Day 8 Tokyo

After meeting the Imperials, Steve, Will, and I went out for dinner in an area called Shinjuku. It has one of the busiest train stations in the world with over 1 million people traveling through it each day.


The packed train.



We found a great little Indian place.
Shinjuku is the futuristic city that Blade Runner was filmed in. Neon signs everywhere!



Bedtime!
Today we went for a rehearsal with the Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, with whom we will be sharing a concert tomorrow.






Chifuru Matsubara, the conductor of TPC, came to Vancouver 2 years ago as a guest conductor for one of our concerts. It was great to see him again.



We sang 2 joint pieces together, so we sat in mixed formation. It was a little intimidating singing in Japanese with native speakers sitting right beside you, but with our excellent language coaching we were well prepared and held our own.





A great thing about traveling with a group like this is that people split off and do their own thing. People took a boat trip of the city, some went shopping in Shibuya, and some went out in Ginza.


Ladies were off for a night on the town.
Big concert tomorrow!
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