Tokyo Museum Unveils the Spookiest Art Exhibit We've Ever Seen

Tokyo's already established itself as a paradise for kooky and off-the-beaten-path museums. What other city can brag of having museums devoted to beer, handbags, the wonderful animations of Hayao Miyazaki, leprosy, sewer systems, and the intricate clocks of feudal lords? That's not even mentioning that lovely destination for first-time daters, the Meguro Parasitological Museum.

This summer, a pop-up in the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art is slathering another dollop of weirdness onto the city's cultural canvas. It's a show for infants and pre-schoolers that is named "Ghosts, Underpants, and Stars" after the "three keywords that symbolize children," according to the museum: "ghosts" for imagination, "underpants" for growth, and "stars" for wishes. The exhibit has several outlandish components, like a light show that allows kids to mix up night constellations and a visual story of a girl who dreams about taking her sentient pajamas, "Pants-chan," on a magic journey to the "Land of the Underpants."