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The 3rd Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival 2025 is scheduled to be held!

The 3rd Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival 2025 is scheduled to be held!

Three days from Friday, January 31st to Sunday, February 2nd, 2025   Official website: https://panda-expo.com/ The Chinese New Year (Chinese New Year) is the most important holiday of the year in Asia. It marks the beginning of a mass migration of hundreds of millions of people who take advantage of the long holiday to “return to their hometowns to welcome the New Year.” The Chinese New Year, which is spent together with family, gives people an irreplaceable sense of happiness and warmth. The Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival Executive Committee (Ueno Chuo Dori Shopping District Association/Chugoku Television Co., Ltd.) will hold a grand “Uenode Panda Chinese New Year Festival”

Introducing the latest gourmet food at Matsuzakaya Ueno store, including a 1kg Fukushima beef lucky bag and Osaka’s specialty “Tenten Gyoza”!

January 3rd (Friday) to January 7th (Tuesday), 2025 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 1st basement floor and 1st floor Hoppe Town event space   Hoppe Town, the food floor of Matsuzakaya Ueno, is holding events with popular shops that change weekly. Starting on Friday, January 3rd, Tokyo Hiyoko, a recommended New Year’s gift, will be available, and 300 lucky bags made with Fukushima beef will be on sale only on Friday, January 3rd. Also, starting on Saturday, January 4th, Tenten’s bite-sized gyoza dumplings, a specialty of Osaka, will be available! We introduce the five hottest gourmet brands at Matsuzakaya Ueno.   Limited sale of 300 items on Friday, January 3rd!   <Discover!

It’s fantastic! Ueno Toshogu Shrine will be lit up for the first time during the New Year holidays. It’s a must-visit good luck spot for your New Year’s visit or New Year’s visit! The event will run from December 30th (Monday) to January 5th (Sunday). Pray for good luck in the year with a glittering night visit to the shrine.

Don’t miss the beautiful lighting designed by world-renowned lighting designer Mikiko Ishii, which brings out the charm of this important cultural property!   Ueno Toshogu Shrine (Ueno Park, Taito Ward, Tokyo), an important cultural property founded in 1627, will be lit up for the first time during the New Year period. This new lighting was designed by world-renowned lighting designer Mikiko Ishii, and was installed in November of this year. The illumination will take place for seven days from Monday, December 30, 2024 to Sunday, January 5, 2025, with admission from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. Admission is 1,000 yen for adults, 400 yen for elementary school students, and free

【江戸東京博物館】館外展示「出張!江戸東京博物館」開催のお知らせ

The Edo-Tokyo Museum (hereinafter referred to as Edohaku) opened on March 28, 1993 as a place to look back on the history and culture of Edo-Tokyo and to think about the city and life of the future. To date, it has been visited by many people from both within Japan and overseas. Approximately 30 years have passed since its opening, but Edo Museum is currently closed until spring 2026 (scheduled) due to large-scale renovation work. As a result, as with last year, some of the permanent exhibition rooms that are currently closed to the public will be exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno. This exhibition will feature

[Kimuraya Sohonten] Limited to directly managed stores! “2025 Lucky Bag” will be on sale in limited quantities from January 1st to January 9th, 2025

Kimuraya Sohonten Co., Ltd. (Head office: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Mitsunori Kimura; hereinafter referred to as “Kimuraya”) is pleased to announce the “2025 Lucky Bag,” which will be released sequentially from January 1, 2025, and will be available only at its directly managed stores. ■For a list of directly managed stores, please see here: https://www.kimuraya-sohonten.co.jp/shoplist A lucky bag exclusive to our directly managed stores will be available from January 1, 2025 to brighten up the New Year! The lucky bag contains eight types of bread, including Kimuraya’s signature product, “Sakedane Sakura,” as well as a diverse lineup of seasonal bean-jam buns, sliced bread, and curry bread. These items, which

Tsukemen specialty store “Rokurinsha” brings back “Shrimp Tsukemen” for a limited time this New Year!

Matsufuji Foods Co., Ltd. will be selling “Shrimp Tsukemen” at all stores of its tsukemen specialty store “Rokurinsha” except for the one at Haneda Airport for a limited time from January 1, 2025. This dish, which was very popular in the past, is being re-released for a limited time in response to customer requests!   Rokurinsha established the style of tsukemen with “rich pork bone and seafood and extra thick noodles,” which has now become the norm for tsukemen. With five stores in Tokyo Station Tokyo Ramen Street, Tokyo Solamachi, Osaki, Ueno, and Haneda Airport, Rokurinsha has led the tsukemen boom as one of Tokyo’s leading tsukemen specialty stores. To

The second half of the popular event! Focus on aged miso ramen and chef’s proud nigiri sushi “End of year special event Hokkaido product exhibition” second half

December 22nd (Sun) – December 30th (Mon) 10am – 7pm *Closed at 5pm on the last day Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 6th floor event space   [Special page] https://www.matsuzakaya.co.jp/ueno/topics/241212_hokkaidobussanten.html Matsuzakaya Ueno store is holding the hugely popular end-of-year event “End-of-year Special Hokkaido Products Exhibition” from December 12th (Thurs) to December 30th (Mon). Starting on Sunday, December 22nd, some of the participating stores will be replaced and the second half of the event will begin! The always popular eat-in option will feature Sapporo Ramen Musashi’s rich, matured miso ramen, perfect for this cold season. Also noteworthy is Sushi Saryo Shikisai, a popular Kushiro restaurant with fans across the country. There will also

Shortcake, roast beef, and chicken! Limited-time gourmet food you’ll want to eat this Christmas! Matsuzakaya Ueno Store: The latest gourmet food

December 18th (Wednesday) to December 25th (Wednesday), 2024 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 1st basement floor and 1st floor Hoppe Town event space   Hoppe Town, the food floor of Matsuzakaya Ueno, is holding a weekly event featuring popular shops. Starting on Wednesday, December 18th, gourmet foods perfect for Christmas will be available for a limited time, including the classic Christmas treat of strawberry and fresh cream shortcake from Kanaya Hotel Bakery, the beautiful Rose Victoria cake from KUSHIMA ROSE, and roast beef from Paul Bocuse. We will introduce the six hottest gourmet brands at Matsuzakaya Ueno. <Kanaya Hotel Bakery> Fresh cake No. 5 5,940 yen / 1st floor Oedo Shinmachi event

Ecute Ueno “Oyatsu Park” Opening Commemoration “Suica Penguins Have Arrived at Ueno Station”

Enjoy the lottery you can enter by using your Suica for purchases, as well as the cute Suica penguin merchandise and new cafe menu items newly released at Pensta Ueno store.   JR East Cross Station Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Nishino Fumitaka; hereinafter “JR-Cross”) will be holding a special event at JR Ueno Station from Thursday, December 19th to Saturday, December 21st, 2024. We will be holding the “Suica Penguins Have Arrived at Ueno Station” event. During the event, the “Touch with Suica! Big Lottery” will be held at the JR-Cross facility in Ueno Station, JR Purchase 1,500 yen or more (including tax) with Suica or

[Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum] The latest issue of “Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum News” (No. 479) has been published. Classical guitarist Kaori Muraji appears in “start” “Looking forward to the Miro exhibition”

Muraji Kaori is active on the world stage. In the “Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum News” No. 479, we interviewed Muraji about the appeal and enjoyment of art appreciation.   Muraji Kaori is one of Japan’s leading classical guitarists . Since her CD debut at the age of 15, she has been active on the world stage. Muraji has been exposed to various cultures and arts through her musical activities, so we asked her about the appeal and enjoyment of art appreciation. Muraji spent an extended period in Madrid, Spain in his late twenties. He said he was looking forward to once again encountering the works of Miro, one of Spain’s

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