ROM

☆ About ROM
I went to ROM on Friday. At the first time, I planed to go there by myself, because Paola went to home because of her cold. First, I met Jinny and asked her how to go there. She told me the way kindly. After that, I met Henry. You know, he is a conversation partner. He said “Do you know the way to go to ROM?” ”Yes, I know. I am going to take subway and get off at the Museum station” I answered. ”No!! It is wrong. You should get off St George station” He said. Then, I was confused!! I thought Jinny was right because she went there last Friday. Henry and I met Min Soo and Mariko then. Fortunately,they are going to go to ROM too, so we quit the talk about how to go there, because Min Soo and Mariko knew the way and they were used to go there. Henry trusted them. Thanks to their help I could go there easily. Eventually, Jinny was right. Henry might be tired. It’s OK. People sometimes make mistakes. I know he is nice. I had a problem,but I had a good time. We (except Min Soo) enjoyed talking in Japanese, so he looked angry. I felt sorry about that, but I needed the time to talk in Japanese to my stress out. I’m sorry Min Soo! In the museum, we saw a lot of exhibitions. There were also many Asian exhibitions. I found an exhibition that I was interested in the most from Japan. I’ve never seen it in Japan. The name is Inrou. It is like a pouch. People in the EDO period used it to carry powder medicines and tobaccos. They had three spaces to put in medicines. Every Inrou also had a lope with catch that was a big bead made of wood. It plays an important roll to fasten the lid and to hook them to peoples OBI.OBI is like a belt of KIMONO. I heard about Inrou from a guide of ROM. She brought us real Inrou, showed us and explained how to use it. It was very interesting! There were three kinds of Inrou. One of them was made of bamboo. Others were made of lacquer. I liked black lacquer Inrou the best. It was beautiful and looked gorgeous. One of Canadian attendance saw the bamboo Inrou and said “It’s like a bone” It’s surly like a bone, but you will notice that it is bamboo if you see carefully. I thought Inrou was for high-class people, because normal people couldn’t buy expansive things such as medicine and tobacco. Inrou might be expensive in that period. I enjoyed the museum except some booths. There were many exhibitions that people feel sick if they see. For example, snakes, insects, mouse, and so on. Min Soo doesn’t like mouse. When I heard the reason from Mariko, I felt nauseated. If you want to know the reason, try to ask him. Some people may not feel sick if they had experience to eat mouse…..NO~!!