Where Toshiba Company Started

Several weeks ago, me and my friends visited Toshiba Mirai Museum for our class assignment. It is pretty far, approximately 1 hour from Shinjuku. However, once we got there, we saw a magnificent, high-tech building, which looks really cool! This museum showcases the development of Toshiba company itself, starting from scratches, until what it looks like right now. One of the two founders of Toshiba, Hisashige Tanaka, was really impactful towards the development of technology in Japan. It all started when he made his first developed puppet called the Karakuri Dolls (からくり人形), which interests me the most from all exhibition in that museum. Using simple mechanism and not-so-complicated engineering, Karakuri Dolls were originally made for entertainment purposes. Most of the times, it serves as tea-serving robot for guests. As simple as it looks, this doll was responsible for Toshiba’s own success, considering that is when everything started.