The two museums are side by side and offer a joint ticket for both.
The art museum had an interesting hands-on exhibit with wooden dolls.
In the first room, there were puppet dolls hanging on the wall that people could play with to make sounds on the broken steel plate. It was pretty fun.
In the second room, the dolls were hanging in open cubes and arranged in various ways.
It was a fun exhibit.
The City Museum displayed history of the area and had some English explanations for the exhibits. Photography was allowed without flash, but most of the museum was very dark.
Outside in a little garden is a musical water thing. You pour water over the rock and it drips down making a tinkling music sound.
There were only a few people in the museums. I think most of the tourists were in the shopping areas of Kawagoe.
Pamela: What a beautiful place to visit, I love the puppets, I would have a ball playing with them. I love the geta's they lok very old. The mask's are a hoot.
Pamela: What a beautiful place to visit, I love the puppets, I would have a ball playing with them.
ReplyDeleteI love the geta's they lok very old.
The mask's are a hoot.
Catherine
Another interesting place, without crowds! The puppets do look like fun.
ReplyDeleteYou have a chance to learn a lot by travelling to these places and visiting museums and castles.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely and fascinating museum. I'm so glad you shared the puppets. I think this is a spot I would love.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to visit, I love the wall of masks.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting! Did you play with the wooden dolls too?
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