His Fab Four once invaded America with their brand of moptop pop. Now he’s about to do the same to Japan.
The John Lennon Museum — the first of its kind in the world dedicated to the ex-Beatles guitarist — opens today in Yono, Japan, a small town 15 miles north of Tokyo, Reuters reports.
The museum features more than 130 items that once belonged to Lennon, including family photos, handwritten lyrics, his wire-rimmed glasses and his first guitar.
Most items on display were donated by Yoko Ono, known primarily as Lennon‘s widow but who is in fact an artist and musician in her own right.
The idea of the museum was conceived and carried out by Ono. And as strange as it might seem at first, the decision to build a John Lennon shrine in Japan is really not that far-fetched.
“John had so much love for this country,” Ono said in a press conference. “His son Sean is half-Japanese, and we somehow felt we were bridging the gap between East and West.”
The museum is set to open to the public on Monday, which would’ve been Lennon‘s 60th birthday.
Lennon was shot and killed outside his New York apartment almost 20 years ago by Mark David Chapman, who on Tuesday was denied parole for the killing.
