Place: Shintora Street(2-16 Nishishinbashi and around)
Shintora Street is the main street that connect the main stadium to the athletes' village in Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020. TABISURU Market's Summer and Autumn term starts July 3rd. It will bring various Japan contents and experiences in this street. Local communities showcase "TABISURU Stand" offers Mie prefecture's local food. Shintora marche has also opened every Friday and Saturday at the side street. Hours:[Tabisuru Stand]11:30-15:00, 17:30-22:00(Sat. Sun. Hol. 11:30-19:00) / close: Sundays(open if Sunday is Holiday and close following day), [Shintora Marche] Every Friday 14:00-19:30, Every Saturday 10:00-18:00 >>TABISURU Market, Summer and Autumn
YONA YONA BEER GARDEN in ARK Hills
2018/6/8(Fri) - 9/2(Sun)
Place: ARK Hills
Summer beer garden "YONA YONA BEER GARDEN" opens in Ark Hills from June 8th. Craft beer fans and also people who love to enjoy BBQ must gather here where you can enjoy Yoho Brewing's 6 types of draft beers, they even have an original "ARK Hills Ale" that is brewed only for this beer garden. They also offer Brazilizan BBQ "Churrasco" produced by one of the best Churrasco restaurant "BARBACOA". Hours:Weekday 17:00-22:00, Sat. Sun. Hol. 11:00-22:00, Weekday lunch time 11:30-14:00(L.O. 30 minutes before close) / Contact:03-5458-7575 >>YONA YONA BEER GARDEN in ARK Hills
Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation
2018/4/25(Wed) - 9/17(Mon)
Place: Mori Art Museum
Founded on rich traditions that have stretch back to ancient times, contemporary Japanese architecture encompasses exceptionally creative and original ideas and expressions. Today, Japanese architects such as Tange Kenzo, Taniguchi Yoshio, Ando Tadao, Kuma Kengo, Sejima Kazuyo and other young upcoming architects have received great international acclaim. This exhibition traces the lineage of architecture from ancient times until the present in Japan. Hours:10:00-22:00(close 17:00 on Tuesdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Open everyday during the exhibition / Admission:General 1,800yen, University and High school student 1,200yen, 4 years old to Junior high school student 600yen, Senior(65+) 1,500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 >>Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation
Detective Conan: Scientific Investigation
2018/4/18(Wed) - 7/8(Sun)
Place: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation(2-3-6 Aomi, Koto-ku)
To commemorate the publication of the design annual "Graphic Design in Japan 2018", Japan Graphic Designers Association showcases a total of 300 pieces from the book, ranging from general merchandises, books, packages, symbols and logos, posters, websites and moving images, to spatial design for exhibitions and shops. Hours:11:00-19:00 / Closed:Open everyday during the exhibition / Admission:Free / Contact:03-5770-7509 photo:展覧会ビジュアルイメージ(デザイン:田部井美奈) >>Graphic Design in Japan 2018
JOMON: 10,000 Years of Prehistoric Art in Japan
2018/7/3(Tue) - 9/2(Sun)
Place: Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum(13-9 Ueno-park, Taito-ku)
The Jomon period is thought to have begun about 13,000 years ago. Under the theme of "Jomon Beauty", this exhibition presents outstanding works of art created in diverse regions of the Japanese archipelago from the beginning to the end of the Jomon period, shedding light on the techniques with which these works were created and the spirit imbued in them. Hours:9:30-17:00(Close 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Close 18:00 on Sundays and Holidays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except 7/16, 8/13), 7/17 / Admission:General 1,600yen, University student 1,200yen, High School student 900yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Dogu (clay figurine); known as "Jomon Venus" From Tanabatake site, Chino-shi, Nagano Middle Jomon period, 3000-2000 BC National Treasure Chino City, Nagano (entrusted to Chino City Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology) On exhibit from July 31 to Sptember 2, 2018 >>JOMON: 10,000 Years of Prehistoric Art in Japan
The Road to the Tower of the Sun
2018/5/30(Wed) - 10/14(Sun)
Place: Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum(6-1-19 Minamiaoyama)
In March 2018, the Tower of the Sun was finally reborn after half a century of neglect. This exhibition is focusing on Taro Okamoto's work during the 1960s in the lead up to Osaka Expo '70 to examine "the Expo and Taro" from a different angle. Hours:10:00-18:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays(except Holidays) / Admission:General 620yen, Elementary school student 310yen / Contact:03-3406-0801 photo:《愛撫》 >>The Road to the Tower of the Sun
LINES AND SHAPES, LINES AND SPACES - THE BAMBOOWORK OF IIZUKA RŌKANSAI AND TANABE CHIKUUNSAI
2018/4/14(Sat) - 7/16(Mon)
Place: Musée TOMO(4-1-35 Toranomon)
From around the 1920s through the mid 20th century, Japanese makers of bamboo work moved beyond the role of craftsman and began to pursue individual expressivity. You will discover its revolutionary nature by following the "lines" of bamboo woven by the seven artists from two family lines. Don't miss the huge bamboo installation by Chikuunsai IV Tanabe. Hours:11:00-18:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays(except 4/30, 7/16), 5/1, 6/5 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University student 800yen, High school, Junior high school and Elementary school student 500yen / Contact:03-5733-5131 photo:四代田辺竹雲斎 「CONNECTION−根源−」2018年 ショーモン城(フランス)高さ5.0メートル(撮影:渞忠之) >>LINES AND SHAPES, LINES AND SPACES - THE BAMBOOWORK OF IIZUKA RŌKANSAI AND TANABE CHIKUUNSAI
The Miracle of M.C. Escher: Prints from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018/6/6(Wed) - 7/29(Sun)
Place: The Ueno Royal Museum(1-2 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
Crafts Gallery for Kids x Adults: Heat and Pressure
2018/6/19(Tue) - 8/26(Sun)
Place: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery(1-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku)
When we visit the places where craft objects are made, we realize that how heat and pressure are applied is often decisive. Take the color called "Japan blue," the blue produced through a dye made of fermented indigo leaves, which involves heat. Or consider the color and luster of a light yet sturdy white bamboo basket. It is created through that combination of heat and pressure. Heat and pressure are our starting points for an intense but very cool look at crafts. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 7/16), 7/17 *Free entrance days:7/1, 8/5 / Admission:General 250yen, University student 130yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:TASHIMA Etsuko, Cornucopia 02-XI, 2002 >>Crafts Gallery for Kids x Adults: Heat and Pressure
Dedicated to the 260th anniversary of the birth of Ryokan Ryokan:Poet with the heart and spirit of the Japanese
Ryokan was a renowned poet and calligrapher of the Edo period who lived as a mendicant priest. Commemorating the 260th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition attempts to portray the poet's humanity and view of life by displaying calligraphic works he created throughout his life. Hours:10:00-16:30(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays, 5/29 / Admission:General 1,000yen, Senior(70+) 800yen, High school and University student 400yen / Contact:03-3941-0850 Photo:Dancing Ryokan at Bon festival Kosugi Hoan >>Dedicated to the 260th anniversary of the birth of Ryokan: Ryokan:Poet with the heart and spirit of the Japanese
Final Exhibition: FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS
2018/4/21(Sat) - 9/24(Mon)
Place: Snoopy Museum Tokyo(5-6-20 Roppongi)
Since its opening in April 2016, the Snoopy Museum has welcomed around 950 thousand visitors. On September 2018, it will reach its grand finale. The final exhibition, "FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS” will be focusing on the various types of friendship represented in the Peanuts comic strip. About 80 original comic strips full of fresh strokes and brand new animations will be waiting for you. Hours:10:00-20:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:6/5 / Admission:General 2,000yen, University and College student 1,400yen, Junior high and High school student 1,000yen, 4 year old to Elementary school student 600yen / Contact:03-6328-1960 >>Final Exhibition: FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS
Villains in Ukiyo-e PARTⅡ
2018/6/2(Sat) - 7/29(Sun)
Place: OTA Memorial Museum of Art(1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku)
In TV dramas, movies and novels, villainous roles are often depicted as more attractive than the protagonist roles. The people of Edo also seem to have been aware of the unfathomable attraction of "evil". This exhibition is a revival of one of our most popular exhibitions, "Villains in Ukiyo-e" held in 2015, this time featuring more ukiyo-e that depicts various "villains". Date:[1st term] 6/2-6/27 [2nd term] 6/30-7/29 / Hours:10:30-17:30(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 7/16), 6/28, 6/29, 7/17 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University and High School student 700yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Ochiai Yoshiiku : Eimei Nijūhasshūku (Twenty-eight Famous Murders with Verse) : Sano Jirōzaemon (1st term) >>Villains in Ukiyo-e PARTⅡ
Place: The National Museum of Western Art(7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku)
Michelangelo Buonarroti was called a god-like artist for his mastery of all three major artistic forms− sculpture, painting and architecture. Working from a core of Michelangelo's masterwork sculptures David-Apollo and Young St. John the Baptist, the approximately 70 works displayed the museum will explore how artists in their respective periods, Antiquity and the Renaissance, created their own ideal human form. Hours:9:30-17:30(close 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 7/16, 8/13, 9/17, 9/24), 7/17 / Admission:General 1,600yen, University student 1,200yen, High school student 800yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:《ダヴィデ=アポロ》 ミケランジェロ・ブオナローティ 1530年頃 フィレンツェ、バルジェッロ国立美術館蔵 高さ147cm 大理石 Firenze, Museo Nazionale del Bargello / On concession of the Ministry of cultural heritage and tourism activities >>Michelangelo and the Ideal Body
The Worlds of Chaumet The art of jewellery since 1780
The Glass that Gallé Adored - Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection
2018/4/25(Wed) - 7/1(Sun)
Place: SUNTORY Museum of Art
The Qing Dynasty was an extraordinary period in the long history of Chinese glass. Qing glass treated transparency and opaqueness as equals and was imbued with great dignity. This exhibition will introduce Qing works with extraordinarily beautiful designs with works by Emile Gallé influenced by them. Hours:10:00-18:00(Close 20:00 on Fri. and Sat., 4/29, 5/2, 5/3. Close 24:00 on 5/26) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / closed:Tuesdays(open until 18:00 on 5/1 and 6/26) / Admission:General 1,300yen, University and High school student 1,000yen / Contact:03-3479-8600 Photo:「エピローグ―清朝ガラスの小宇宙」(展示風景) すべて町田市立博物館 >>The Glass that Gallé Adored - Glass from the Qing Imperial Collection
MASUMURA Hiroshi Exhibition Featuring the Works of Hokusai ATAGOAL x HOKUSAI
2018/6/26(Tue) - 8/26(Sun)
Place: The Sumida Hokusai Museum(2-7-2 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku)
Dagashi -Kosaku Ishibashi's Love Affair with Traditional Hometown
2018/6/7(Thu) - 8/25(Sat)
Place: LIXIL Gallery(3-6-18 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku)
Since old times, Japanese have felt the affair with Dagashi, traditional hometown sweets, that sold at tiny shops in the corner of street. This exhibition introduces Kosaku Ishibashi's collection who walked across Japan to collect and sketch local Dagashi many years. Hours:10:00-18:00 / Closed:Wednesdays, 8/11-8/15 / Admission:Free / Contact:03-5250-6530 Photo:石橋幸作自筆画 駄菓子風俗図絵「駄菓子さまざま」 所蔵:博物館 明治村 撮影:佐治康生 >>Dagashi -Kosaku Ishibashi's Love Affair with Traditional Hometown
Special Exhibition:The Rimpa School ―from Tawaraya Sōtatsu to Tanaka Ikkō
2018/5/12(Sat) - 7/8(Sun)
Place: Yamatane Museum of Art(3-12-36 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku)
Yamatane Museum of Art is holding a special exhibition on the Rimpa tradition, which originally flowered with Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Ogata Kōrin, and Sakai Hōitsu as its central figures and has been sustained by modern and contemporary nihonga artists as well as designers. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays / Admission:General 1,200yen, University and High school student 900yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Attributed to Tawaraya Sōtatsu, Chinese Black Pines and Maple Trees, Yamatane Museum of Art >>Special Exhibition:The Rimpa School ―from Tawaraya Sōtatsu to Tanaka Ikkō
TOP Collection: Learning Into the Pictures
2018/5/12(Sat) - 8/5(Sun)
Place: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum(Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku)
Within the music, familiar to our everyday life, is a combination of elements; layers of tone, sonic range and rhythm form a densely designed structure - an architecture. Musician Keigo Oyamada (Cornelius) has written a new music with a focus on its structure exclusivery for this exhibition; it is interpreted from the varying perspectives of spirited creators into disparate video works. Come and discover a fresh perspective on music in the venue integrating sound, video and space. Hours:10:00-19:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays / Admission:General 1,100yen, University student 800yen, High school student 500yen / Contact:03-3475-2121 photo:Main visual >>AUDIO ARCHITECTURE
Decorated Urushi: The Beautiful World of Gold and Silver on Black Lacquer
2018/6/2(Sat) - 7/16(Mon)
Place: Sen-oku Hakuko Kan(1-5-1 Roppongi)
Sen-oku Hakuko Kan will hold a exhibition about Urushi, a traditional Japanese natural lacquer. Showcasing Japanese, Ryukyu, Korean and Chinese lacquer ware selected from that Sumitomo family's collection with a focus on tea sets used at tea ceremonies and vibrant vessels used to entertain guests. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays(except 7/16) / Admission:General 800yen, Student 600yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 >>Decorated Urushi: The Beautiful World of Gold and Silver on Black Lacquer