On July 13 (Saturday), the curtain of a new era opens! A dance performance “Fana Furisode Dance” that combines traditional culture and modern culture is decided to be held at the new hall “Asakusa flower theater”! Hanayashi Kiki Co., Ltd. (Taito-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director Akihiko Hirota) will perform the original performance “Dance of Hanakisose” at the new hall “Asakusa Flower Theater (Asakusa Kagekijo)” from July 13, 2019 (Saturday) I will hold it. The up-and-coming performers selected by professionals in each dance world that have been evaluated worldwide become the appearance of flower chase sleeves, flower bitches, flower ninjas, and in the next generation of creative dance, picture, music,…
【Tokyo-Ueno ART WALK】A new experienced tour combining Ueno culture and art. Now you can join for free!
Ueno Park, a large aggregation of world cultural arts. And it is a commercial area of Ueno, including Ameyoko, which attracts people from all over the world. Tokyo-Ueno ART WALK will start around in the Ueno area filled with such a lot of charm, in March! Touching Ueno’s history with powerful VR images, circling a wide area with rental cycles, hand-making Japanese-style confectioneries, and more than ever experienced tours. In celebration of the new event, you can participate for free this time, so please join us ♪ organization: Implementation Committee for New Concept “Ueno, a Global Capital of Culture“ Ueno Art Walk Office ①Tour to Experience History in Virtual…
“Ueno Information Office” Panda goods, popular ranking announced!
"Ueno Frontier Tower" was born in the site of Matsuzakaya South Building in November this year. On that first basement floor, "Ueno Information Office" which is a tourist information office is open. At Ueno Information Office, which sells Ueno specialties and gems as well as sightseeing information, we have about 45 brands, 800 kinds of goods such as well-established stores in Ueno area, famous shops, studio and cultural facilities. Among them, occupying more than 30% of sales, popular items are popular items. As Shan Shan (Kaka) will be released, panda goods that gather more and more attention. This time, Top 10 popular items have been announced from among the 60…
【National Museum of Nature and Science】 Planning Exhibition “MINAKATA Kumagusu: An informant-savant a 100 years ahead of his time” held
Image courtesy of the National Science Museum At the National Museum of Nature and Science, the 150th Anniversary Exhibition "MINAKATA Kumagusu: An informant-savant a 100 years ahead of his time" is held during the period from December 19, 2017 (Tuesday) to March 4, 2018 (Sunday). Minakata Kumagusu is a naturalist who gathered a large number of materials such as mosses, ferns, fungi. After traveling to the U.S. and England, he interacted with a wide range of people, he was immersed in the study of cryptomer plants in Wakayama prefecture and focused on the nature conservation movement, and various ecology, religion, folklore that Kumagusu told the world view over the field…
【Ueno Royal Museum】 “Scary painting” exhibition, more than 300,000 visitors
Visitors to the "Scary Painting" exhibition being held at the Ueno Royal Museum are on December 2, exceeding 300,000 people. Approximately 5,300 people are visiting the "scary painting" exhibition averaging over the course of the day, and from November 16, the opening hours are from 9 o'clock to 20 o'clock every day from 9 pm to 10 pm It extends to minutes). In the same exhibition (July 22 – September 18) held at the Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum, we recorded about 270,000 visitors. ■ "Scary Paintings" Exhibition is not only to just look at paintings, but also German literature who introduced a hidden episode while hitting motifs and era backgrounds,…
【Welcome to foreigners who visit Japan! 】 Collaboration between traditional arts and contemporary arts
The “IKI” project executive committee ( http://ikipj.com/ ) will hold a festival of Japanese traditional culture at “Iriya SOOO dramatic!” in downtown Tokyo on December 2, 2017. The festival is called “walock”. The theme of "adding Japanese to everyday" is a chic project that has learned and interacted with various cultures both in and outside of the world, providing opportunities for "fun" and "deeply" touching Japanese culture for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games . “Walock” has proposed a new sum that traditional art experts collaborate with contemporary art such as "Ikebana" "Mai" "Sword" "Tea ceremony" etc. This theme is "Fair Day". Somewhat suspiciously nostalgic, let the world of…
January 16 (Tue) – March 11 (Sun) 【Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan】 Special exhibition “Only Ninna-ji and Mikui school factions – Tempei and the treasure of Shingon Buddhism” decision to be held!
National Treasure ‘Amida Nyorai Seita’ Heian era · Jiwa 4 years (888) Kyoto · Ninnaji temple photo taken = Yuji Ono From January 16 (Tuesday) to March 11 (Sunday), 2018, the special exhibition “Ninna-ji Temple and Only Omuro factions only – Tempei and the treasure of Shingon Buddism -” will be held at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan . Ninna-ji known as Omuro cherry tree is a Shingon Buddhist temple that the Emperor Koumi appealed for construction in the second year of Jonathan (886) and the next generation Emperor of Uta completed it in the fourth year of Jiwa (888). From receiving a thick devotion from successive emperors, excellent paintings,…
“Sitamachi.Halloween 2017” will be held from Friday, October 13 to Tuesday, October 31 in the Ueno, Okachimachi and Yushima areas!
The Ueno Chuo Dori Shopping Committee will hold a Halloween event with a new name “Shitamachi.Halloween 2017.” The event made a huge success last year. Date: From Friday, October 13 to Tuesday, October 31 Vnues: Ueno, Okachimachi and Yushima areas Participation tickets (Advance purchase): Adult 1,000 yen, Child 500 yen (elementary school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent) Participation tickets (Same-day purchase): 1,500 yen for adults, 800 yen for children (elementary school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent) EVENTS Shitamachi. Halloween costume parade 16: 00 – 17: 00 on Sat, October 28, 2017 (subject to change) Attendees must wear Halloween costumes…
The Tokyo National Museum exhibits special items named after “Sakura” Annual project of Spring “Cherry-blossom viewing at the museum” March 14 ~ Implemented ~ Planning of garden light up and participatory event etc. are also packed! ~
The Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park, Tokyo) will exhibit the masterpieces named after the cherry blossom from March 14 (Tuesday) to April 9 (Sun) in 2017, and holding the various events at the Spring’s regular project “Museum Cherry blossom viewing “will be carried out. In the exhibition room, cherry blossoms bloom in masterpieces, and about 10 kinds of cherry blossoms bloom in the boasting garden. [Highlight 1] ■ Main Cherry Blossom viewing In the main building, various works related to cherry blossoms such as national treasure “foliage foliage of flower underground music screen” such as paintings depicting cherry blossoms, crafts with motif of cherry blossoms, Buddhist images of cherry wood…
【National Museum of Western Art】 “Chassériau Exhibition – Fortitude of French-Romanticism in the 19th Century” Exhibition Report
“Chassériaux exhibition – Familiarity of French romanticism in the 19th century” will be held at the National Museum of Western Art from February 28 (Tuesday) to May 28 (Sun) in 2017. Since the press coverage was held on February 27, I will report the situation of the exhibition. “Take a look, this child will be a painting Napoleon” Jean-Auguste-Dominique Angel, a master of French neoclassicalism, has been told that he stopped in front of a young man in the middle of painting classes and shouted like this. The name of “Napoleon” is Theodor · Chasselio. Chocelio, who is inclined to neo-classicalism to romanticism, regarded as a representative painter…