Mojiko And Shimonoseki Trip Part Four

 The second day, we woke up to this.

A rainy day.

The Blue Wing Bridge opening in the morning.

We decided to visit a couple of museums, the Kamon Strait Museum and the Mojiko Telecommunication Museum.

After breakfast, we set out to walk to the Kamon Strait Museum, but we only got 10 steps from the hotel when we realised that walking wasn't an option. The rain was very heavy, which was one problem, but the biggest problem was the wind. It was so strong that we were fighting our umbrellas, so we went back to the hotel to call for a taxi.

It only took a couple of minutes by taxi and cost just 700 yen, about £3.

The museum had three main areas. A free area, a children's area and the paid area.

The free area showed how the area would have looked during the Meiji Period; it was a mock-up of the town with shops, banks, bars, restaurants, and a streetcar.

Selling bananas

I told Hannah that if she lived back then, she would be the right height!

Inside the streetcar

Outside with Hannah

Looking down the street

Advertisements, not sure of the date on these.

An artist selling his art on the street.

We went upstairs, where there were more buildings, also we could look down on where we were.

The streetcar.

A bank.

From a local high school. 

How the area would have looked

A banana poster

More views from the second floor.

There was a whole area about the banana trade in that area.

A barbar shop

Looks like a fight with a drunk man

But the drunk is protecting his cat from the dog.

Cute

Cigarette shop

Resturant

Looking down the street.

The whole space was very well done; you could really imagine walking through this town.

I was going to write more, but I have the most awful of headaches from the storm that we had last night. 

I'll try to write tomorrow, but Tuesday and Wednesday are my busy days. I really want to get this trip posted!