Museum Hopper

While I was in Tokyo, I wanted to hit the top museums, but at the same time, realized I did not have a ton of a time available.  Going to the Tokyo National Museum was a natural, easy decision. The museum is at the northern end of Ueno Park , which has a number of Tokyo's museums, similar to Berlin's museum island or even how Madrid has a number museums centered around the Prado.   The Tokyo National Museum is a museum compound of different museums.  I focused on the Honkan museum, which has the Japanese collection.  I also went into the Heiseikan collection. The Honkan had a wonderful brochure that pointed out the highlights in the collection.  I also really liked the stamps on the exhibit descriptions about " important cultural item "  This museum really had everything you would htink of when considering traditional Japanese items of cultural importance.   Based on my visit to the DIA to visit their Samurai exhibit , I have been really int...