Life Out Loud: Japan Vacation: Tokyo Day 2

In the morning on my second day in Tokyo, I headed to Ueno Park. The park is home to many museums, restaurants, a zoo, and cherry blossoms during the Spring season. I planned on seeing multiple museums, but the Tokyo National Museum ended up taking up most of my day. It was not a surprise though since it is the largest museum in Japan. After going here, I realized that out of shrines, temples, and museums, I enjoy museums the most and spend the most time in them. I was in the Tokyo National Museum for at least 2.5 hours!

The museum houses a huge collection of artworks and archaeological finds, with its main focus on Japan. The numbers: "The museum holds over 110,000 objects, which includes 87 Japanese National Treasure holdings and 610 Important Cultural Property holdings (as of July, 2005). The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection." Of the Japanese collections, my favorite was the Japanese swords.

On a side note, there was a very nice exhibit with Chinese paintings. I seriously thought every painting in that exhibit was beautiful. Unfortunately, the exhibit didn't allow photography. -__- That was the case with a lot of artwork in the museum that I really liked.
Another district that I visited during the second day in Tokyo was Akihabara. The district is known as Electronic city. Up and down the streets, you can find numerous stores with gaming arcades, gaming figurines, anime, and anime dolls. I like video games, manga, and anime, but the way that the Japanese love them is on another level. O_O By the time I left the district, I felt overloaded with games and anime. I had to get out of there, lol.

Below is Sega arcade that I went into. The way it is setup is how a lot of the arcades are set up in the area. The first floor has vending machines with game prizes, and the upper floors have gaming machines; each floor houses different games.