Japunzel -

S h i n y

After the shrine visit this afternoon we went home and rested a bit.

We had seats reserved at "Robot Restaurant", a theme restaurant that seemed out of this world. We had however been warned that we should eat beforehand.

So we went to just a place near the hotel that seemed nice. I very much enjoy the slight panic in the waiter's eyes when we say there are 11 of us. Cause they always work it out. Tonight we got a little room to ourselves and even though it was an izakaya (more like a bar with food service), there was so many vegetarian dishes to choose from. I had edamame beans, grilled rice balls, grilled tofu that melted in my mouth and fried rice...

It was so tasty I forgot to take pictures before digging in! :(

Then we hurried to the Robot place and ..wow, we were not prepared. First we were shown into a lounge with psychadelic lights and all shiny surfaces where a band played smooth music while seemingly dressed up as Daft Punk in all metal armor.

Lights

And then we went down 5 floors into a sub-basement where we took our seats and were served bento boxes, I got a vegetarian version. Not much to write home about, but it looks neat.

And then started the show, with dancers, drummers, all influenced by either robots or japanese tradition.

Food, lights, action

I think this is where it started getting really weird. Kung Fu Panda riding a cow?

If it is not somehow obvious, this is a spiderwoman riding a motorized tarantula watching in horror as her friend the monkey comes dangling from a cockroach and dies from being shot by an evil robot lord that the tarantula catches in a net. Yes, really. There was a plot.