Edo-Tokyo museum is open again. Has anyone been there recently?

Apparently it was closed for four years for renovations.

Somehow I didn't notice though.

What I recall from before, was that the dioramas were really cool, the elderly guides were knowledgeable, but then there were long interesting explanations in Japanese, but any text in English was so darn concise to be of any use.

For example (copy-pasted from a random photo on Google maps):

刀 銘 和泉守兼重 Sword signed “IZUMINOKAMI Kaneshige”

江戸時代 17世紀

越前国(福井県)出身の刀工。寛永年間(1624〜44)の初頭には江戸に移り、正保年間(1644〜48)頃まで活動したとされている。

本作の地鉄は、板目に杢目が交る。直刃に浅いのたれや互の目を交え、匂口(刃文の線)が明るく冴え、粒々した小沸がよくついている。

I wonder has it gotten better?

Has anyone been since it reopened, like this week?

Posted May 1, 2026, 3:55 AM UTC

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