Matsumoto, the city of dots

I'll start by telling you this, I love Yayoi Kusama.

I can relate to a lot of her work and concepts, even those I'm far from being depressed I can still relate to her pain in lots of ways, and I think this is what art is all about.

So when I heard Matsumoto is her berth city and one of the museums there has a big exhibit of her work, I knew I'm going to love it there.

If you are anything like me, you gonna love this city.

It's young, fresh and modern. packed with everything! small designers boutiques, amazing vintage stores, mouth watering coffee shops and bakeries, modern architecture, cool people, and dots, lots and lots of dots.

Ho, there is also the black Matsumoto Castle, also known as Karasujo castle (Crow Castle).

but I had too much fun in the city and I didn't bother too much about it (unfortunately).

I choose those two very different cafe's, and I think they both represent the vibes from the city pretty well.

The first cafe would be HOP FROG CAFE

The cafe is run by a sweet couple who loves to chat and speaks great English.

they have 10 taps offering a variety of craft beer & nitro coffee, as well as a big variety of coffee origins (all roasted at the place of course) and brew methods.

They also offer a variety of food, I had the banana bread as well as the amazing bread pudding (which I highly recommend) topped with a generous scoop of there homemade ice cream.

on the other side of the street, we have high-five coffee stand.

A super trendy, young and cool place with an American aesthetic.

With 18 different blends and origins for sale and a verity of brewing methods, you can't really go wrong.

This cafe is very busy and you can really feel the young vibes of the city through all the peoples in it.

Unfortunately, you can't take pictures in the Matsumoto City Art Museum.

But they have a few different temporary exhibits, as well as a few permanent ones with artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Hosokawa Munehide, Kamijo Shinzan, Tamura Kazuo and more.

The Kusama exhibit was smaller than I thought it would be, and I personaly loved her 3 early pencil drawings the most, which is something you don't get to see in most of her other exhibits across japan.

Overall I enjoyed it, and I recommend you to visit it as well if you are in the area.