Not having anything scheduled and tired from the long day beforehand we spent the morning at home. This suited the kids perfectly, who spent a lot of time climbing a tree in garden.
After lunch we went in and saw Mari, deciding to go and visit the Edo Architectural Museum. Not too many suburbs away (we went in her car) the museum is well worth a visit. It contains perhaps 2 dozen full buildings that have been transported from their original site to the museum's precincts. The buildings range in age from about 60 years old through several
hundred, with many of them being fully enterable and explorable. So we were able to go into old wooden farmhouses, rich family's cobined home and silk vault, and even an old bar as well as a sake-ya (grog shop).We spent several hours exploring with grounds of the museum (large, as you'd imagine). The most fun we had was when we found the traditional kids' games in a dusty square outside the bath-house. So we all had a try at walking on stilts (Mari was the best) and rolling the rim of a (bike) tire with a stick (Maria was the best). Lots of laughter accompanied these activities.
The museum also has a link with the anime Spirited Away. The artist came to the museum for
inspiration and you can find several of the museum buildings in the movie - the central (to the story) bathhouse, the bar, and even the yellow tram.Eventually it was museum closing time and we left, though satisfied. The museum shop has a number of very interesting things, so we spent quite a while browsing it. Then it was home for a quiet night.
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