A long holiday is coming to an end. Rainy days, too hot days – summer is interesting in many ways here in Japan (though we are still waiting for this year’s first typhoon) and the time spent indoors has been quite extensive. So to make everyday life feel new we have tried to make something […]
Time for the forth and final post on museums this summer. This time UNKO MUSEUM – the poop museum, a temporary museum in a building adjacent to the baseball stadium in Fukuoka. We had seen posters for this museum in spring when we went to a Tomica toy car event at the same venue and
Another week, another museum, this time the immersive ukiyo-e temporary exhibition in Hakata, Fukuoka. I have all summer seen advertisements on Instagram for this exhibition, and I really got tempted to go and experience this for myself. It was the last week of the exhibition when we finally made it to Hakata station. I had
New week – new museum. This time we went on a road trip to Kitakyushu and the Museum of Natural History. Kitakyushu means northern Kyushu, and is a town situated in the north of our island Kyushu (a very logical name one might think), an hour’s drive away. We have gone to Kitakyushu a few times
Summer holidays and 36 degrees outside – what can top going to a cool (and cool) museum, exploring art, culture and history together with your 5 year old son? Well, I would say going with your son and wife! This summer we have had the chance to do quite a few things together as a