Tetsu no Kujira(Iron Whale) museum

Iron whale means the Submarine. This museum is produced by Japan Defence Force Marine and it displays retired submarines. It’s in front of the Yamato Museum.The submarine AKISHIO is sitting at the intersection.Visitors can enter to this submarine inner. But it can’t take pictures.And in beside museum building we can learn JDFM(Japan Difence Force Marine) and KUre’s history.Japan Difence Force and Kure’s history.The Japan Self-Defense Force Marine has been dispatched overseas soon after World War II. It is for the mine removal of the Korean War. There are also job makers.But this thing has long been a sensitive matter on (more…)

Osaka city museum

I went Osaka city-museum in Osaka Tannouji.This museum is in a Tanouji park, it is a just time in cherry blossom seasen. the Tower in picture is Tsuten-kaku, this is a symbol of Osaka.City museum bulding, it is old artistic building. I went here to looking a picture, but of course, I can’t take a picture.When I have visit France, we can take picture also the Louvre museum. Japan has an difference stance with France, I think. this is “Harukas”, it is the higest bulding in Japan and new symbol of Osaka. Many of people in Tokyo don’t know this (more…)

The lady and Unicorn

The tapestry of the lady and Unicorn came from France to Osaka city museum. This art is a suite of six tapestries. In 2013, we went on a trip to France, though I did not know this tapestry in the museum in Paris. I regretted hard then. The reason of I wanted to see this tapestry is this tapestry is an important item in a story of GUNDAM UNICORN (original DVD animation in 2012-2014 , disk 1-7). Sorry(ToT)>”, this is a GUNDAM topic. GUNDAM UNICORIN became a talk of the Japanese animation and novels fan because young and spirited Japanese (more…)

Cyo-Ohkawara exhibition

Cyo means super. Mr. Kunio Ohkawara is a famous mechanical designer as he designed GUNDAM. Because Hyougo prefectural museum had his exhibition, I went to Hyogo-prefecture.Hyogo is neighbor prefecture of Osaka, easy to go from Osaka by railway. Hyogo means the armory. They said there was ancient armory in Yamato period (until about A.D. 600) for against invading army from west-south Japan and continental. Almost of Japanese museums, it cannot allow to take pictures in the museum. So, sorry here is no pictures inside. This is entrance of the exhibition room, MS-06S Zaku’s line art on large wall. And this (more…)