National Museum of Nature and Science

National Museum of Nature and Science facade view

A lot of dinosaur fossils.

??? His eye?

Eye bone?

Adult and younger specimens.

Some of them are black. Different places, different colors? Trasformed to different rocks?



Only if you see them in museum, you believe they are not a collection of chicken bones.

One of the most famous dogs in Japan, Jiro. He went to the Antarctica as a sled dog about a half century ago. He was left there chained with other dogs when the expedition team left but survived for a year with one more dog, Taro, till the next expedition team's arrival.

And the most famous dog, Hachi - aka Hachiko.

Indigenous chickens.

So real, freaks me out.

One of the four specimens of Japanese wolf. They have gone extinct for more than 100 years.

A lava bomb. Nice naming. Reminds me of Ed Levin county park.

400 years old sky map

A photomultiplier tube from Super-Kamiokande neutrino observatory.

Zero Figher

The first Japanese computer - 1700 vacuum tubes, 30KHz

I don't know how many (100+) but most of all these used to be a private collection.

I didn't think visiting museum was this exhausting. I even fell asleep on a bench inside the museum.

Cherry Blossom in Ueno Kouen

The national treasure "Ashura" exhibition is being held at the National Museum of Art. I went to Ueno Park where ten museums including the National Museum of Art are located.

Full or little past full blossom. They are the most common type of cherry blossom, "Someiyoshino".

Blue sheets are under flowers all over the park.

I love walking in falling petals with nice breeze.

There are several shrines and temples. There are many foreigners too. The park is one of the 13 Michelin's three-star places to visit in Japan.

Different kind of cherry blossom, "Shidare-zakura".

National Museum of Art

Ashura is the multi-faced sculpture on the pink sign under the cherry blossom tree. There was another sign saying "40 mins" of waiting line. I changed my mind and visited the National Museum of Science instead. I will post pictures later.

Cherry Blossom in Inokashira Kouen

It will be in full bloom soon.



Reserving space for 'Hanami' (cherry blossom watching). They need reason to get drunk.

Keio Train

Inokashira Line at Shibuya Station at 6:15AM.

Inside Train View

Nothing special but a view inside a Keio train.

Stuff for Audio Fanatics

Soldering wire for better sound. About $200 for 1kg. It seems another lead free soldering wire according to the spec.

LAN cable for audio purpose. Wth is audio purpose? About $1100 for 1.5m. Wtf? What kind of fraud is this?

Inokashira Kouen

Had a short walk in Inokashira Kouen (park) near my place.

Boating.

A lot of people walking in the park.

Water cleaning device, they say... I guess something is underneath. At least water doesn't not seem clean.

Rows of bikes. Very common scene.

Kobushi - tiny magnolia, about the size of baseball

Telephone booth. It's getting difficult to find one.

Ther're called "Pleasure Boat". Swan type seems very popular.

Cherry blossom

Russian Kids Playgound

Dog

Surely dogs dream.

Instant Coffee Refill

Comes with an empty jar. Good job Nestle. How stxxid.

Kinkyi Kids

lol

Wendy's

The top row says "Wendy's" and the bottom one says "Hamburger".

Korea Town

Had a medical checkup at a health center in Shin-okubo, the biggest Korea town in Tokyo. I ate at a restaurant and I was the only one who does not understand Korean. I also entered a store and heard all announcements in Korean. For sure this town has been taken over by Koreans.

Vending Machines

No ID required.

Hieneken

Sake bottle size big Heineken.

Cat

Sewer Cover

Sewer cover on Dogenzaka street. Somehow it reminds me of Haagen-Datz.

Goat

Can't stop laughing. So funny.

Mushroom

Interesting mushroom. Only 10 yen (9 cents). I wonder how one can make money.

Patocar

Police Car

Golden Eggs

Sea Cucumber

Sliced sea cucumbers in soy source + vineger (+ sugar?). Sea cucumber itself has almost no taste but I like its texture. Yes, it's raw.