What way to go: burned & covering in rotting sardines!

[Taro Toporific]

Two seriously injured in explosion at sardine museum near TokyoKyodo / Friday July 30, 11:54 AM
An explosion at a sardine museum near Tokyo on Friday severely injured two people and blew a large hole through the roof, police said.
The blast in the coastal town of Kujukuri, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of Tokyo, occurred just before opening time....
A 63-year-old male worker suffered burns over large parts of his body, and a 66-year-old female employee was found unconscious and covered by rubble and debris. Firefighters dug her out.
The two were hospitalized, but their conditions were unknown. The cause of the blast was under investigation.
The Sardine Museum's exhibits include a sardine fishing boat and large fish tanks containing the fish. Kujukuri is a traditional sardine fishing town.

See also: Huge explosion rips through Chiba sardine museum, (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, July 30, 2004)

[Hipster]

Does the Salt and Tabacco museum still exist in Shibuya? I went there once. It was.......interesting.

[Taro Toporific]

Does the Salt and Tobacco museum still exist in Shibuya? I went there once. It was.......interesting.

Sure! Cheapest cup of coffee in Shibuya but "Due to partial renovation, the Tobacco & Salt Museum will be temporally closed on September 1st, 2004."
http://www.jti.co.jp/Culture/museum/


Other fav museums of mine...

Nihon Minka-En (whole farmhouses in the collection)
http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/sisetu_e/minka.htm


Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
http://www.bento.com/phgal3.html

[gkanai]

Dont forget the Parasite Museum in Meguro. That is some disgusting sh!t.