Japan Trip – Tokyo Day 2 🌟

Today's Itinerary: Tokyo National Museum 🎢🍃 Originally, we planned to visit Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in the morning, but it started raining early, so we had to change our plans and headed to the Tokyo National Museum instead. 🌧️ 🌺🌇The Tokyo National Museum opens at 9:30 a.m., and the admission fee is 1000 yen per person. We got there right when it opened and went straight to the Asian Gallery to see the treasures that had been lost overseas. 🎢🍃 The first-floor Buddha statues were incredibly breathtaking! 🌺🌇They had been taken from grottoes and temples, which made me feel both heartbroken and furious. The Korean exhibits were just okay; there didn't seem to be many precious items. 🎢🍃 It's true that looking at other people's treasures doesn't tug at the heartstrings as much. 🌿 🌺🌇We had planned to finish in three hours, but it took us four and a half hours just to go through the Asian Gallery. We completely missed the 1:30 p.m. tour of the Imperial Palace's inner garden. 🎢🍃 At 2:00 p.m., we had lunch at the museum restaurant. We ordered tempura soba and green onion pork ramen, which came to a total of 3050 yen. 🌺🌇The food was just average. The tempura soba was a bit better because it wasn't overly salty, but it was still a bit pricey. [Crying] [Crying] We started exploring the main hall at 2:30 p.m. In my opinion, the most impressive part was the first-floor Hall No. 1, where the Buddha statues were exceptionally well-preserved. There were other interesting exhibits, but they didn't really catch my eye. Even so, we didn't get out until 5:15 p.m. 🕰️ 🎢🍃 In the end, we didn't make it to any of the originally planned spots: Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, the Imperial Palace's inner garden, Shiba Park, or Zojoji Temple. P.S. I didn't visit the special exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum, and it still took me nearly eight hours! 😅 🌺🌇 #Tokyo #TokyoNationalMuseum 🏛️🌟