This little update is coming atcha live from the Sendai Mediatheque.

We ticked most of the boxes in Tokyo, spent a day out in Yokohama to see the Passenger Terminal and of course the Ramen Museum. The Passenger Terminal was a mixed bag - wonderful circulation and rooftop park, mixed with appalling detailing and retrofit retail. Seriously, some of the steelwork is REALLY BAD. Remember when in second year and you were into deconstructionist gear and you made all of your models out of little triangles that never seemed to fit together quite right? Well it feels a little like walking through one of those models; complete with scaled up inaccuracies. It is, however, a fun place to walk through and the park seems to be farely popular with the locals.

Of note in Tokyo was the Prada building - it is as good as you think. What else? The Dior building was a pleasant surprise and Pecha Kucha night at Klien Dythams Super Deluxe was a hoot.

Biggest letdown? The biggest let down was Itos Tods Deparment store. The exterior is nice enough but inside is wretched - why they covered the structural concrete trees with plasterboard is a mystery.

The Meditheque on the other hand is great. It is a bit of a shame they had to put stuff into it as it would be nice to be able to see the columns and floorplates in their entirety. The internet desk is cool though - The Cyber Knights of the Round Table etc.