Roppongi Hills' annual christmas event has started with the 400m Keyakizaka street's sparkling illumination. White and blue LED lighting "SNOW & BLUE" creates arban style Christmas. You can also enjoy beautiful Christmas tree illuminaiton at West Walk, 66 Plaza and Mohri Garden. Hours:Keyakizaka Street Illumination, Mohri Garden Illumination 17:00-23:00, 66 Plaza Illumination 17:00-24:00 / Admission:Free / Contact:03-6406-6382 >>Roppongi Hills Christmas 2018
TABISURU Market, Summer and Autumn
2018/7/3（Tue） - 12/28（Fri）
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
FUJIKO FUJIO Ⓐ THE EXHIBITION - Ⓐ's Weird and Amazing Collection -
The Christmas market will be back at Roppongi Hills again this year, filled with lively fun. Enjoy the feeling of a real German Christmas, featuring a German shop known worldwide for its Christmas items, famous German foods, and over 2,000 different items for sale. Hours:11:00-21:00(Open 15:00 on 11/23. Close 22:00 on Fridays, Saturdays, day before holiday and 12/24) / Admission:Entrance free / Contact:03-6406-6382 >>Christmas Market 2018
Catastrophe and the Power of Art
2018/10/6（Sat） - 2019/1/20（Sun）
Place: Mori Art Museum
Recent decades have seen a stream of catastrophes around the world - from 9.11 in 2001 to the global financial crisis of 2008, Japan's devastating quake and tsunami in 2011, and the list goes on. Catastrophe and crisis can drive us to despair, yet it is also true that the energy released as we try to recover can simultaneously spark imagination, and boost creative output. This exhibition will look at how art deals with the major catastrophes that strike communities, as well as personal tragedies, and the role art can play in our recovery. 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
Experience the world of Cardcaptor Sakura, the manga series loved just as much now as it was on its release over twenty years ago in 1996. The exhibition space will be devoted entirely to the world of Sakura, the premise being that the star of the series has cast a spell on the museum… As well as original drawings crammed with Cardcaptor charm, "The Enchanted Museum" will feature a series of exclusive exhibits able to be experienced nowhere else. Hours:10:00-20:00(Admission until 1 hour before closing) / Closed:Open everyday during the exhibition / Admission:General 1,800yen, High school and Junior high school student 1,400yen, 4 years old to Elementary school student 900yen / Contact:info@ccsakuraten.com photo:迷（メイズ）な原画コーナー 展示予定 >>Cardcaptor Sakura Exhibition -the Enchanted Museum-
MINGEI - Another Kind of Art
2018/11/2（Fri） - 2019/2/24（Sun）
Place: 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT(9-7-6 Akasaka)
In 1925, Soetsu Yanagi first named handicrafts made by anonymous craftspeople "MINGEI," as he recognized the beauty in these everyday items used by common people. The exhibition will feature over 150 traditional and contemporary MINGEI items primarily from the Japan Folk Crafts Museum's collection selected by Naoto Fukasawa, the Director of both 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT and the Museum. Hours:10:00-19:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays(except 12/25), 12/26-1/3 / Admission:General 1,100yen, University student 800yen, High school student 500yen / Contact:03-3475-2121 photo:火鉢 出雲大津（島根県）昭和時代 1940年代〈日本民藝館蔵〉 >>MINGEI - Another Kind of Art
Sweden-Japan 150th Anniversary Ingegerd Råman
2018/9/14（Fri） - 12/9（Sun）
Place: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery(1-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku)
Ingegerd Råman is one of Sweden's most renowned designers as well as a potter. This exhibition is the first major opportunity in Japan to introduce Råman's diverse activities including her recent project with Kimura Glass to designs for Ikea to collaboration projects with Swedish architects with about 180 works of tableware and interior goods selected by Råman, who regard herself as a "form-giver". Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(except 9/17, 9/24, 10/8), 9/18, 9/25, 10/9 *Free entrance day:11/3 / Admission:General 600yen, University student 400yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Vases, painted glass From the series Caracalla 2004, Snowpainting 2003, BonBon 2009 Orrefors Glassworks, Sweden photo: Anna Danielsson/Nationalmuseum Stockholm >>Sweden-Japan 150th Anniversary Ingegerd Råman
Momoyama Tea Utensils: A New View
2018/10/20（Sat） - 12/16（Sun）
Place: Nezu Museum(6-5-1 Minamiaoyama)
Shigaraki, Bizen, Iga, Shino, Oribe and Karatsu: these Momoyama tea utensils are known for one of the major Japanese ceramics. This exhibition presents artifacts excavated in Kyoto as well as tea utensils that have been handed down over the generations. Examining them in terms of production and istribution by the latest view of the world of Momoyama tea utensils. Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays / Admission:General 1,300yen, University and High school student 1,000yen / Contact:03-3400-2536 photo:Tea Bowl, named Yamanoha Mino ware, nezumi-shino typeGlazed stoneware Japan Momoyama-Edo periods, 17th century Nezu Museum >>Momoyama Tea Utensils: A New View
The Buddhist Sculptures of Daiho'onji, Kyoto: Masterpieces by Kaikei and Jokei
2018/10/2（Tue） - 12/9（Sun）
Place: Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum(13-9 Ueno-park, Taito-ku)
Daiho'onji in Kyoto is an ancient temple more commonly known as Senbon Shakado. It was founded by the Buddhist monk, Giku, in the Kamakura period in 1220. This exhibition introduces numerous masterpieces of the Keiha school preserved at Daiho'onji temple. With works by Kaikei, who was a contemporary of Unkei, and master sculptors of the post-Unkei generation, the exhibition allows visitors to enjoy a contest between Kamakura-period sculptures. Hours:9:30-17:00(Close 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, 10/31, 11/1) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays / Admission:General 1,400yen, University student 1,000yen, High School student 800yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:重要文化財「釈迦如来坐像」行快作 鎌倉時代・13世紀 京都・大報恩寺蔵 >>The Buddhist Sculptures of Daiho'onji, Kyoto: Masterpieces by Kaikei and Jokei
Special Exhibition "A Thousand Wonders of Japanese Technology -A brief 150 year history of Japanese modernization"
2018/10/30（Tue） - 2019/3/3（Sun）
Place: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo(7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
This exhibition traces the magnificent history of science and technology, which have changed Japan from the Meiji era to the Heisei era, with more than 600 valuable materials including important cultural properties and items of industrial and science heritages. Hours:9:00-17:00(close 20:00 on Fri., Sat., 10/31 and 11/1) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except 12/24, 1/14, 2/11, 2/25), 12/28-1/1, 1/15, 2/12 / Admission:General and University student 1,600yen, Elementary, Junior high and high school student 600yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:「ミルバーン電気自動車」 所蔵：国立科学博物館 >>Special Exhibition "A Thousand Wonders of Japanese Technology -A brief 150 year history of Japanese modernization"
Collaborative Exhibition Project between the Tokyo National Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Marcel Duchamp and Japanese Art
2018/10/2（Tue） - 12/9（Sun）
Place: Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum(13-9 Ueno-park, Taito-ku)
Place: The Sumida Hokusai Museum(2-7-2 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku)
Washoku, the traditional dietary culture of the Japanese, was recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. The roots of that Washoku culture line in the Edo period. During two and a half centuries of peace, agriculture and fishing made great strides, the economy grew and became more complex, and, thanks to socio-economic advancement, people achieved a level of affluence that enabled them to enjoy dining as a source of pleasure. This exhibition focuses on Hokusai's lively depictions of foods created in Edo. Date:[1st term]11/20-12/16, [2nd term]12/18-1/20 *some exhibits from the first rotation will be replaced / Hours:9:30-17:30(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:Mondays(open when Monday falls on a holiday, and will be closed the following day), 12/29-1/1 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University and High school student, Senior(65+) 700yen, Junior high school student 300yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:葛飾北斎「鮟鱇図」すみだ北斎美術館蔵（前期） >>Hokusai and the gourmets of Great Edo
Higashiyama Kaii Retrospective 1908-1999
2018/10/24（Wed） - 12/3（Mon）
Place: The National Art Center, Tokyo
Higashiyama Kaii is nationally renowned as a Nihon-ga painter representing the postwar era. This exhibition marks the first large-scale retrospective of Higashiyama's career in Tokyo in a decade. Boasting a large collection of important Higashiyama works, the exhibition also includes a special showing of the monumental Toshodaiji Miei-do Murals. Hours:10:00-18:00(Close 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Tuesday / Admission:General 1,500yen, University student 1,100yen, High school student 600yen/ Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:《道》1950年、東山魁夷、東京国立近代美術館蔵 >>Higashiyama Kaii Retrospective 1908-1999
Living Moment by Moment Tarō Okamoto and Jazz
2018/10/17（Wed） - 2019/2/24（Sun）
Place: Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum(6-1-19 Minamiaoyama)
In my life I ignore the past and I ignore the future. I live in the present, exploding, moment by moment― Neither clinging to the past nor presuming upon the future. The way that Tarō Okamoto lived, perfectly embodies JAZZ. You will witness an unexpected encounter between Okamoto's paintings and jazz through the medium of sound in this exhibiiton. Hours:10:00-18:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Tuesdays(except Holidays), 10/15, 12/28-1/4 / Admission:General 620yen, Elementary school student 310yen / Contact:03-3406-0801 >>Living Moment by Moment Tarō Okamoto and Jazz
Romantic Russia from the collection of The State Tretyakov Gallery
2018/11/23（Fri） - 2019/1/27（Sun）
Place: The Bunkamura Museum of Art(2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku)
Place: Tokyo Station Gallery(1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku)
Hyper-realism? A word too simple to describe his works. The drawing of wire netting that stretches over 17 meters. The 365 self-portraits he drew every day for a year. The newspapers he copied, letter by letter. All of the works created by Yoshimura Yoshio are super-real, but also exude an unsettling strangeness that strikes the observer. This exhibition is the first retrospective to be held in Tokyo. It provides a comprehensive view of Yoshimura with more than 600 items on display, including monotone prints and drawings from his early period, colorful flowers from his late period, and self-portraits which he drew throughout the course of his life. Hours:10:00-18:00(Close 20:00 on Fridays) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / closed:Mondays(except 12/24, 1/14), 12/25, 12/29-1/1 / Admission:General 900yen, University and High school student 700yen / Contact:03-3212-2485 photo:Newspaper and Self-portrait 2008.10.8, Mainichi Shimbun; 2008; Private collection >>Yoshimura Yoshio: Beyond Hyper-realism
Fashion in the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
2018/11/2（Fri） - 12/20（Thu）
Place: OTA Memorial Museum of Art(1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku)
The Yoshiwara flourished as a prominent pleasure quarter. The highest-ranking courtesans, called Oiran, were the top of the hierarchy of the Yoshiwara. This exhibition features Oiran's fashion and their daily lives in the Yoshiwara. Through the works of ukiyo-e, visitors can experience the charm of the courtesans, who had a unique presence in Edo culture. Date:[1st term] 11/2-11/25 [2nd term] 11/30-12/20 *All exhibits from the first rotation will be replaced / Hours:10:30-17:30(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / closed:11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26-11/29, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 / Admission:General 700yen, University and High School student 500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Kitagawa Utamaro “Seven Beauties in the Yoshiwara : Courtesan Tagasode of the Daimonji-ya House” (2nd term) >>Fashion in the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Rubens and the Birth of the Baroque
2018/10/16（Tue） - 2019/1/20（Sun）
Place: The National Museum of Western Art(7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku)
Duncan Phillips, a private collector with discerning perception and also the founder of America's oldest modern art museum. Showcasing 75 artworks carefully selected from this American art institution, the exhibition features works from some of the world's most important modern painters including Manet, Cézanne, Picasso, Gauguin and Klee. Hours:10:00-18:00(close 21:00 on Fridays except holiday, The second Wednesdays and the last week of the exhibition) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / Closed:Mondays(except holidays, substitute holiday, the last week of the exhibition, 10/29, 11/26, 1/28), 12/31-1/1 / Admission:General 1,700yen, University and High school student 1,000yen, Junior high and Elementary school student 500yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Vincent van Gogh - The Road Menders Acquired 1949 The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC >>The Phillips Collection : A Modern Vision
Place: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo(3-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku)
This exhibition focuses, on an unprecedented scale, on the period from the 1960s to the 1990s, the dawning of contemporary art in Asian countries. It gathers together 140 provocative, experimental works produced in the turbulent period from more than ten regions and countries, and examines the similarities and differences between them. Hours:10:00-17:00(Close 20:00 on Fri. and Sat.) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing / closed:Mondays(except 12/24) / Admission:General 1,200yen, University and College student 800yen (Admission free day 11/3) / Contact:03-5777-8600 photo:Jim Supangkat, Ken Dedes, 1975/1996, National Gallery Singapore >>Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s?1990s
Matsuura Takeshiro, a great explore in Hokkaido region
2018/9/24（Mon） - 12/9（Sun）
Place: Seikado Bunko Art Museum(2-23-1 Okamoto, Setagaya-ku)
Hours:10:00-17:00(Admission until 30 minutes before closing) / Closed:Mondays(except 10/8), 10/9 / Admission:General 1,000yen, University and High school student 700yen / Contact:03-5777-8600 Photo:「松浦武四郎肖像写真」明治15年（1882）撮影 松浦武四郎記念館蔵【全期間展示】 >>Matsuura Takeshiro, a great explore in Hokkaido region
MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2018
2018/11/13（Tue） - 12/25（Tue）
Place: Tokyo Midtown
Tokyo Midtown's annual Christmas celebration starts with the 510,000 LED illumination lights covering whole area of Tokyo Midtown. Main event is the "Starlight Garden" which is held at Garden area and a 100 ballons and soap bubbles' performance will be added from this year. Illumination tour which takes you to the best spot of the illumination view and Santa Tree with 1800 Santa Claus ornaments also will be the fun part of the event. Hours:Starlight Garden 17:00-23:00 / Admission:Free(some events need fees) / Contact:03-3475-3100 >>MIDTOWN CHRISTMAS 2018
