Emily and it licked her hand, which she seemed to like. There appeared to be a skull and crossbones theme to some of the dog prams and clothing.
On the way out of the park we found a gaggle of onlookers watching an black-clad, skinny young artist creating a piece. We'd seen him before in Yokohama, and his USP is that he dances around manically to music, daubing the canvas now and then. It would be quite cool to buy one of his pieces, crafted publically in this way.
In the evening I took Mum to the Korean restaurant for dinner. She enjoyed the omlette with prawns, okra and pumpkin that Kate had last time.
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