Ryo, more importantly, I hope you and your kinsmen in
Japan are well and left largely unscathed by
yesterday's catastrophic earthquake.  I hope damage to
mankind and museums is de minimus.


--- Ryo Yasui <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For those John Lennon fanatic fans:
>
> Museum for John Lennon to open in Saitama (original
> text from The Japan
> Times)
>
> URAWA, Saitama Pref. (Kyodo) A museum dedicated to
> the late John Lennon will
> open on 9 October in a new city center in Saitama
> Prefecture, Taisei Corp.
> said.
> The 1,500-sq.-meter museum, to be opened Oct. 9 in
> the Saitama Super Arena
> in the Saitama New Urban Center, will exhibit about
> 130 items, including
> Lennon's musical instruments, clothes, and music and
> lyrics jotted down, for
> example, on the back of restaurant menus, the major
> construction firm said.
>
> A number of central government offices will be
> relocated to the center,
> under construction on a site that includes part of
> the three cities of
> Urawa, Omiya and Yono.
>
> The company said it has borrowed the items from
> Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono.
>
> The museum will also feature a room where visitors
> can hear Lennon speaking
> on tapes or listen to his music.
>
> Ono agreed to lend the goods to the museum in
> commemoration of the 60th
> anniversary of Lennon's birth and the 20th
> anniversary of his death this
> year, according to a company affiliate that will run
> the museum.
>
> The affiliate said it expects 350,000 visitors to
> visit the museum annually.
>
> After the breakup of the Beatles in 1970, Lennon
> pursued a solo career. He
> was shot dead in New York in December 1980 at the
> age of 40.
>
>
> The Japan Times: Aug. 12, 2000
> (C) All rights reserved
>
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