SNOOPY MUSEUM TOKYO
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You're speaking Japanese Charlie Brown |
The Peanuts are a part of
the American experience. It has helped shaped almost everyone born in the last century, and maybe it will continue to, but who knows? When my friend who is really into Snoopy told me she wished she could go with me to Japan so she could go to the Snoopy Museum,
I felt I had to go out of obligation. I doubted whether I would enjoy it since I didn't consider myself a huge fan who needed to make the trek to another museum about another comic, but I remember how much I loved seeing the Tin Tin museum in Europe years ago, and figured I'd give it a go.
I'm glad I did.
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A little surprise twist pulling the exhibit together |
The Snoopy Museum is one of the most heart-string-pullingest exhibits I've ever seen. It's called
Love is Wonderful, and it dives deep into the relationships between the characters of
Charles Shulz's famous comic strip. It becomes aparent that it could also have been called
Love is a Toturous Beast Forcing You to Die Alone. But it saves you from that with cute imagery and real hand-drawn comics and an incredible layout. There's a part when you turn a corner and realize there are cuts in the walls that frame a picture of Shulz and his sweetheart, an image you walk past in the beginning,
so you're looking back on a love story in someone else's life much like you do in your own, and contemplate how his experiences colored his iconic work.
It gave me goosebumps.
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Gift shop totally packed |
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They even have a kite-eating tree |
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Snoopy through the ages |
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You're a foodtruck Charlie Brown |
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