To members of the press: A collaboration project with "Love Live! Superstar!!" will be held at the Kappabashi Hondori Koseikai Shopping Arcade in Asakusa from Friday, October 10th to Friday, October 31st, 2025. Lanterns (original signs), life-size panels, and flags will decorate the shopping district, and the whole town will be filled with Liella! Just strolling around is a special experience, and you can enjoy the scenery that can only be seen here while sightseeing in Asakusa. Introduction to Kappabashi Hondori Koseikai Shopping Street Kappabashi Hondori Street is an east-west road that intersects at right angles in the center of Kappabashi Doguyasuji Street, and the section from Doguyasuji Street to…
Tokyo Biennale 2025, an international art festival originating from Tokyo, will be held from Friday, October 17th. Discounted tickets are on sale at ArtSticker.
The Chain Museum Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masamichi Toyama; hereinafter referred to as "The Chain Museum") has begun implementing the ticket sales system of "ArtSticker," an art communication platform operated by our company, for the Tokyo Biennale 2025, an international art festival originating from Tokyo, which will run from Friday, October 17th to Sunday, December 14th, 2025. For more details and to purchase tickets, click here Event theme The Tokyo Biennale is a "social dive" international art festival that "dives" into various areas of the city of Tokyo, discovering and creating together the charm and new value that lives in the culture and lifestyles of the…
Treat yourself! Introducing a roll cake filled with three whole figs! Matsuzakaya Ueno Store’s latest gourmet offerings
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 → Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 Matsuzakaya Ueno Store, Basement 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, October 8th, Maple House will be opening a store! This luxurious roll cake, made with three whole seasonal figs, is visually striking! It's a treat that allows you to enjoy the harmony of the refined sweetness of the fruit and the fluffy sponge. Also, Nagomi-no-Yoneya, a Chiba specialty, will be introducing Peanut Monaka. You can purchase even a single piece! These easy-to-eat sized monaka are also recommended as a snack to…
Approximately 400 original drawings will be gathered together! The largest original art exhibition in City Hunter’s history, “City Hunter Original Art Exhibition ~ FOREVER, CITY HUNTER” will be held at the Ueno Royal Museum from Saturday, November 22nd!
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the serialization of "City Hunter," published by Coremix Inc., on February 26, 2025, the largest original art exhibition in the series' history, "City Hunter Original Art Exhibition ~FOREVER, CITY HUNTER~," will be held at the Ueno Royal Museum from Saturday, November 22, 2025 to Sunday, December 28, 2025. Tickets for the exhibition will go on sale from 10:00 AM on Thursday, September 25th. This exhibition is dedicated to all fans of "City Hunter," and is the largest exhibition in the series' history, packed with memorable scenes and lines that are etched in everyone's hearts. The fateful encounter between Ryo and Kaori. The trust built…
“Van Gogh Exhibition: A Painter’s Dream Continued by a Family” (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) Coverage Report. Why did Van Gogh become such a beloved painter around the world?
The exhibition "Van Gogh: A Painter's Dream Passed on by a Family" is currently being held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum , tracing the activities of the Van Gogh family, including the devoted support of the globally beloved painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), his brother Theo, his wife Jo, and his nephew Vincent Willem, and showing how Vincent's dreams and works have been passed down to the present day. The event will run from Friday, September 12th to Sunday, December 21st, 2025. Vincent van Gogh started his career as a painter somewhat late, in 1880, at the age of 27, but he produced around 2,000 works in the short…
サルサストリート2025 -Ueno de Bueno- 豪華出店ブースと華やかなステージプログラムを発表！10/4土＆5日・上野公園噴水広場・入場無料
An international exchange festival with the theme of "Salsa" (meaning sauce in English) where you can enjoy food, music, dance, and art. The Caribbean and Latin American Street Executive Committee (Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Mori Junichiro) will be holding "Salsa Street 2025 -Ueno de Bueno-" on Saturday, October 4th and Sunday, October 5th at the Ueno Park Fountain Square in Taito-ku, Tokyo. We are pleased to announce that the details for the event at Ueno Park, which will be the third venue this year, have been decided for the 10th anniversary in 2025. "Salsa" means sauce in English and is made by frying and simmering various ingredients such as vegetables, fruits,…
Opening tomorrow! “Shosoin THE SHOW – Feel the miracle that exists here and now” Collaborating artist Tomoe Shinohara will be attending the exhibition. “This exhibition is a new challenge. Feel the passion of our ancestors.”
New exhibits and new merchandise at the Tokyo exhibition! Starting tomorrow, Saturday, September 20th, the first experiential exhibition of Shosoin Treasures, "Shosoin Treasures THE SHOW – Feel the Miracles Here and Now," will open at the Ueno Royal Museum (Taito Ward, Tokyo). At the press briefing and preview held prior to the opening of the exhibition, designer and artist Tomoe Shinohara, one of the collaborative artists for the exhibition, made an appearance. For this exhibition, Shinohara created a dress with a motif based on one of the Shosoin treasures, a Persian-style water bottle with a lid shaped like a bird's head, called a "lacquer urushi bottle." She spoke of the…
Tokyo Metro and Matsuzakaya Ueno Store to Launch “Take the Metro to Ecofu! Campaign”
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 – Monday, October 20, 2025 The Matsuzakaya Ueno store, operated by Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Taito-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Akihiro Kosaka; hereinafter "Tokyo Metro") and Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Koji Munemori; hereinafter "Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores"), will be holding the "Take the Metro and Go to Ecofu! Campaign" from Wednesday, September 17th to Monday, October 20th, 2025. "Ecofu" is a reuse and recycling initiative organized by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores through the collection of clothing, and is a project aimed at "reducing the burden on customers and the earth through environmentally friendly eco-friendly initiatives." Following on…
[A glittering, panoramic goshuin stamp depicting 400 years of history!] A gorgeous goshuin stamp book is also available! Ono Teruzaki Shrine begins offering special commemorative items
~Information about special goshuin and goshuincho (stamp books) commemorating the 400th anniversary of the temple's relocation~ Ono Terusaki Shrine (2-13-14 Shitaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo), founded in 852 and located in Iriya, Tokyo, has begun issuing special goshuin (temple seals) and goshuincho (stamp books) to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the shrine's relocation. [400th Anniversary of the Imperial Relocation] Ono Teruzaki Shrine was founded in Ueno Teruzaki in 852, the year of the second year of the Ninju era (the year of the reign of Lord Ono no Takamura), the deity enshrined there. During the Edo period, the shrine was moved (transferred) from its original location in Ueno Teruzaki to its current…
Francais will be releasing a limited-time “Halloween Mille-feuille,” a combination of purple sweet potato, chestnut, and other fruits, allowing you to enjoy the flavors of autumn!
These sweets are highly recommended not only as gifts, but also for Halloween or to enjoy at home. Shukurei Co., Ltd. (CEO: Ryoichi Sakamoto, Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo) will release "Halloween Mille-feuille" from "Francais," a Western confectionery brand that enjoys "fruit" and "nuts," on Friday, September 19, 2025. Last year's highly popular "Halloween Mille-feuille" is back again this year. It's a dish that can only be enjoyed at this time of year, combining autumn flavors of purple sweet potato and chestnut with fruit. Chestnuts and strawberries Chestnut cream is mixed with strawberry crunch, sandwiched between pie crust and coated with white chocolate. The gentle sweetness of chestnuts and the tartness…