The National Museum of Western Art will hold a “Liminary Saturday” on Saturday, August 3rd, during which admission to the permanent and special exhibitions will be free, allowing everyone to enjoy the art in their own way, including chatting with others while viewing the works. ■ Purpose of the event “I feel nervous because I have to be quiet in museums” “It’s hard to go to an exhibition with small children”… We want even such customers to be able to enjoy appreciating the artworks at the museum without hesitation. With this in mind, we will be holding “Livid Saturday”, a day where you can talk freely about the artworks,…
Mosaic tile specialty store “MARBLE TOKYO” opens at 2k540 on Thursday, July 11, 2024
Mosaic tile specialty store “MARBLE TOKYO” will open at 11:00 on Thursday, July 11th at “2k540 AKI-OKA ARTISAN,” a commercial facility with the theme of “Japanese manufacturing” located under the railway overpass between JR Akihabara Station and Okachimachi Station. About “MARBLE TOKYO” “MARBLE TOKYO” is a mosaic tile and interior goods store run by Mosaic Japan Co., Ltd. (Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture/CEO: Hisaaki Aoki), a building materials manufacturer that deals in color-matched tiles and marble mosaics. The company develops and sells original building materials such as mosaics, art ceramic panels, tiles, and stone, with the theme of “creating things that don’t exist in the world.” The new store, which will…
Dorayaki from Kameju, Kusamochi from Sweets Shop Nagomi…Popular Japanese sweets shops are appearing one after another! Matsuzakaya Ueno Store: The latest gourmet food
July 3rd (Wed) to July 9th (Tue), 2024 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 July 3rd (Wednesday), dorayaki from Kameju, a popular Asakusa shop that is one of the three major dorayaki shops in Tokyo and always has a long line, will be available. In addition, Wan-ya will be offering a seafood bento, and Yamacho Hasegawa Shoten will be offering salmon roe pickled in soy sauce, among other luxurious seafood items for a limited time only! We introduce the six hottest gourmet brands…
Exhibition Ambassador Yuriko Ishida also appears! [National Museum of Western Art] “Monet: Water Lilies” Press Conference Report
The National Museum of Western Art will hold the exhibition “Monet: Water Lilies” from Saturday, October 5, 2024 to Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (national holiday). This time, we will introduce the information about this exhibition announced at the press conference on Wednesday, June 12. Purpose of the event Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the most representative painters of the Impressionist movement. Monet’s final years were a time when he faced many difficulties, including the death of a beloved family member, his own eye disease, and World War I. However, even in these times, his greatest source of creativity was the water lily pond he created in the…
PARCO GRAND BAZAR teams up with Avant-Garde, a hot topic both in Japan and overseas! Anyone can become an Avant-Garde?! There’s even a “Tiktok effect”!
PARCO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / hereinafter referred to as PARCO) will be holding the “PARCO GRAND BAZAR (PARCO Grand Bazaar) will be held. This is a huge biannual sale where not only fashion but also interior and miscellaneous items are significantly discounted. This year’s Grand Bazaar is teaming up with Avant Gardie, a mysterious group of girls in bob haircuts wearing uniforms that are creating a buzz both in Japan and overseas! Become an avant-garde!? Various events will be held at the same time, including a giveaway where you can win Tik Tok effects and original mirror stickers, as well as a pop-up shop. Also, don’t miss the…
The famous Dorayaki shop Usagiya will open for a limited time! Collaboration products will be available for the first time! Matsuzakaya Ueno store: The latest gourmet food
June 19th (Wed) to June 25th (Tue), 2024 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 1st basement floor and 1st floor Hoppe Town event space Hoppe Town, the food floor of Matsuzakaya Ueno, is holding events featuring popular shops every week. Starting on Wednesday, June 19th, Usagiya, a famous dorayaki shop that has been in Ueno for over 100 years, will open a limited-time store during renovations! Special products in collaboration with Sakura Panda, the official mascot of Daimaru Matsuzakaya, will also be available! We will introduce the four hottest gourmet brands at Matsuzakaya Ueno. <Usagiya> will be opening for a limited time! June 19th (Wed) – July 2nd (Tue) / 1st…
The temple associated with the Tokugawa Shogunate, “Daihonzan Kan’ei-ji Temple” in Ueno, Tokyo, will start offering the summer-only “Tokugawa Papercut Goshuin”
Elternal Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Takayasu Kokubo; hereinafter, “our company”), a venture company established at Waseda University, will start offering limited edition summer paper-cut goshuin stamps produced by our company from Saturday, June 15th at Kan’ei-ji Temple, the head temple of the Tendai sect, where we provide consulting services. The temple is known as the prayer hall and family temple of the Tokugawa Shoguns, and is an extremely prestigious temple where six of the 15 shoguns in history rest, surpassing the two at Nikko Toshogu Shrine. Since the temple began offering its first paper-cut goshuin stamps in 2023, the response has been huge, and even today many people from…
Wakayama’s “Adventure World” is coming to Ueno, Tokyo again this year! “Adventure World POP-UP STORE” opens at Matsuzakaya Ueno! Second collaboration goods with CHUMS “T-shirts” now on sale
Wednesday, June 19th to Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 Following on from last year, Adventure World (Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture) will open the “Adventure World POP-UP STORE” at Matsuzakaya Ueno from Wednesday, June 19th to Tuesday, June 25th, 2024. In addition to selling collaborative goods with brands featuring the park’s animal illustrations that are exclusive to the POP-UP STORE and online shop, the store will also sell original goods sold within Adventure World’s park. The second collaboration item with outdoor casual brand “CHUMS” “T-shirts” will be released as a brand collaboration item for sale exclusively at the POP-UP STORE! The first collaboration item “Camper Mug” will also be sold for the…
Cute panda choux from Hirota Confectionery, the first shop to open at Matsuzakaya Ueno Store – The latest gourmet food
June 12th (Wed) to June 18th (Tue), 2024 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, 1st basement floor and 1st floor Hoppe Town event space Hoppe Town, the food floor of Matsuzakaya Ueno, is holding events featuring popular shops on a weekly basis. Starting on Wednesday, June 12th, "Panda Choux" will be available for the first time from Hirota Confectionery, a Western confectionery shop popular for its cream puffs. Takasago Meat will also be offering its specialty grilled pork for a limited time! We introduce 6 of the hottest gourmet brands at Matsuzakaya Ueno. Celebrate panda's birthday with cute panda sweets♪ <Hirota Western Confectionery> Panda Choux (1 piece) 378 yen / 1st floor Japanese…
Four metropolitan zoos and aquariums, including Ueno Zoo, introduce Asoview’s e-ticket service
The tickets will go on sale at Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Inokashira Park Zoo, and Kasai Rinkai Aquarium from Thursday, June 13th. The tickets are available in multiple languages and can be delivered to groups at once, with the aim of improving visitor satisfaction and the quality of public facility management. Asoview Inc., which provides the Urakata Series SaaS that promotes digital transformation for tourism, leisure, and cultural facilities, will begin offering the Urakata Ticket e-ticket service at Ueno Zoo (Taito-ku, Tokyo), Tama Zoo (Hino-shi, Tokyo), Inokashira Park Zoo (Musashino-shi, Tokyo), and Kasai Rinkai Aquarium (Edogawa-ku, Tokyo) from Thursday, June 13, 2024. With this introduction, the number of public facilities…