(Left to Right: The Museum Building; A chart showing the different types of possible parasites in a human body; The 8.8m long tapeworm exhibit)
After Yebisu, also went to Meguro Parasitilogical Museum (Meguro 目黒 is 1 stop after Yebisu on the JR Yamanote Line). Thankfully we went in a group, because the museum was quite a ways from the station and also housed in a very nondescript building. This little museum was free-of-charge and 3 storeys full of information, pictures and preserved specimens of parasites. They had tapeworms, round worms, hook worms, etc etc to mention a few better known ones. And they even had an exhibit (as below in blue casing) showing the longest tapeworm extracted in Japan I think. Next to the exhibit, they had a length of tape to allow visitors to experience just how long it was - 8.8m!
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