I was supposed to go with Melissa, but she accidentally overslept, so I ended up just looking around by myself. It's a huge museum. I wish I was there with someone so we could take pictures of using some of the hands-on things they had there. (There were rooms you could go in, bikes and other vehicles you could sit in, that kind of thing.) It's a very thorough museum. It goes from the beginnings of Edo, covers all aspects of life (economy, international communication, arts, etc.) and goes up until the Tokyo Olympics.
It took me 2 hours to get through it, though near the end I wasn't looking at everything. I wish I had gone before my Japanese Civilization midterm. It might have helped me remember stuff. Overall though, it was nice to look at all the stuff.
I didn't go see the special exhibit since the museum was closing. I think it was something about pottery, but I'm not sure since the title was in kanji that I couldn't read. I was a little disappointed that I didn't wait until December because they'll be having a special exhibit on Hokusai. Though it's only 440 yen or so to get in, I could always go back. =)
