ne.zu.根.津.美.術.館

your love for arts only grew stronger overtime in tokyo. you gradually fall in love with arts and you are visiting museum more frequently here in tokyo then in the last few years.

nezu museum (根津美術館) is just a gem awaiting to be discovered. the architecture of the museum and the garden itself is already worth the visit, even if you are not here in the name of the arts. but architecture and garden will worth the entrance fee.

clean, sleek, minimalist and definitely zen entrance set the tone for the approach,  a great statement and representation of the museum

the garden compound immediately connecting to the museum

nezu cafe is almost like an glass house hidden seclusively in the woods. the floor length window gives you the unbeatable view of the garden and the vivid green...

it's late in the afternoon and you haven't had your lunch, you ordered a meat pie with salad

 and admiring the reflection of the shadows of the tree in your tea cup

and look up, out across the glass window to the tree comparing them against the shadow in you tea cup

 and a mont blanc to finish off the meal

nice little mont blanc, a perfect ending note to your late afternoon lunch.

you sat here for a long time because it is simply a bliss to sit and admire the green out there.