I tried one on once at a hole-in-the-wall samurai museum in Tokyo. It was pretty hefty but very well-supported - my head didn't feel wobbly or strained.
It's one man's work of passion. When I went, it was quiet enough that an attendant guided us around the entire first floor personally. It's not exactly tiny, but it's just two narrow floors behind an unassuming frontage, and so a big change from the other (public) museums in Tokyo.
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What is the mass of the helmet?
I tried one on once at a hole-in-the-wall samurai museum in Tokyo. It was pretty hefty but very well-supported - my head didn't feel wobbly or strained.
"hole-in-the-wall.... museum"
My interest is piqued.
I'm inferring that they're just very small museums? Do they have any essential characteristics?
Google isn't being very helpful.
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/museums/samurai-museum
It's one man's work of passion. When I went, it was quiet enough that an attendant guided us around the entire first floor personally. It's not exactly tiny, but it's just two narrow floors behind an unassuming frontage, and so a big change from the other (public) museums in Tokyo.
If you click through it is listed for each image. Helmet 1 is 5kg, the others seem less, down to about 2.5 for the smallest I saw.