My husband took a half day off this week and we decided to head to Nezu Museum in Omotesando/Aoyama. I’d been wanting to go for a bit, mainly for the garden and it didn’t disappoint. It was also quite small and not very busy, so it was a nice way to while away an hour. We booked online but I think you can just turn up. If it’s busy though, they might turn you away.

I misread the sign in the garden and thought it was called ‘The Forbidden Garden’ but on closer inspection, it was pointing out forbidden items. This was all in English.

There is a cafe in the garden but it was full (and expensive), so we went to Blue Bottle which was also expensive but they do nice stuff. I had lemonade (it wasn’t overly sweet), my husband had a caffe latte and we shared a piece of rhubarb cake. It’s quite rare to see rhubarb in Japan.

My husband needed to kill sometime, so we got the train to Otemachi Station and went to the Starbucks in there. My friend had got me a gift card for Starbucks which was very sweet and I had a chai tea (which was also sweet) and my husband had mango.

We were both nearly falling asleep in Starbucks so we went and sat on a bench near the station and watched the world go by. It felt like we were in a European city which felt refreshing.

I hope you’re all surviving the weather wherever you are. It’s a worry.
Emily