Refuge of a Maladjusted Moose

My starting point on this quest was Nara Park. From there I managed to follow numerous park maps out of the Park area and into a more residential area. Undeterred by a few misled detours I finally came upon a sign that seemed to point the way to the building I desired. I followed this one deep into the aforementioned residential area and just as I was about to quit found a similar sign. Realising I was on the right track I followed this sign, and the next, until finally (about 30 minutes walk from Nara Park) I reached the odd modern/ traditional building that is the Museum. 

The museum was essentially formed when the prominent photographer Taikichi Irie donated a ton of his work to Nara. So they built a museum to put it all in. Most of his subject are Buddhist ceremonies so I spent maybe 30 minutes to an hour browsing over some obscure customs and generally pretty photos. Unfortunately google image search didn't really find a great deal of his work so you'll have to take my word for it that it was pretty interesting (or at least I found it a nice change). As an added bonus the museum also had a guest exhibits for the Nara branch of the Japanese Photography Society or some such. Which meant I didn't have to just look at Buddhists and over sized tea cups the entire time and could instead look at dogs with bubbles and a picture of family planting vegetables (which I was informed was to show that they wanted the plant to grow up strong, and their kid to grow up strong).

I really enjoyed getting away from the main hubbub and finding a different thing to gawk at. I seem to be making a habit of finding these weird places to see as opposed to more museums filled with pots.

No more photos today as they are a bit of a mess at the moment and I haven't got round to fixing them yet. Arg.