Japan Open-Air FolkHouseMuseum (川崎市立日本民家園)

This museum of sorts is located near to Mukougaoka-yuen station on the Odakyu line. It takes about 15 minutes walk from the station but there are signposts to guide you there.





Its a bargain really at 5ooyen for entrance and has 23 buildings, most of which are houses but does include a Kabuki theater and a small water mill as well.




The buildings themselves are from a variety of different places in Japan, there are five main areas: 'Post Town', 'Village in Shin-etsu', 'Village in Kanto', 'Village in Kanagawa', and 'Village in Tohoku'.



Guided tours are available but to be honest its much nicer to just walk around by yourself, there is information available in Japanese and English so you can find out quite a lot without the tour.











If you want more information then here is the website :
English
Japanese

Shiseido

Went to an exhibition of art work for the cosmetics company Shiseido last weekend at Setagaya Art Museum

Couldn't take any photos inside of course but here is the link, it was certainly interesting, the company seems to tend towards Art Deco style designs. The Museum itself is an interesting design too and is also in the middle of a large park. Very relaxing :-)