Current Art Exhibition at Fuchnomori Park

I only saw the signs for this. there is a small museum at Fuchunomori Park.

Ninja Clothes and Armor at the Ninja Museum, Nagano Prefecture

These pictures are not very good, sorry. There was a lot of glare in Nagano!! On the lake, but especially in here.






armor


Note the pink slippers reflected in the glass. The slippers were at the door for visitors. We had to take off our shoes and leave them on a shelf outside. We chose not to wear the slippers.

Ninja Weapons

Outside the restrooms, there were shuriken in the concrete. That's a young Japanese woman standing there in the corner. The metal grate covers a drain.








This is a lighter. It has a flint inside that could be spun. A twig would be placed in the center hole to be ignited.

These decanters were used to carry poison.

The Mammoth Museum, Nagano Prefecture

This statue was at a rest stop in Nagano Prefecture. A mammoth was found near here.



This is the rest stop. There were only restrooms here.


This sign points to the Mammoth museum. We didn't have time to go to the museum.

Ashes and Snow, The Nomadic Museum

We went to the photo exhibition called Ashes and Snow in Odaiba, Tokyo today.

It is called The Nomadic Museum because it will move from city to city.

The whole building will travel with the exhibition. It was designed by Shigeru Ban. It is made out of old train cars.

The people with the umbrellas are walking toward the entrance. The windows on the right are plastic. That is where the shop is located.

Here is the ticket office.

You walk into the exhibition to the left of the white curtains.

This wall is covered in old tea bag paper. When you enter the exhibition, the first thing you see as you turn the corner is an amber sheet draped from the ceiling to the floor. It is made of tea bags, too. The ceilings are really high. There are huge pillars. They are made out of rolled paper!

Cameras are not allowed in exhibitions, but you can see the photos on the website for Ashes and Snow. There, you can also see how the photos were displayed. It was a very nice atmosphere. There were wooden plank pathways with river rocks from Africa along the sides. Nice music playing, amber lights. For us today, we had a little thunder and lots of rain on the tin roof.

There was a shop located at the exit. Here is the book we bought. The paper is all handmade.

The bag was made out of recycled paper. It had this stamp on it.