Gerry <222ggg@spam.really.sucks> wrote in message news:<220420040722408134%222ggg@spam.really.sucks>...
> Thanks the the recommendations, guys.  I've still got them on the
> table, but at this point we're thinking of just going on in to Tokyo to
> a known hotel in Ueno, doing one night and shipping out the next
> afternoon.  It seems a more direct approach.
> 
> We can't seem to nail down the full trip schedule, though, without
> spending almost a full day on the road a couple of times, which I'll
> ask about under a different thread title...

While in Ueno, you should check out GH9 (in Okachimachi, which is
walking distance) for jazz sessions and, sometime during your stay,
try get to Motion Blue in Yokohama http://www.motionblue.co.jp/ .