Lunch w/Rich & Edo Tokyo Museum

Today Mike and I actually left our apartment before noon. It was definitely going to be a good day. Mike's uncle Rich was in town for business, so we met up with him and his business colleague, Wayne. We met them at Tokyo station, which was an adventure in itself. Tokyo station is the 2nd largest station in Tokyo, so we had to search for them even though we had the name of where they were. Turns out there were 2 buildings with the same name, but after about 15 minutes, we split up to find them and I was successful. We had lunch and learned about what kind of busy they were here for. Mike called them seagulls because "they come in and shit on everything and then leave." They oversee and train people on what they are suppose to be doing. Sounds fun and after their few days here, they were off to another couple of places. After lunch, we headed over to the Tokyo Edo Museum, which had a special exhibit on the Mongolian Empire, including a big statue of Genghis Khan on a horse.

Tokyo Edo Musuem is a famous museum that discusses the history and development of Tokyo. We first went to the Mongolian exhibit, which was not as great as we expected. Every item description was in Japanese, so we basically spent our time looking at items. We couldn't take any pictures of the artifacts, but here is what I liked the best: traditional kimono that had peacock feathers woven into it everywhere. Mike and I both liked the Mongolian chess set that was at the end of the exit and we are now trying to figure out how to obtain one. We will let you know how it goes.

After this exhibit we went to see the permanent one on Tokyo. It was a really great exhibit that Mike and I both liked. They actually let you take pictures of some of the replica items. Mike and I would get done with one part of the exhibit and then try to see where Rich and Wayne were. We found them taking a break many times, but figured they were tried after traveling.
Not sure who he is or what he is doing, but I could take a picture. He was also in front of the theater that follows.


Next is a set of pictures of a major street in the city where people would gather. They replicated this and had binoculars available so you could see them up close.



Next is a split house, where 2 different families live.


Next are some pictures of traditional dress for kabuki theater. Check out her shoes, I need to find some of those!


Here I am sitting in a rickshaw!

I can't remember what this was, but I included it anyway!

An original car! hehe


After this, we ended our very long day of the museum. Rich and Wayne survived and then headed back to Yokohama, which is where they were staying. Mike and I headed home. It was a good day.