A wonderful exhibition entitled Hirata no boushi (Hirata's Hats), now running at the Spiral Garden (Omotesando).
The connection with food is only tangential — specifically the view you get from your seat in the Spiral Café — but that's good enough an excuse for me...
Akio Hirata, haute couture milliner and headwear craftsman, is now 86 years old. This is his first retrospective to be held in Japan. It will run through July 3rd (that's longer than the original schedule).
Here's a bit more on Hirata...
And here are links to the Spiral Garden site, the Spiral Cafe, and a map to the Spiral Building.
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