2016.11.11

It was raining heavily in the morning and trains delayed.

TGIF

I was looking forward visiting the art museum to see an exhibition because usually it opens until 8 pm on Fridays and I have an invitation ticket for the special exhibition.
After work I went there, however they said the special exhibition is open from 10 am to 6 pm. So to my disappointing, I could not see the exhibition tonight. Since I work at that time period, I need to visit there on weekend.

When shall I visit?

５月２８日（gogatsu nijyuhachi nichi): May 28

It has been raining.
I went to the Kyushu (九州) National Museum in Dazaifu (大宰府). I asked the volunteer guide. It is the fourth National Museum after Tokyo (東京), Kyoto (京都), and Nara (奈良). However those museums were built more than 100 years ago. The Kyushu National Museum opened on October 16, 2005. Therefore it is a rather new museum. The building itself is very big and attractive. It has applied many new technologies such as solar panels and water filtering system. It is an eco-friendly building.
Dazaifu is very famous for Dazaifu tenmangu (大宰府天満宮), the shrine enshrined Sugawara no Michizane (菅原道真). From there it is connected by the walking pavement. So it is very convenient.
I recommend you to visit there.

十一月十六日（jyuichigatsu jyuroku nichi）： November 16

Yesterday I went to Nihon kagaku miraikan (日本科学未来館), the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Odaiba, Tokyo. This was the second time for me to visit there. The visiting time was very short but I saw many interesting things that I did not notice last time.
There were many primary school pupils, junior and senior high school students, and foreign visitors too.
There was a big news regarding Hayabusa (はやぶさ), the asteroid explorer that brought back the particles. So in a few month the new exhibition must be shown there.

http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/