October 13, 2004

Out

Masa still wanted to see the Hokusai works at the British Museum, so we made our way back to Bloomsbury. While Masa headed to the Asian section of the museum, I took some photos of the museum building outside. As I was setting up my tripod, a museum guard came over and asked if I had "a permit for that".

"A permit to take photos?" I asked innocently.

"For the tripod," he replied.

Damn. So it was all hand-held shots of the museum.

I met up with Masa and asked about the Hokusai pieces. He informed me that the Japanese galleries were taken up by a special sword exhibition, so no Hokusai on display. Strike 3.