Today we had another field trip the the Ishikawa Prefecture History Museum.
Ishikawa Prefecture History Museum
I'll highlight some of the interesting things we saw, but it was all in Japanese, so it was a little hard to discern:
A mock-up of an old weaving factory i think
Old cannon
A mock-up of an old weaving factory i think
Old cannon
The professor was telling us about a cannon in this museum, probably this one (it was the only one I saw), which was a replica of a historical cannon. But then it was realized that the original cannon was actually made out of bronze, and would have exploded if ever fired. Must have just been for show.
Old style dress
They let you try on samurai armor
Human powered car
Roof tile from the original Kanazawa Castle
Old style school lighting and textbooks
Old style dress
They let you try on samurai armor
Human powered car
Roof tile from the original Kanazawa Castle
Old style school lighting and textbooks
This is how the lighting would have looked in the old schools, and the single copies of textbooks here were shared with the entire class in the times that these different lighting styles were used.
Old street car
The destination of the street car
Old street car
The destination of the street car
The destination pictured here had a lot of amusements including an all women theater group that still does performances today, although this particular part of town is now housing, so I'm not sure where they perform.
Russian Officer prisoners of war from the Russo-Japanese War
Russian Officer prisoners of war from the Russo-Japanese War
These officers of the Russian army were prisoners of war, but they were treated exceptionally well. They were imprisoned within Kenroku-en, which some people surely wouldn't mind living in. During this period, Japan was trying to prove they could abide by international law, but I'm not sure why it so quickly went downhill in WWII.
A hood from air raid drills during WWII, and i think a hand grenade casing
A farewell banner for the troops leaving from Kanazawa station going to war in WWII
Downtown Kanazawa from above
A hood from air raid drills during WWII, and i think a hand grenade casing
A farewell banner for the troops leaving from Kanazawa station going to war in WWII
After the museum, we went shopping downtown. We went up to the top of a department store, and they had a play place for children on the roof. There was a nice view from up there:
Downtown Kanazawa from above
Back at the museum, we had watched a historical video of this area of town from the early 1900s, I filmed it with my camera:
Historical Downtown Kanazawa Footage
After that we went back home, and I had to start working on a presentation for Monday.