Countries Of My Life: Start of my Last Weekend in Japan: Edo-Tokyo Museum, LCM and a Bar

Today, my schedule was a bit tight, but I managed to do it somehow ;)
At first, I went to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. A friend of mine told me about it some months ago and I was curious. I was told that this is one of the best museums in Japan. And in my opinion, it certainly is :D

Starting from the entrance, it was fun. The escalator went from the 1st floor to the 6th one. Felt a bit like going into the sky ;) The entrance fee was also quite cheap, so I was in a good mood.

Looks a bit like a Space Escalator, doesn't it? :)

So I went to the permanent exhibition of the museum. When I arrived, I already heard some music. Luckily, the Kabuki performance already started. And at first, I didn't even know that there would be one :D

It was different from the Kabuki I saw in theater, because there was more dance and happy music. So maybe there are different kinds of Kabuki?

The exhibiton was filled with many items and miniature buildings, starting from the Edo Period to the days after the 2nd World War. I think especially the many miniature buildings and scenes are something that is special for Japan. It its also a great help to imagine the historic places and people.

Residence of a feudal lord from the 17th century

I like especially the miniature people within the scenes. In most of the cases, they are very detailed even in place you can barely see. Like in a miniature restaurant with figures sitting inside. Unfortunately, I couldn't make such a photo in good quality ;)

Scene from the Edo period

The old pictures, books and magazines throughout the history were fascinating for me too. They represent for me a big part of the culture from those times and show what topics and stories fascinated the people from those periods. However, I doubt that many people from then saw especially the very old ones.

Lumbering back in the days :D

By seeing the different maps of Edo / Tokyo, I could grasp a sense for the development of this city. Of course, wars and natural disasters force many drastic changes of the city core. Nevertheless, the city grew and grew over the times. And so did my fascination of this city :)

Map of Edo in 1632

There are many things one can tell after going into this museum, but I think this is enough for the moment. At the end, I have many impressions of my time being there. At this point, I can only recommend this museum. When I will come back, I will come again ^^

Christmas Trees in front of St. Paul University

At the evening, I went to AIESEC St. Pauls to visit the people there one last time before my flight. To be honest, I scheduled this to be earlier than I actually did, but nevertheless it was fun (and short ;).

Well, just cabbage :)

Afterwards, I went to an Izakya (Japanese Bar) with some AIESECers and one (new) trainee, Patryck from Poland. It was a nice evening: Eating Drinking and Chilling :D
I really love those times and I can't wait for the next time ^^

Impressions from the museum: