Mysteries of the Human Body Exhibit

In case nobody has heard of it, there is an exhibition which has been touring all over the world, providing a good opportunity to familiarize ourselves with our own bodies. Over 700,000 people came to the exhibition held in Tokyo last year and there have been over 4 million visitors to date, all locations added up. The exhibition utilizes precious specimens and pictures and materials to demonstrate the mystery of the human body. The show includes exhibits made directly from actual organs - some of them open to touch. The human anatomic specimen on display is real and have called been made possible with the recently developed technique plastination. Plastomic anatomic specimens make possible semi-permanent preservation at room temperature, with no odor, or staining while preserving elasticity.

Mika forced me to go along with her to see this exhibition while we were in Kobe. It should also be heading to Kochi in the next month or so. It was a definite eye opener boys and girls. These are real people who have died and been cut up for us all to see. I personally, wasnt too happy about the fact that we had both eaten lunch prior going to this but anyways, it is something that i think we should all see to satisfy our own curiousity. The highlight for me was holding an actual human brain in my hands to see how much they weigh. they are heavier than u think. Also, looking at the unborn fetuses and the adult who body sliced into little tiny pieces definitely got the stomach churning. it was just freaky to see these people, who have only possibly been dead for a few months on display. But the thing that got to me the most were the eyes, if u go, avoid looking them in the eyes ..... hehe. anyways, I'm gonna post a few pics i found on the net so if u dont wanna see these pics, then please scroll quickly down to the previous posts.