Japanese Exhibition
Aug 16th, 2009 by Frank Grisdale
The opening of my solo exhibition at the Prince Takamodo Gallery, located in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, was June 26th. It went well with about a hundred people in attendance, from the VIP list of the embassy, and some specific people I had asked the Embassy to invite for me.
My wife Louise and daughter (Mackenzie, see above) came along for the trip which was great. Especially since the opening night was also Louise and my 27th wedding anniversary.
Tokyo is so big it is almost incomprehensible for a prairie boy. We found the subway system to be easy to navigate, perhaps because we had a 23 year old daughter towing us around. Experienced the cramming on to the subway a couple of times, and even managed to get on to the women’s only car – apparently this is segregated to spare women the early morning groping by men.
Saw the temples and gardens of Kyoto, and got there via the Bullet train.
Frank:
Wonderful to hear from you again photographically. Congratulations on your show. It sounds like you had fun.
Charles Maclauchlan