A few weeks back, I visited the Oni no Yakata (Demon Museum) in Kitakami and then neglected to show off all the cool photos I snapped. If you do go, I recommend having a car to get you there. There are buses only every few hours so I decided to take a taxi. How much could it cost? (It cost around 25 bucks!) Cool addendum to this though, the proprietor of the joint gave me a lift back to the train station and not only did he refuse to take any money from me, he reimbursed me 200 yen that was overcharged for the postcards I had purchased.
This guy greets you as you enter.
Kappa!
Be sure to click on any of these pics to Oni-size them.
This gal is so cute...until...
On the wall (mostly masks from Iwate Prefecture).
Some very cool 2 metre tall wall sculptures.
International Demons from Indonesia, Thailand, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Peru, etc.
Best...Mask...Ever! A Krampus mask from Austria with a writeup about it.
A lovely mural.
Oni-dancers.
This guy is called Chuckles.
Some Oni are males and some are females. Try and guess which is which.
I think this one is a baby.
Tengu!
Oni-kites and crafts.
Hey, Hey, Hey, it's GeGeGe.
I'm declaring it here and now that this is where I wish to hold my wedding ceremony if I can ever convince someone to marry me.
Today, William Shatner turns 84! He just continues to get awesomer and awesomer!
Here though, he's a little too big for his britches bridges.
Sadly there is a huge lack of merchandise available for Trekkers in Japan, so I have to settle for another franchise for goodies. I picked up a trio of Happy Meal Toys from Village Vanguard yesterday. Out of the dozen2008 Clone War figures available, these were the coolest. Now that I've opened them, I find them far cooler than I'd expected, so I'm going to have to go back and get a few more!
These were NOT manufactured in Japan. Are they from America? They're cool...
Anyway, for those of you naysayers who were pissed off the Bill never made it to Spock's funeral, here is a message for you...(NSFW)
