Return to Tokyo, Part 3

Days 11 to 15. We celebrated a retirement, caught beans for good fortune, and spent three Perfect Days ticking off favourite places and stores. This is Part three, days 11–15. See also Part one, days 1–5 and Part two, days 6–10 Day eleven, Saturday 31st January It’s another beautiful, sunny day. We take a taxi to the Kokugikan and, as we get out, our driver offers us origami paper cranes she’s folded in advance. The New Yea...