"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> necoandjeff wrote:
> > <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
> > news:cfbp9t$lt4$1@news.Stanford.EDU...
> >
> >>Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>I need to come up with a few wet weather venues to take foreign
students
> >>>(all adults) to when in the Tokyo area. As Odaiba is increasingly on
the
> >>>itinerary, I was thinking perhaps to add the Maritime Museum
> >>>http://www.funenokagakukan.or.jp
> >>>to the list. Has anyone been there? Is it interesting etc?
> >>
> >>>And any other suggestions?
> >>
> >>I liked the Ueno museums; for most artifacts, you can trace the
> >>China -> Korea -> Japan transition nicely.
> >>
> >>And it's close to the zoo, in case the panda's still alive.
> >
> >
> > That zoo is horrible. The whole concept of zoos is horrible, but if you
want
> > to see one of the worst examples of this nasty human habit of locking up
a
> > bunch of animals in small cramped quarters and treating them like shit
for
> > their own enjoyment and the enjoyment of their kids, go to the Ueno zoo.
> >
> I suggest you never visit the Himeji museum....

A museum? Why is that?