Joe Bloggs

Lake Biwa Museum

This picture (click on it for a larger view) was taken from the entrance of the building that I do some work in and looks across at the entrance of the Lake Biwa Museum. A very impressive museum it is too. Built on the shores of ... well I think you can guess on which shores it was built ... it houses an absorbing collection of exhibits on the geological and human history of Japan's biggest lake and one of the oldest lakes in the world. A very cool exhibit is also one that gives the curators a big headache. The museum has aquariums and some of these are outside with the window of the museum being the inside wall of the aquarium. Well what fun, and how easy, it is for the big birds that visit to have their lunch waiting for them in a small enclosed space!