Tag Archives: Museum

Happy 20th Anniversary to Tezuka Osamu Memorial Museum!

If I am asked who is my favourite manga artists, I will be stuck to choose one because I have many ranging from the latest one to classics!!  Among all of…

Explore Mie: The Louvre Museum? and Daikannon Temple

  Have you ever been to the Louvre Museum? I know, Paris is too far away and we don’t have a chance to go there so often. But, here’s good…

[Photoblog] Beautiful Line on the Roof

  Miki, the photographer admired how beautiful it was. Taken is Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall (Nara National Museum). Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is JAPAN Style!

Doraemon Museum Virtual Tour

  On September 3rd, the Doraemon museum (Fujiko F. Fujio Museum) opened in Kawasaki city. Today, we will have a virtual museum tour. Let’s go!!     From the nearby train…

Cup Noodles Museum in Yokohama

  Cup Noodles are sold and loved worldwide. And this product is one of the 20th century’s most significant Japanese inventions (^o^)v. On September 17, Yokohama will host the grand…

Abashiri Prison Museum : Japan’s Oldest Prison in Existence

Located in Amashiri, Hokkaido, Abashiri Prison Museum exhibits the real life of Japan’s northernmost prison which was once called “the hardest prison to escape” during the Meiji period (1868 to…

A Swimming Pool You Can Swim Without an Intake of Breath

Let me introduce a blog post from a Japanese entertainment website that I check often. Today, it is about a swimming pool.   This is a small swimming pool in…

Kitchen Museum on Kappabashi Street – a Minor Tourist Destination in Tokyo

  Kappabashi Street runs between Ueno and Asakusa in Tokyo. Numbers of shops supplying the restaurant trade clustered on the street. Pots, pans, dishes, chopsticks silverwares, glasses… all kinds of…

Shitamachi Museum Takes You Back to 1920 Japan

Shitamachi is the traditional shopping, entertainment and residential districts of Tokyo. A hundred year ago, the area still had the taste of good old days of Edo period (1603 to…

“Sekigahara War-Land” Samurai Battle Themed Museum Park

  In Sekigahara, [W:Gifu Prefecture], there is a samurai battle themed park named “Sekigahara War-Land.” In the 30,000 square meters park, life-sized concrete samurai statues are exhibited. It is themed…

Amuse Museum in Asakusa

  Asakusa is a major tourist spot in Tokyo, and about 34 million tourists visit a year. Last winter, Amuse Museum opened right next to the nitenmon (east gate) of…

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