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Storing Storing on the theatre’s mega-screen onon the the theatre’s theatre’s mega-screen mega-screen enough electricity to charge up to for the world to admire. enoughenough electricity electricity to to charge charge up up to to forfor the the world world to to admire. admire. 2,500 smartphones, it can even 2,5002,500 smartphones, smartphones, it it can can even even function as a source of emergency functionfunction as as a a source source of of emergency emergency power when disaster strikes. powerpower when when disaster disaster strikes. strikes. Consider yourself lucky if you get to Relax in a spacious café ConsiderConsider yourself yourself lucky lucky if if you you get get to to RelaxRelax in in a a spacious spacious café café ride the yellow bus of which there is 5 rideride the the yellow yellow bus bus of of which which there there is is 55 only one in service. When at Global Ring, don’t forget to check out onlyonly one one in in service. service. WhenWhen at at Global Global Ring, Ring, don’t don’t forget forget to to check check out out the theatre’s café. Boasting a high wooden ceiling thethe theatre’s theatre’s café. café. Boasting Boasting a a high high wooden wooden ceiling ceiling and calming, simple décor, it’s an ideal spot for andand calming, calming, simple simple décor, décor, it’s it’s an an ideal ideal spot spot for for relaxing after a bout of sightseeing. You can enjoy relaxingrelaxing after after a a bout bout of of sightseeing. sightseeing. You You can can enjoy enjoy your coffee and sandwich on the terrace when youryour coffee coffee and and sandwich sandwich on on the the terrace terrace when when the weather’s agreeable, from morning to late thethe weather’s weather’s agreeable, agreeable, from from morning morning to to late late at night: opening hours are 7am to 11.30pm. atat night: night: opening opening hours hours are are 7am 7am to to 11.30pm. 11.30pm. Conveniently, the café has a public restroom that Conveniently,Conveniently, the the café café has has a a public public restroom restroom that that can also be accessed from the outside. cancan also also be be accessed accessed from from the the outside. outside. Tokyo Music Evening Yube is a series of classical concerts that TokyoTokyo Music Music Evening Evening Yube Yube is is a aseries series of of classical classical concerts concerts that that take place at the open-air Global Ring stage every Wednesday taketake place place at at the the open-air open-air Global Global Ring Ring stage stage every every Wednesday Wednesday from 7pm and 8.30pm.