The museum was created by Yoko Ono (probably why it's located in Japan) and had a lot of John's stuff which now belongs to her. It was intended to depict his whole life, but as one might expect, it did seem a bit Yoko-centric. It touched on his childhood, even showing some schoolwork and drawings from when he was young. It seemed to glaze over Beatles history too quickly, and then spent a good amount of time talking about Yoko herself, and their relationship. Several of the exhibits were her own art works. Despite that, it was still pretty neat. More than anything else, it sparked a lot of interest in learning about The Beatles - beyond what can be learned from Beatles Rock Band - and perhaps listening to some of John's solo albums. They had a bunch of his costumes and guitars on display, as well as some sheets of paper where he pieced together song lyrics. Yoko's art pieces were a little out there for me. An interesting one, though, was an exhibit that simply consists of a phone that Yoko supposedly calls from time to time, and if the phone rings as you walk by, you can pick it up and talk to her.
But yes, as I said, definitely made us want to learn more about the Beatles, and we have been avidly wikipediaing (and having Beatles songs stuck in our heads) ever since...want some good reading material? Check out the wikipedia article on Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles... phew, that ruined his life...also see the cover of the Beatles Anthology album, where a picture of Ringo is pretty much taped on top of the only picture of Best...
After that, we went over to Harajuku to do some shopping, since we were leaving the mountains on Monday, and I was going to be horribly miserable if I didn't have a hat and a scarf to keep me warm. We don't really have many pictures, because it was dark and not camera-friendly, but it was CRAZY crowded... again..
We wandered around, again gawking at Tokyo clothing prices, but finally came across Thank-You Mart which is apparently Japanese for sweet-Y350-goodness. I picked up a hat and a scarf and tried to convince Erik to purchase and don this little number:
It was a no go. ::Sigh::
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