Ueno
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was a wonderful place that I went a couple times on our trip. It was quite large and I don't think I ever got to see everything.
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This is the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Japanese language
doesn't have an "L" sound, so it tends to get replaced with the "R" sound.
The reason I bring this up is because on the map of Ueno Park, they had a mark
labelled "Metroporitan Museum of Art".
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One of the many statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I took this picture
because I was blown away that it wasn't behind anything. I could have
reached out and touched this had I wanted to. The really surprising thing was
there were tons of school groups there while I was roaming around. The
children would break up into groups without adult supervision and go through
their assignments. And they never misbehaved! Yikes. Try THAT in America.
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This was out in the side area of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was
extremely large, and extremely odd. It was one of the few things that was
fenced off, though.
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This was the formal garden out back of the Metropolitan Museum. There was
no way to get into them, which was unfortunate. It looked extremely peaceful.
The house in the back is where the gardener lives. I would imagine keeping
up this garden would be a full time job.
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Japanese ink painting is one of my favorite styles of artwork. I spent long
hours in the Metropolitan Museum of Art while Keith was working. There were
rooms full of intricate scrollwork, sculpture, historical outfits, needlework,
handmade paper, etc. I highly recommend a visit to this museum if you find
yourself in Tokyo.
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This is a samarai outfit from the Museum of Art. The outfits were one of
the more interesting sections of the museum. They also had some ancient
weapons in this section. Looking at the samarai outfit, I couldn't imagine
it doing any good against a sword.
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