Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009

What: Amuse Museum

When: Opened November 1

Where: 2-34-4 Asakusa, Taito-ku (adjacent to Senso-ji temple)

How much: Adults ¥1,000, students & kids ¥500-¥800

Why: “Amuse Museum is a general art building where you can feel and experience the real Japanese culture through many functioning spaces such as ukiyo-e theater, live stages, as well as the exhibition galleries… warm welcomes are given out to the visitors by the attendants, named Team Orihime (“princess stars of textile arts”), who have been well trained in the various traditional performing arts, such as Japanese folk dancing and manual looming.” The space houses 30,000 items of clothing and antique folk articles.

Info: www.amusemuseum.com (Japanese and English)