Hello dear readers! How are you?
I still haven't got round to posting all the pictures from my mother's visit back in October, so I'm sharing a few with you today.
On this day we went to a couple of museums- the Edo Tokyo Museum and the Sumo Museum, which are very close to each other in Ryogoku.
You can guess where we took this picture!
I'm the referee!
Although I've been to the Edo Tokyo Museum several times before, this was the first time I've had a guided tour. I really recommend it; the tour is free, available in several languages, and you can choose how long you want the tour for and which part of the museum in particular you'd like explained.
We told the guide we only had 20 minutes, in case it was boring! It wasn't at all though, so we asked her if we could extend it, haha.
The museum is divided into different time zones, and I found these adorable Junichi Nakahara postcards in the Showa section.
I also saw this cool kimono/jumpsuit thing! There was some footage of a girl wearing one, she looked so stylish.
I picked up a couple of postcards and a "Modern Girl" pack of oil removing papers. It is a testament to my extreme oiliness that none are left now :(
After that we went to take a look at the newly restored Tokyo station. It was originally built in 1914, and I think that the architect who designed it was a student of an English architect who went to Japan to teach.
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It's very interesting to see a Western-style building like this here in Tokyo! My home town in England is close to Brighton, famous for the crazy Indian/Chinese palace built by George IV while he was a decadent prince. This building is less crazy and more tasteful, but strange nonethless.
Anyway I like it! The imperial palace is nearby, and we wanted to visit that next, but all we found was a big "CLOSED" sign and a lot of angry tourists!
I hope we'll get a chance to go to the palace next visit, and we'll be sure to arrive earlier then.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Next time, I'll tell you about the Tokyo lolitas' adventures in ice skating and the El Dorado carousel!
Thanks for reading,
Sapphira
The museum its cool , but it's a shame that the palace was closed, has to be beautiful
ReplyDeleteI love the photo with the osumosan XD
ReplyDeleteI hope I'll have the occasion to visit Tokyo again, I only saw really little of it :(
When I have been to Tokyo, the imperial palace was closed too ;( buuuu
ReplyDeleteBut you had fun at the museum!
Beautiful last pic ^^
When I visit i never have time to do touristy things in tokyo, we always only stay for 1 or 2 days. It sounds like a great place to visit though and i'll meantion it to my husband <3
ReplyDeleteI'm happy for you, you must be really happy to have your mom around. Living alone can be so lonely!