There are few halls that made up Tokyo National museum. This is the Heiseikan hall (not related to Heisinki, the capital of Finland), which normally houses the special exhibits (No photo taking of the special pieces too).
Connected to the Heiseikan hall through a resting area is the Honkan hall.
Resting area.. Zzzz
View from the front door of Honkan hall.
Honkan (Japanese gallery) hall houses mostly Japanese ancient artifacts.
And Ive some of the following to share ...
Very ancient metal shoe!
Titled "Japanese Woman".
Buddha.
Tachi sword!
Clayman.
Claymans..
Ancient coins.
Japanese working on handy crafts.
Next, we headed to the Toyokan hall (Asian gallery), the hall that houses artifacts from the rest of Asia. And we have the following ...
Titled "Head of lion" from Kushan dynasty, Pakistan.
"Stone Statues of Heracles (also known as Hercules)" from Parthian period, Iraq.
"Glazed Tiles" during the Iron age from Iran.
Merely visiting 3 of the halls already took us 2 hours, and we were actually rushing through the pieces. There are more than 3 halls (check http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/guide/map/index.html) but we needed to check out from our hotel soon, so we ended up missing half of the experience. So i'd recommend allocating close to a whole day for visiting Tokyo National Museum.
On the way back, we went pass National Museum of Western Art and I took a shot of "The Gates of hell".
Next stop, Singapore, back to home/work/reality.
It was quite an eventful trip, from visiting canyons, man-made marvel, cabaret in Nevada to fish markets, shrine, maid-cafe in Tokyo.
And this is where i'd end my Japan trip show and tell.
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