One of the museums featured in Grutt pass is the Kita City Asukayama Museum, in Asukayama Park (next to Ooji station). You can't miss the park - it's just a lot of green foliage stretching up the way. Some time back we went to Ooji Shrine, which we got to from the other side of the road, and wondered how on earth you got to that park... answer is, you have to take the overhead crossing from the other side of the station.
The museum is not very big at all. Before entering the main exhibit where we had to pull out our Grutt pass for free entry, we stopped at the special exhibit which is on until October 11th. This exhibit was really small, just one room - maybe 20 items at the most on 'Japanese crafts' ... like Mexican flower vases (?). But really worth it - even if it's just for the flying tanukis! There was also a video on how different items were made - vases, dolls, and so on. I must go back some other time and watch the rest of it, 'cause it looked really interesting. And hey - it's free!
The main exhibit was probably pretty normal, but not bad. And have I mentioned small? I quite enjoyed it, it covered the history of Kita, including a bit of everything, and featuring a boat, a skelleton, shells, a reconstruction of a house, and some pretty nice images, amongst other things. The good thing is, there was an audioguide available with readings in English (though some recordings were only in Japanese, humpf!).
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