J and I had planned to have a nice evening out during his visit to celebrate our 4 years anniversary. We ended up getting tickets for Carmina Burana at the New National Theater of Tokyo. The main dancer was especially talented, all the more when it came to dancing the part of the Fortuna. The music was great. The only thing I question is the pairing of the opening act, Faster, which was quite modern and dynamic, to the very dramatic Carmina Burana.
One thing that surprised me was how over dressed we were. Considering Japaneses seem to always dress impeccably for work, I was taken aback when I realized how casual they were at the Opera. I had expected full evening gowns! You can't win, you feel awkward when under dressed and uncomfortable when over dressed.
This was a nice evening, despite having trouble finding our way around this area both on arrival and upon leaving. Forget about finding a nice restaurant around there, we failed miserably. We ended up scouring the neighborhood of our hotel without much inspiration for anything we found. My feet hurting terribly from the walking in high heels, we were about to give up and buy sandwiches from a nearby 7/11 when we finally found a place where we could sit for dinner.
It was a nice cozy Japanese BBQ place very close to our hotel - of course Faith would make it so that only discovered it toward the end of our stay in Tokyo. I'm sure we would have gone there a few times had we discovered it earlier.
If you are ever around the Kodemmacho metro station, I recommend you stop by. I do believe the name of the place was Sumibi Shichirin Sakaba (phone: 03-56232202).
Here is a map to help you find the place if you were to want to go:
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