For our last full day in Tokyo the plan was to visit Ginza in the morning and we already had purchased tickets for an evening performance in the Suntory Hall.

Ginza subway station. Unlike other stations we have see, there are automatic fences that block the way if there is no train.

The day was rainy with not a single bit of sunlight unfortunately.

Right near subway exit there is a large store dedicated to Nikon cameras, I suspect they have full range of Nikon product including old ones, at least it looked this way.

The two main drivers for this visit were to see Danny Choo's father shop and to visit paper store Ito-Ya.

So we exited and started to walk down a street that we assumed was Ginza.

Pretty soon we felt so cold that we decided to stop and have some hot tea.

Some overpriced strawberry cakes from Miyuki-kan cafe. Their non-smoking section only included 3 tiny tables.

Kabuki theater.

Dried seafood sold on the street.

After quite some walking it became apparent that we are going in a wrong direction and so we turned back.

On the way back we saw something that looked like a temple. Ksusha said she knows this place and proposed to go in. Inside we found a pipe organ.

Turned out it was some famous Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple of Jodo Shinshu buddism established by Amida Buddha believers. Aside from regular service they also play Buddhist pipe organ music once a month with free admission.

View of the organ pipes.

Altar in the main worship Hall. Picture of Amida Buddha is in the middle (not visible). Shonyo Shonin at the left (visible).

Main worship hall.

The organ control panel.

Umbrella bags are very common in Japan.

The temple from outside.

Big umbrellas are very popular it seems. Also umbrella stands are typically located at the entrance to shops so that customers don't bring their wet umbrellas inside.

Jimmy Choo shop that we finally found. The shoe prices are just mind-blowing.

Paper shop Ito-ya. Here we bought some paper backgrounds for our photography.

After we were done with Ginza, it was time to have some food. Due to a night performance we had our dinner at 4pm, right when the restaurants started to open.
Found an interesting place near Shinjuku station.

Crispy fried fish salad.

Gyoza.

Deep fried spicy squid legs.

Grilled chicken thigh with rock salt

And then after some rest we headed to the Suntory Hall through a rainy night.

The program was Brams Piano Concerto No. 2 and Dvorak Symphony No. 7 performed by Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo. Conductor Tatsuya Shimono.
The conductor was very energetic, he literally jumped around the stage.

Overall Ksusha liked the performance a lot.

In fact we really hoped to come a few days for some Organ performance, but the tickets were long sold out.

Preparations for the second part of the program.

Taking away the Grand Piano.

The hall after the program ended. It seats 2006 persons.

Umbrella parking stand with keys so that your umbrella will wait for you for sure.

And on the next day we went to Kyoto.