Edo Tokyo Museum
Yesterday went out on the town with Jeff. Had a pretty good time bar-hopping around Shibuya. I spotted (but didn't go into) a bar with the coolest door I have ever seen. It actually contained a water tank that continually had air bubbling through it. I'm a little tired today because we came back on a early morning train. You can tell it's early because the Yamanote line is never that empty during regular hours. Oh, and people don't typically sleep on the floor.
Today I went to the Edo Tokyo Museum which I last visited in 1996. I had only vague memories of it. It was $13 to get in, including admission to the special exhibit, and it was totally worth it. Along with my friend Minako I spent something like six hours exploring the place from top to bottom. I'm sure the fact that I'm living in Tokyo now made the content much more interesting. I learned a great deal of interesting info about Tokyo of two hundred years ago. For example, sushi containing raw fish originated in Tokyo-- not Kyoto like most things Japanese-- and that during his life the ukiyo-e master Hokusai changed residence ninety times! I highly recommend this place to anyone interested in Japanese history as many things were labeled in English as well as Japanese.
We also checked out the special exhibition on the work and life of famous manga writer Shigeru Mizuki. He is best know for his ghost stories. We saw two of his ghosts walking around and among other objects from his manga, a human soul tempura! What an imagination that fellow has. It's hard to communicate the variety of characters and strange scenes we were treated to in the exhibit. Quite a nice day, but I am exhausted now.
PS. Best birthday wishes to the emperor, in case he's reading. Thanks for the national holiday.
Today I went to the Edo Tokyo Museum which I last visited in 1996. I had only vague memories of it. It was $13 to get in, including admission to the special exhibit, and it was totally worth it. Along with my friend Minako I spent something like six hours exploring the place from top to bottom. I'm sure the fact that I'm living in Tokyo now made the content much more interesting. I learned a great deal of interesting info about Tokyo of two hundred years ago. For example, sushi containing raw fish originated in Tokyo-- not Kyoto like most things Japanese-- and that during his life the ukiyo-e master Hokusai changed residence ninety times! I highly recommend this place to anyone interested in Japanese history as many things were labeled in English as well as Japanese.
We also checked out the special exhibition on the work and life of famous manga writer Shigeru Mizuki. He is best know for his ghost stories. We saw two of his ghosts walking around and among other objects from his manga, a human soul tempura! What an imagination that fellow has. It's hard to communicate the variety of characters and strange scenes we were treated to in the exhibit. Quite a nice day, but I am exhausted now.
PS. Best birthday wishes to the emperor, in case he's reading. Thanks for the national holiday.
posted by jarsyl at
23:43
2 Comments:
Hi Jarsyl,
I came across your blog via slashdot.
Nice blog!
I had a question and was wondering if you could help me out. How does one get to work in Japan? Does one need to speak Japanese as well? Would appreciate if you could give some pointers.
thanks,
arun
P.S. I'm from India.
asliarun@gmail.com
Hello Arun,
Thanks for reading. I'm glad you like my blog. I'll post again with lots of photos this weekend.
As for working in Japan, it really depends on what you want to do. I'm no expert as I've only been here for one year, but I'll try and give you some tips. Since you're coming from /. I'm guessing you're going to want to work in computers. Unless you wind up working for a non-Japanese international company, you will want to have a good grasp of the Japanese language. I know one programmer who only speaks enough Japanese to survive in daily life, but since his coworkers speak both English and Japanese he is fine. You should visit Gaijinpot for more info. Some (many?) people just come over here on a tourist visa and look for work while on that, but it appears India does not have an agreement like that with Japan. Working holidays are also popular among nationals of countries with such agreements with Japan.
Would you want to put links up to each others' blogs?
Our thoughts are with the victims of the tsunami in India and elsewhere in the world. I hope you haven't been personally affected.
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