2023年6月2日，星期五，东京之行第7天
Friday, June 2, 2023, Day 7 of the Tokyo trip
今天早上醒来外面就在下雨，参考了一下天气预报，看来这雨是要下一整天的。改变计划，打算找一个能买到票的美术馆看看。很惊讶东京的美术馆这么火爆，本来计划要去的宫崎骏动画为主题的吉卜力美术馆和草间弥生美术馆的票都已售罄，只好选择了不那么火的东京国立近代美术馆。
We woke this morning to the sound of heavy rain outside. After referring to the weather forecast, it seems that the rain will last all day. We changed our plans and decided to find an art gallery that has available tickets. But I was surprised to find that many of the art museums in Tokyo are so popular.
The tickets for the Ghibli, Yayoi Kusama, and the Hayao Miyazaki animation Museums, which we had planned to go to, were completely sold out; so we had to choose the less popular Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art.
吃完午饭，在雨中步行了20多分钟到了美术馆，还好当时的雨不算很大。东京国立近代美术馆位于东京市中心，毗邻皇居，是日本的第一座国立美术馆。馆里今天展出的是19世纪末至今，贯穿了日本百年美术史的一些作品。
After lunch, we walked to the art museum in the rain for more than 20 minutes. Fortunately, the rain was not too heavy at the time. The National Museum of Modern Art is located in the center of Tokyo, adjacent to the Imperial Palace. It is the first national art museum in Japan. What is exhibited in the museum today are some works from the end of the 19th century to the present, running through the history of Japanese art for the last hundred years.
美术馆里有很多现代画作，就是感觉不知所云的作品，比如一堆彩色线条，一个白圆圈在黑色背景上，等等，很多时候看现代或当代作品，我是感觉自己是没有欣赏能力的，就像这篇的篇头那副叫做“无题”的油画的脸。我总是在想是因为画家有名才会有人欣赏这种作品的吧，可是又想想，画家出名是因为作品啊，有没有点鸡生蛋，蛋生鸡的感念？
There are a lot of modern paintings in the art museum, which are works that seem incomprehensible, such as a bunch of colored lines, a white circle on a black background, etc. Many times when I look at modern or contemporary art, I feel that I have no ability to really appreciate them. Just like the face on the oil painting called “Untitled” which is the featured photo for this post. I always think that it is because the painter is famous that people appreciate this kind of work, but then I think about it: or is the painter famous because of his works. Does it sound like a chicken and egg?
雨还是一直下，坐地铁回酒店，晚饭时间雨下的很大，就在酒店附近尝试了日本涮涮锅，和火锅类似，但是汤底一般就是大酱汤（通常是由酱油、味醂和砂糖等调制而成）。
It was still raining and we took the subway back to the hotel. It rained heavily during dinner time. We tried Japanese Sukiyaki nearby the hotel. It is similar to hot pot, but the soup base is usually miso soup (made of soy sauce, mirin and sugar, etc.).
吃完晚饭，又去弹子球游戏室玩了1000日元的，我在油管上看了一些游戏攻略的视频，至少知道了应该怎么玩，不过这一千元也是不到5分钟就消失了，哈哈。
After dinner, we went back to the Pachinko place to waste another 1,000 yen. This time PJM takes the challenge. She watched some game strategy videos on Youtube, so at least knew how to play – but regardless, the 1,000 yen disappeared in less than 5 minutes. Ha ha.
雨是越下越大，回酒店睡觉，明天是在东京的最后一天，希望雨不要一直下了。
The rain is getting heavier and heavier. We’re going back to the hotel to sleep. Tomorrow is our last full day in Tokyo. Hoping for better weather tomorrow!
Good night.
It was interesting to watch the Sukiyaki cooking, it does seem like the Hot Pot we had at your 60th party. The Bertinos often took me to a Japanese restaurant and I would have sukiyaki soup that the restaurant had already cooked.
Too bad the Ghibli and Miyazaki museums were sold out. I’m not fond of modern art, but I do like the colorful man’s head. It reminds me of art that Mum liked.
I hope you have a good day tomorrow.
到一个城市旅游，看看美术馆啊博物馆啊，也真是个好主意！可惜宫崎骏的没有看到，我也喜欢宫崎骏动画。想不到那里的美术馆居然那么火，票还不好买。那张丝绸画归路挺好看。
三个兄弟和你打游戏的两张照片拍的都很好，有创意。
好快呀，一晃就七天过去了。