On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:08:34 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>> tm wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <2nvtbmF50andU2@uni-berlin.de>,
>>>  Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> tm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Declan Murphy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Declan Murphy 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?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can't go wrong with the 目黒寄生虫館.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Strewth - Its even a zaidanhoujin ferchrissakes. Though I'd prefer 
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> to drag my arse down to Meguro for only one attraction. Do you 
>>>>>>> remember
>>>>>>> anything interesting to do nearby (within walking distance if 
>>>>>>> possible)?
>>>>>>> Other than eat lunch afterwards of course.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The museum is very small. An hour is easily enough time for it. As for
>>>>>> nearby attractions, ISTR also going to Sony that day and spending a 
>>>>>> few
>>>>>> hours playing with all manner of prototype gadgets, so I suspect 
>>>>>> that is
>>>>>> nearby.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Sony Building is in Ginza.
>>>>
>>>> Well, this tells me nothing.
>>>
>>> It might take awhile to walk there from Meguro.
>> 
>> I hear the Tokyo subway system will be completed any day now.
>
>Thats good. Though I haven't had much experienced driving a bus into an 
>elevator. Perhaps there is a newfandangled downramp?

Shannon Jacobs is working on it.




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