I’ve been rotting away in my own room for several days during Golden Week and I’m starting to feel guilty for wasting my time doing nothing. I started to search for activities I could do around the area and discovered Nezu Museum that was exhibiting traditional art on screen painting. I haven’t been to an actual art museum before so I thought it’d take this chance to go.

The museum was located near the Omotesando Station. This area itself is full of branded shops where rich people throw their money at. I felt a little bit out of place just by walking on the streets. Luxurious brands were every where to my left and right accompanied with equally fashionable and high-class looking people.

The ticket I booked was for 3 PM, but I arrived one hour early thinking I could enter the museum and rest at their cafe. But it turns out you need to get admitted inside to do that. I remembered there was a building with some interesting shops, so I decided to kill time by doing some window shopping.

I rediscovered a porcelain brand that I wanted several years ago. They have minimalist and cute designs for all their cups and plates. I almost wanted to get another cup but I remembered that I don’t have any more space inside my cupboard to accommodate it, so I gave up. Instead, I bought something else from the store.

I got a deep plate from the porcelain store that’s versatile enough for almost every dish. It’s not cheap but I really couldn’t resist the beauty of it. (This picture does not do justice, I know). I decided to let go of one of my old plates and replace it with this one. 24cm was unexpectedly big. It almost couldn’t fit the dish rack I have lol.

I returned to the museum once I killed enough time. I dont’ know much about traditional art, much less Japanese screen painting. But one thing I can tell is that the artworks being displayed are certainly beautiful and pleasing to the eye. My favorite has got to be the “wisteria” piece (middle). I got a postcard for the “irises” (left) for their vibrant colors.

The museum also displays other artworks aside from the screen painting, which is available all year. I got to see some china bronze sculptures and noh masks. There are some explanations written in English for several of the artworks, but otherwise it’s very limited. Perhaps renting a voice guide will help to increase my understanding towards the artwork, but I’m too stingy to pay an extra 650 yen for that. Lol.

Dinner naturally had to be pasta since I wanted to immediately use the plate I just bought. I’m really happy to see that the pasta sits nicely inside the plate without overflowing to the sides.