To my previous point about Japanese people
having good spatial thinking: this is a table to find the least busy
time to do your laundry, depending on the weekday, weather and time
Attack on Titan beer
Today we are taking it easy by going to the Osaka Science museum
There's a planetarium, and there's an old planetarium projector on display
The museum is very "you can touch it" with all
sorts of fun machines and experiments. For example, there's an X-ray
machine, and you can put stuff in it and just press the button to have
an image.
The section about space is pretty big, too
Many exhibitis are about local science
How about experiencing the Lorentz force?
Hertz's experiment!
A rice cooker is an important application of electricity
Do you want some integrated circuits?
Locally produced electronics. Sometimes it looks nothing like European!
A node of a supercomputer
There's a large section devoted to material science
How to plastic from oil
How to make purple from plants
Natural Japanese pigments, used in traditional arts
Japanese lacquer
This is where you get the lacquer material
Local knife making process
This is the wall that would make Maomao from Apothecary Diaries very happy: description of medicinal plants and their properties
Ancient apothecary set~
The museum is very fun! You can enjoy it even if you don't know a word of Japanese. Great for kids, too.
Tired tourists can have a crêpe as a treat. The
shopkeeper helped me to pronounce "Mille-feuille" in Japanese. It's
ミルフィーユ, mirufi-yu.