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For those who like Indian arts, crafts and clothes, there is a lovely exhibition (Textiles: The Soul of India) going on till December 20th at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) http://www.mingeikan.or.jp This is a private collection from a Japanese lady. The beautiful clothes are displayed beautifully in a wonderful old Japanese building. It is well worth a visit. 

If you don't know what to do with the kids in summer, two places I have heard worth visiting are the Ghibli Museum and Kidzania. The Ghibli Museum is in Mitaka (1-1-83 Shimorenjaku) on the Chuo Line. This is an animae museum and great for grown ups as well. Tickets for this place have to be bought beforehand from Lawson. There are time slots allocated to avoid over-crowding. Kidzania is also very popular and requires advance booking. Further information can be found at http://kidzania.jp

Window at a museum in Hakone.

Colour in Hakone Art Museum.

A Henry Moore (?) sculpture in a Museum in Hakone.

• ICC Kids Program "Sound x Image - Watch the Sound, Listen to the Images", NTT ICC Inter Communication Center, Tokyo Opera City Tower, 4F, 3-20-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404, Tel. 0120-144199, on till summer 2008.
• MEGASTAR-II cosmos, at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, 2-41 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Tel. 03-3570-9151, http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html, 5 minutes walk from Funenokagakukan Station or Telecom Center Station on the Yurikamome Line, Permanent event.