Food and Agriculture Museum, Tokyo University of Agriculture - Setagaya City

In addition to tropical plants, there are various types of monkeys and large turtles in the botanical garden adjacent to agricultural machinery, poultry, exhibits related to brewing. The turtle walks freely in the park. The hall is free of charge, and it seems that students sometimes give guidance during the training of curators. There is also a cafeteria, but it was announced that it will be reopened in May 2018 as the contractor seems to change. There used to be a building of the Institute for Evolutionary Biology, which seems to have been rebuilt. Currently, Bajikoen is closed due to the Olympics, but I think it is a place where you can enjoy with children because there is a zelkova square in front and cafes and restaurants in the adjoining building, and an agricultural university across the road can take a wide walk.

Visit on weekdays by online reservation. It was vacant. It's not enough here alone. It's free, so it can't be helped. I was interested in Takeaki Enomoto.

The museum of "Food and Agriculture", which was mentioned in the interview cooperation in the taiga drama "Naotora: The Lady of the Castle" that was broadcast a while ago, was a spot I definitely wanted to visit. Nowadays, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, internet reservations and appointments are required to enter the museum, but depending on how busy it is, it will flexibly respond to the deadline for appointments. When I went there, I felt that it was a spot where people who like museums and art galleries, such as animal and botanical gardens, natural science exhibitions, social science exhibitions, and art exhibitions, have something to pierce. The location is a 20-minute walk from Kyodo Station. Tokyo University of Agriculture has elementary, junior high and high schools and affiliated schools, and I visited the museum while looking sideways at the young and dazzling students. I intended to walk fast from the station, but how light the steps of the students walking while chatting slowly. When you arrive at the site while biting the sadness of becoming a member of society (old man), a large chicken object welcomes you and your tiredness is blown away. When you enter the museum with the attendance of the guard, you will be greeted by the wonderful collections. Live cliones swim lightly, gerbils fold and sleep, ring-tailed lemurs narrow their cages up and down, and tortoises watch over lemurs at their own pace, ignoring the viewer. There was also a greenhouse, and I was able to enjoy rare tropical plants. Specimens and stuffed animals are also available. There was also an exhibition of 4-meter rice from Southeast Asia, which is said to be the original species of cultivated rice, which grows tall every time a flood occurs, a stuffed rice of dizygotic mouse Kaguya, and a skeleton specimen of Sus scrofatus. There was also an exhibition of sake sets and sake culture all over Japan. However, the highlight was the stuffed chickens of about 120 species on the second floor. I was able to see various chickens such as wild chickens, local chickens, shamo, and bantams. It was nice follow that explained how to enjoy chicken. Lastly, I would like to emphasize that the admission fee was free, and that I was hungry to hand out color catalogs of past exhibitions for free. Anyway, it is a museum that you can visit once if you are interested.

Advance reservation is required for corona conversion. The main exhibits at this time were various chicken stuffed animals, sake brewing, and sake sets from various countries. There are a lot of things at random. You can also enter the botanical garden next door. It ’s very satisfying to be able to enjoy this for free.