Posted by If you’re a fan of Japanese history as I am I strongly suggest you visit the National Museum in Sakura City, Chiba. You should also allow yourself the whole day to explore this great museum. There is a restaurant for you to re-fill and gift shop with many nice souvenirs.
There are 6 different galleries. Gallery 1 begins with the first humans who migrated to the Japanese archipelago some 35,000 years ago and finishes in the 6th gallery featuring life between the 1930s to the 1970s. Gallery 1 has just re-opened after renovations which I missed unfortunately. Allow at least 1 hour for each gallery.
Lets have a look at some of my highlights.
Entrance to the museum with my little niece
Famous folding screen artwork of Edo
Edo life from a guesthouse
Taisho period street scene
The time of royals
Early map of Kamakura
Early Japanese farmer landscape
Early Edo residences
Edo street scene
Edo street scene
Edo street scene
Travelling entertainers
Early builders preparing timber
Famous Nihonbashi bridge
Nihonbashi street scene
Edo period wander’s goods
Devil masks
Okinawa festival
Fukuoka ‘kappa’ rice field monster
Scary kappa
Various mythical goods
Countryside monster
Good luck cats
Early hunter’s clothing
Showa period matchboxes
Showa Period street
60s housing boom apartment
Old magazines
Godzilla
Text and photos by Stuart
Japanese History and Culture 
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