#kanji museum

[yubari-koigokoro]

Japan Kanji Museum, Kyoto, Japan

漢字ミュージアム　京都

[derainjapan]

Last weekend I went to the Gion area to check out temples with my friend, and we ended up going to the Kanji Museum. The Kanji Museum was so neat, it laid out the history and origins of kanji and showed how they evolved over time. They also displayed many different writing instruments and diagrams on the first floor. On the second floor was an interactive play area dedicated to children and their families. In this area kids could play at little exhibit testing their kanji knowledge while having fun!

After the museum we went to an art exhibit that I heard about from my friend I made in taiko class, it was her teacher doing the exhibit so I thought I should check it out. It was only about a 15min bike ride from my house and was located in a little exhibit hall near Gion. The exhibit was so nice, all the paintings and even the frames themselves gave off a real surreal and elite ambience. The art style reminded me of old Christian art with a twist. My favorite was the dark red painting at 2:19.

Later we went to Shijo to eat and stumbled across this other bright art exhibit! We were actually getting lost trying to find a bike parking lot that wasn’t full when we stopped in front of this exhibit. The workers inside saw us & motioned us to come in & check it out & I’m glad we did. The contrast from the previous art exhibit was off the chart. This art style made use of bright, fluorescent colors under black light. The first floor had 2 walls completely covered in paint and designs while the second floor had an interesting paint x TV exhibit. The flickering TVs on the second floor were smeared in different color paints giving each of them a different feel. I thought that it was pretty neat to use TVs as a canvas because usually TVs are the medium for art to be spread.