My visit to the John Lennon Museum, Tokyo

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:57 pm

Wonderful, Paul. Thanks so much for all those pictures.

johneek · Post by **johneek** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:10 pm

admin wrote:...Can you comment, at least from your brief time there, how popular an exhibit The John Lennon Museum might be in terms of number of visitors?

Paul, I had exactly the same question. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the time you took to share all this with us. A terrific post!!!

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:55 am

Paul, thanks for sharing.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:02 pm

jps wrote:
The old lady on the right looks ultra Japanese, and cute!
Hmm?

For my money, I'll take the one on the right in this photo!

Yummm...boots and a miniskirt...

Oh, great essay, Paul!

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:07 pm

Thanks for your compliments and enthusiasm, guys. It's my pleasure to share the experience with all my friends here.

Peter and John,

During the 3 hours I was there, I only saw 4 visitors besides me. I guess there were no more than 10 in a weekday like that. It seemed to me that the income brought by the tickets and the museum shop alone could not support the operation of the facility. Maybe the museum was not at all a profit generator for Yoko? If what I think is true, then kudos to her and the museum management for providing such a permanent exibit to the public.

Kenny,

The V81 was not in a glass case like the DB 112 that you could observe from all sides. It was displayed in a "cave" like the Gallotone "Champion" acoustic quitar which was on the opposite side to it. You could only see the front of it.

If memory serves me well, The V81 was missing one of the two bottom TRC screws.

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:48 pm

Paul, thanks for the trip photos....almost felt like I was along for the ride with you.

Bill

lyle_from_minneapolis · Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:15 am

Triple bow to you, Paul!!!

That was a wonderful 10 minutes for me!

Thank you thank you thank you!

-Mark

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:34 pm

Great report, Paul. Thanks for all the photos.

8mileshigher · Post by **8mileshigher** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:08 am

Thank you for sharing.... a wonderful posting and fabulous photos.
Best Museum photo-tour I have ever seen !!
Rich F.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:12 am

Been my pleasure, folks!

Finally found a pic. This was how the V81 was displayed:

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