Miraikan 
Nihon-Kagaku-Miraikan: The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/index_e.html
I wish that we had taken more pictures at this museum. There really were a lot of cool things. Check out their website.
Museum entry hall. Tom really liked the hanging leaves? boats?
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Geo-Cosmos: the main permanent exhibit at Miraikan, a 6.5-meter spherical display with almost 1 million LEDs.
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Geo-Cosmos displaying Mars.
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Superconducting power transmission cable
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One of several 30-ton magnetorheological "smart" hydraulic dampers that dynamically vary the stiffness of the building to protect it from earthquakes. Miraikan is the first building ever to use MR dampers for seismic protection.
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Geo-Cosmos: Global Carbon-emission model
(Elapsed Time: 7months)
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Geo-Cosmos: Global circulation model
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