Japan Visit 2010

Today we visited Ueno park and the magnificent Tokyo National Museum, where we were lucky enough to see the 400th Memorial Retrospective of the work of Hasegawa Tohaku.  When we arrived at the gates of the museum (and were try to figure out what ticket to buy!) and nice Japanese lady simply handed us two tickets (costing around £20)!  Then as quickly she appeared she vanished never to be seen again. 

There was a queue of around 30 minutes to see the Hasegawa Tohaku exhibits but we felt the wait was worth  it given we were unlikely to ever get the chance again.  The works were beautiful but unfortunately the place was packed so it was difficult for us to see all works properly. 

Much better (from my perspective) was the Honkan (Japanese Gallery) which contained some magnificent Japanese works of art.  The Samurai swords and armoury were nothing short of spectacular and well worth a visit.  

We finished off our visit with a little souvenir shopping at the museum shop!