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Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza)

The art project "UENOYES " which imaged social comprehension is "UENOYES Balloon DAYS 2018" set at >Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza) for three days from September 28 (Fri) to Sunday 30 (Sun) "It will be held.

In the title "UENOYES", "NO" and "YES" are included. It means that there are no obstacles, and from children to adults, "NO" and "YES" of everything across races and countries are included. "UENOYES" is a project that develops a variety of programs throughout the year and sends it to the world from Ueno, but this time "UENOYES balloon DAYS 2018" will be held as a kick event.

I participated in the opening guide tour for the press concerned that was held on the 28th of the first day, so I will report on that.

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A guided tour that started in the fine weather. Mr. Katsuhiko Hibino Kenji Hibino (right picture) of UENOYES General Producer will introduce the program as a guide. Mr. Ryohei Miyata of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (photo left) was also attended. Participants wear small radio, balloon which is the motif of this event, respectively. According to Ms. Hibino, "It is a symbol that the balloon will take you somewhere, and you can take the balloon somewhere. And with those who wore the balloon at this event, There must be something to feel ".

Sketching “statues” event

People heading to easel surrounding Statue. It is a familiar scenery in usual Ueno Park. Besides, when you look closely, Statue is moving. Street performers imitate sculpture.

Graduates advising participants as instructors at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Advance reservation is required for the morning department (10: 00-12: 00) for children, but any afternoon department (13: 00-17: 00) can participate in sketches at any vacant seat .

Drawing paper, containers, easels, picture boards and chairs are free to borrow, so you can stop by while you are coming by hand.

It becomes the ears of the whole body, it becomes the eye of the whole body

A lively sound reverberates in the square. Performance & workshop by sound artist Takashi Nishihara and painter Fujiwara Ryuhei. Dialogue with artists who have disabilities in their eyes and ears, workshops are held in which participants who previously invited public attention looking at eyes, ears, limbs and how to use their bodies. During the balloon day, we will showcase the performance with the participants of the workshop.

It is a thing that remodeled the wheelbarrow for adults. When you press it, you hear a sound.

Families from overseas are also curious. It seems that he enjoys Ueno who visited for the first time.

This instrument is made based on the sound of the speaker which was swept at the office of Minami Sanriku-cho in Miyagi prefecture during the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Then I ran up a stick connecting the balloon inside the park, drawing a picture in the sky. The shape changes according to the flow of wind. It is a painting that can only be enjoyed at this moment.

FIVE LEGS Factory

Under this tent set in one corner of the square, a mobile stall is built how awesome.

In the first place FIVE LEGS comes from Indonesian mobile stand "KAKI LIMA (Kakirima)". "Indonesian" KAKI "stands as a stand," LIMA "means legs. FIVE LEGS by adding three fulcrums attached to a stall and two legs of the person who draws it. "KAKI LIMA" will be created on March 3 by Mr. Jun Kitazawa in an attempt to translate foreign cultures as daily lives of Ueno city. On the last day I will be moving KAKI LIMA completed by pulling in Ueno Park.

Sing · Park · Harmonia

Playing beautiful harmony is a participatory choral performance centering on artist unit · torus village led by Kaya Sato. Harmony is made by repeating a simple melody. Anyone can join in the event on the day of the event while watching the scores distributed on the spot.

Those who are participating in the preliminary workshop lead the artist, so you can become a member of the performer by just copying and melding the melody. There is no special stage, it seems to be carried out in various places in the park. Why do not you participate if you hear harmony somewhere?

Plaza · U

In a slightly sweaty sunny day, once you step into the shade of trees, you will feel cool and cool. Some people are lying on the ground like that.

Everyone of the dance group "Newcomer H Sokelissa!" Consisting of experienced people on the street. It is the artist Hiroki Aoki led by him. Mr. Aoki pursued "dance born from the body that lives now" since he encountered terrorism while studying in NY in 2001. I will come into contact with experienced people on the street that seriously faces living everyday and will work together to create physical expression works. Following a public practice at the fountain front square for two and a half months, we will show off new performances during Balloon Days. This time I saw a place I happened to be relaxed, but I heard that you will show a dance with a break in performance.

Tohoku and Ueno, El Instante Hoshikuzu Yatai

Spanish-born artist José Maria · Sicilia continued interchanging with the victims in Tohoku from the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 until today, through art.

This "stardust stand" introduced Mr. Tohoku's activities, talked about people involved in the activities and people who experienced the earthquake disaster and works, and was created with the aim of creating a place of encounter It was. Activities such as making Japanese sweets with paper clay with image of 3.11 and providing Japanese sweets made by Japanese sweet craftsmen in disaster area.

Also, at the International Library of Children’s Literature, National Diet Library will hold an exhibition "Mr. Sissyria 's exhibition" Country named "Accident" until February 24, 2019 (Sun)

In recent years, Mr. Miyauchi has published a number of works that analyze sounds to form two- and three-dimensional shapes, but in this exhibition, works created based on the roar of the sound of the tsunami during the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Miyagi We are introducing the voice of Maki Endo who died alerting residents at prefecture Sanriku-cho and a series of thoughts inspired from that death "My thoughts towards Millennium Endo for thousands of years".

“Kikimimi Radio”: Public radio talk by Toru KOYAMADA

Mr. Toru Koyamada, an artist who walks around the park with guests, develops talks on regional disaster prevention and foods on the theme of "disaster prevention". Participants will also wear a radio and talk with them while taking a walk in the park.

Ueno Park attracts a lot of people every day as a place for relaxation, but has a water storage tank in the premises, it becomes a shelter in the event of a disaster. This program will give us a chance to talk about Ueno Park from a viewpoint as a shelter, to talk about what happens and how to survive.

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In addition to the programs introduced above, there are plenty of projects that you can feel free to participate in the art experience. While enjoying the art, it seems that some kind of awareness about the earthquake disaster and connection with people can be obtained.

"UENOYES Balloon DAYS 2018" is being held until September 30, 2018 (Sunday). Please do come and see.

UENOYES balloon DAYS 2018 Outline

A session	September 28 (Fri) – 30 th (Sun) in 2018
time	10: 00 ~ 17: 00
Venue	Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza) , International Library of Children’s Literature, National Diet Library
Entry fee	free
Official website	https://uenoyes.ueno-bunka.jp/en/

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Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza)

The birthplace of public performance · Taito Ward. In this district I wish for the further development of entertainment and culture which has been cultivated by my predecessors from Saturday, August 4, 2018, Saturday, February 16, 2019 (Saturday), “Edo Machi Taito Arts Festival” is held.

Honorary advisor is Takeshi Kitano who has started his carrer in Taito.

This festival is divided into two parts-the summer part and winter part and a variety of programs are held in each parts.

This time, I came to celebrate the opening of the entertainment festival and interviewed the opening event which took place on Saturday, August 4, so we will deliver that state.

Mikiyo & Putyarin feat. Toraichiro Kuruma

This event started at 16 o’clock. The day is still high and the temperature is 34 degrees, but people gather around the stage.

A singer-song writer Mikiyo from Asakusa, whose glittering kimono is eye-catching.

Toraichiro Kuruma. It looks exactly like Tora-san from the movie “It’s tough being a man” .

Puttarinn who plays a pantomime according to the song ‘I want to be a big tree’. While being humorous, he performed with plenty of emotions looked somewhat melancholy.

Singing guide

These guides usually sing songs from showa-era on the bus while take customers around Tokyo. Today they appeard on the stage and sang! sang!!

Everyone moved the body according to the music ‘YOUNG MAN’.

Piyo Piyo Revolution

Later days have fallen so much that I can feel the coolness. The way to stop your feet in front of the stage starts to increase further.

Piyo Piyo Revolution is a theater company that embodies a powerful live style theater that combines songs, dance and play, as if you can enjoy a story as if you were watching a music live.

Today challenged the attempt to build a play based on the keywords recruited from the customer on the spot. I am excited about what kind of story I am watching. As if it was really a music live, it was a play that involves customers and develops.

Asakusa Yasugi Yamato Ichiza

Yasugi is a folk song of Shimane prefecture familiar with scoops but it became a big boom in Asakusa and Osaka during Taisho era.

Taito ward headman Yukuo Hattori and the parliamentary chair of Taito-ku Junnosuke Kono

Yukuo Hattori, Taito ward headman said ;This year 150 years renamed from Edo to Tokyo.The first year of the Edo Renaissance, I would like to widely tell culture unique to Taito-ku, which is rich in taste and richness with various attempts.

Junnosuke Kono, the parliamentary chair of Taito-ku, said ;Taito-ku is the birthplace of popular entertainment and culture.There have been many entertainers and cultural people who have been born in this area.In order to further develop as a cultural center, We held a festival for the entertainment this time, I want to raise up not only in Ueno but in Asakusa, Yanaka etc. throughout Taito Ward.

Special Guests (Ms. Kayoko Kishimoto, Mr. Al Kitagou)

At the end of the today’S event it supposed to air the movie ‘Kikujiro’, whichi is directed by this “Edo Machi Taito Arts Festival” ‘s Honorary advisor Takeshi Kitano.

Actress Kayoko Kishimoto who played Kikujiro’s wife in the movie and Al Kitago who served as Takeshi Kitano’s assistant for many years have appeared.

‘Kikujiro’ is a road movie where a boy who is separated from his mother and a middle-aged man Kikujiro (played by Takeshi Kitano) go on a journey to search for his mother. As Taito Ward / Asakusa was the departure place of the trip, the screening at the opening event was decided.

This movie was released in 1999 and was told in comparison with’HANA-BI’, which won the Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival in 1997.

Ms. Kishimoto says;’HANA-BI’ has a lot of violence expressions and Kitano’s scary aspect is out, but in ‘Kikujiro’, we can see Kitano’s gentle part, weak part .

Asakusa is the place where Takeshi started taking a step as an entertainer, and this movie is the only one that Asakusa is the stage in Kitano’s work. ‘Kikujiro’ is the name of Kitano’s father, and in this movie Kikujiro’s wife has something in common with Kitano’s mother Saki. From these episodes, I felt that this work is a memorable work for Kitano.

Screening is starting when the expectation of the customer for the movie has reached the climax with numerous other storytelling. Enjoy the movie while hitting the night wind in the spacious outdoors, today’s event is over.

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A variety of programs will be held in the fields of entertainment, movies, and theater in various places in Taito Ward, “Edo Machi Taito Arts Festival” started on August 4 (Saturday). Since most of them can participate for free, feel free to look into them. For details, please see the official website below.

Edo Macho Town Douai Art Festival Outline

Society	Saturday, August 4, 2018 – Saturday, February 16, 2019
Official website	http://www.taitogeirakusai.com/en/

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

"BENTO Gento Exhibition – Eating / Collecting · Connecting Design" is held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from Saturday, July 21, 2018 to October 8 (Monday, congratulation). We participated in the press coverage on July 20th, so we will report on its contents this time!

"The lazy boku" which we normally use is said. What kind of feeling do you always eat?
While talking with friends who always eat buddies together? Or do you imagine the person who made it?

From the parlor bento to the lunch for every day, "lazulth" is deeply rooted in our lives. The lunch boxes that someone made made are "gifts" handed down from people to people and have played an important role since ancient times as a social tool to deepen the connection between people and people.

"Person who makes a lazy birthday" stuffs lunch boxes with ingredients considering nutritional balance and overall color and placement. This is something you can not do without thinking about the person who really eats it. There is a story between the person who eats and the person who makes it. In other words, the laptop is also a communication tool for "eating".

This exhibition is an attempt to grasp "Japan's unique culture" "senpa" from the aspect of communication and design. At the venue, unique playful lunch boxes and contemporary artists' participatory works are exhibited, which makes it a space where you can experience the charm of a lumpy body throughout the body and gain a new viewpoint.

"Senpu" which can sing and dance? !

The exhibition starts with a fun new animation work produced by Hiraku Ogura of "Fermentation Designer" <Dinosaur>. Works that make it easy to sing with melancholy patterns of "Yuru" and lyrics, lyrics, choreography, sing and dance to naturally understand dozens of things.

"The feeling that can not be said is the hakushi taste. Let's stick around, as I thought"

<Literally DAYS> is impressive not only for the young characters, but also the scenery of the rich four seasons and the lyrics that seems simple and deeply understandable. Dance, sing. A new "festival experience" in which a movement using the body opens. Please join us at the venue!

Fun communication created by "BENTO"

At the underground gallery, a number of artists' works focused on communication produced by Kentaro are exhibited.

In response to a letter from the reader that "I want to make such a box lunch to everyone", Mr. Ayumi Oosu made a box lunch and delivers recipes and lunch to readers, "Ayumi cafeteria's lunch box" actually Displayed photographs taken by Hirano Taro on the boxed lunch produced. In addition, at the corner of the hall, there is also a corner where you decide the theme and your opponent with roulette and try to try Ayumi Shokudo.

The work "Hiruzu" by Mr. Saeki Abe copied the figure that various people eat silent lunch silently. "What kind of person made it?" "How do you feel?" Just watching the photos can inspire imagination.

Also introduces exhibits that you can think over about relationships between you and the surrounding world around yourself starting from lunch boxes.

Toru Oyamada 's work is "Oda bento" which the eldest daughter devised a lunch box and draws his daily work that Mr. Oyamada who is his father makes lunch boxes based on the picture. There are also lunch boxes for ideas that I can not think of making very much for adults, and I think it is fun to think that Mr. Oyamada might have faced this "unbeliever" with any feelings.

Mr. Yasuhiro Moriuchi holds a workshop where children will make documentary images of how junior high school students make lunch boxes themselves without borrowing from their parents. The project is displayed as an image work. If you open the lunch box on the table, there is also a unique production that the images of junior high school students who participated in the box flow.

Rediscover "Gensen". Participation experience type "Intangible bento"

Marije Vogelzang , an "eating designer" that designs to eat. Her exhibition expresses the aspect of "no touching or viewing" aspect of the lunch box as an animated story with "Intangible bento" exhibition, inviting us inside.

It is a space where visitors themselves can think carefully and rediscover their lunches through works that capture our familiarized vegetables from a different viewpoint than usual.

At the venue, you can listen to the voices of the spirits using "spirit phone". What they speak to is a laptop's "future possibility" such as invisible memories and stories with producers, bioplastic lunchboxes and insect foods.

Bento is not only a person who eats from the person who makes it but it may be a gift from you who lives in the future to you in the future.

FRAGMENTS PASSAGE – OSUSOWAKE Alley

OSUSOWAKE means giving someone a part of something you have.

The pleasure of eating someone with a buddy is "dishes exchange." There are many people like that. Mr. Jun Kitazawa paid attention to the element of this "OSUSOWAKE", and built "OSUSOWAKE Yokocho" to think about the feelings and culture in the museum.

In this street reminiscent of the landscape of the traditional market in Southeast Asia, there is a space where you can freely talk about what you brought. Bring something from the house or spread rugs in the plaza. At a corner of the venue, a workshop using 'OSUSOWAKE' gathered at the sideways was also held. There is no air like 'teach' anything to someone there. To the end this is also 'OSUSOWAKE', so everyone was tackled in an atmosphere that was very free and relaxing.

In addition to the luncheon box of a beautiful and unique shape used at the party in the Edo period at the venue, various lunch boxes of the world are introduced. Focusing on ingenuity and design for "eating" in our culture, think about communication between people and people that occurs through the act of "eating lunches".

Also, on August 20, "Kids Day" will be held on Monday of the closed holiday. We can enjoy relaxing with parents and children with enjoyable participation type program, as well as collaboration planning and workshop with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra during the exhibition.

Looking, listening, touching and having fun "BENTO Greetings Exhibition – Eating / Collecting / Connecting Design".
The hall is full of lovely "hospitality" and playfulness.
Why do not you feel the connection with your important person through everyone's favorite meals?

Summary

Exhibition name	"BENTO Greetings Exhibition – Eating / Collecting / Connecting Design"
Term	Saturday, July 21, 2018 – October 8 (Monday, congratulation) From 9: 30 to 17: 30 (entrance is until 30 minutes before closing) * Friday, July 27, Friday, August 3, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday, Thursday, Friday, Thursday, Friday, Thursday, Friday, until 21:00
Closed days	Monday, September 18 (Tue), 25 (Tue) * However, August 13 (Monday), September 17 (Monday · Holiday), 24 (Monday · Holiday), October 1 (Mon ), Opening on 8th (Monday · public holiday)
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery A · B · C
Admission fee	General 800 yen / college student / vocational school student 400 yen / over 65 years old 500 yen Group (more than 20 people) 600 yen / Visitors who are under high school students will be admitted free. ※Disabled persons (along with the one assistant) will be admitted for free upon presenting the Disabled Person’s Booklet or an equivalent form of government issued ID. ※ On October 1 (Monday), "anyone's day" free, anyone is free
Official site	https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2018_obento.html

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National Museum of Nature and Science

A special exhibition INSECT is being held at the National Science Museum from Friday, July 13, 2018 to October 8 (Monday, congratulation). Since I participated in the media exhibition for media, I will tell you the state of the exhibition!

Speaking of summer, blue sky, straw hat, and insects collected!
So, the theme of this special exhibition of National Museum of Nature and Science ​​is INSECT.

This exhibition is the first large-scale special exhibition that the National Science Museum surprisingly holds on the theme INSECT. Its origin is said to be 480 million years ago and insects with a much longer history than us human beings have achieved remarkable diversification compared with other creatures while adapting to various environments. About 1,000,000 species of that species are currently named.

INSECT exhibition that introduces knowledge unique to the National Science Museum through specimens, CGs, experience-type exhibits, etc. about its structure, ability, ecology, it is good to go around seeing with family, it is exciting to say "cute" with a partner.

We will introduce the highlight ahead!

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Giant insect model of powerful force

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When entering the venue, it is a huge model with a total length of 2 meters that is outstanding. Stag beetle, Oomura saki, Japanese honey bee · · ·. It is a work of the entrance telling that supervisor "totally reproduced to the number of tactile clauses and leg length."
Although it is the body of an insect which is not particularly noticed usually, when you look at the model of a huge scale again, you will be surprised by its complexity, diversity and make you realize that wonder.

Tens of thousands of insects and "specimen corridor"

Also, it is a specimen of an insect which is very substantial at this exhibition. Insects who have been fascinated by many people with a variety of shapes and colors for a long time. Because there are so many specimens that can not be seen at the venue, everyone should surely be able to meet insects that "see for the first time".

Particularly, the fifth chapter is filled with masterpieces, where walls are filled with collections of various research institutes, researchers, and enthusiasts. These collections are the foundation of insect research, but the collection policy differs depending on researchers, some people have made huge collections of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

How did this happen? Beautiful insects, annoying insects

This exhibition introduces the diversity of insect ecology along keywords such as eating, living in and fighting, and you can see various ecology acquired by insects to survive. I am watching the unique forms of it and I am not interested and it stimulates curiosity as "How did it become like this?"

By all means, please try looking for your "favorite" insect!

Fear! "Room of G"

A corner of 'G' that is particularly distinctive in the venue. This insect has been given a codename "G" because there are too many people who dislike it, but originally it is close to the line of a mantis and it is not a thing that never hurts human beings.

That's why I thoroughly saw through the glass. I felt as if I was "cute" in the way I was eating food "munching muggets …" all the while. So why do we hate G so much? Again, it seems that our developed hygiene idea and "imprinting" since childhood are great. For those who can not be helped by hating G, this section is recommended!

Insect world of the masterpiece

In addition, there are 4-frame manga by Izumori · · like Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Izumori, 3D insect that can observe small insect by turning 360-degree image, corner showing "Horotype specimen" of only one point in the world at the venue There are lots of attractive exhibits everywhere.

Furthermore, there is also a corner where you can learn "correct insect extraction" at the venue, so it is perfect for your child's summer vacation homework.

Some people love insects, others do not.
Why not try experiencing "insect world" full of unknown and romance this summer?

Summary

Exhibition name	Special exhibition INSECT
Term	Friday, July 13, 2018 – October 8 (Monday, congratulation) 9 am – 5 pm (Admission is 30 minutes before each closing time) ※ Friday · Saturday until 8 PM, August 12 (Sun) ~ 16 (Thu), 19 (Sunday) until 6 PM ※ There is a possibility to change about the hall hours and closed days
Closing day	July 17 (Tue), September 3 (Monday), September 10 (Monday), September 18 (Monday), September 25 (Monday)
Venue	National Science Museum
Admission fee	General · University students 1,600 yen Elementary, junior high and high school students 600 yen ※ Friday · Saturday only pairs Night tickets are 2 people 1 pair of 2,000 yen (2 people at 5 p.m. after the time of simultaneous admission, regardless of gender, only on the day of the venue) ※ Free when you are not in school ※ Person who has disabled note book and one carer is free
Official site	http://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/exhibitions/ueno/special/2018/konchu/

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Shitamachi Museum at Taito Ward

Shitamachi Museum at Taito Ward located on the bank of Shinobazu Pond.

On October 1, 1980, it was opened to tell the culture of old good town being lost to future generations. About 90% of the exhibits in the hall are based on donation items from inside and outside of Taito Ward, which makes it possible to feel the lives of the people of Meiji, Taisho and Showa familiar with the Edo era from the daily items etc. actually used I will.

During the period from 3rd July(Tue) to 2nd September (Sun) in 2018, as the museum hold the event to tell us about the “Living in summer in a downtown” with a theme “Edo’s summer food, clothing and shelter + play “, We visited the museum.

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The moment you step in the hall, another world spreads out there.

In the permanent venue of the first floor, the streets of Tokyo and downtown Taisho era have been elaborately reproduced and caught by the illusion as if time slipped.

Especially with commitment The period setting before the Kanto Great Earthquake is because the earthquake severely damaged the scenery so far.

It was built with the desire to convey to the future generations the cityscape that can feel the taste of Edo before the earthquake.

The greatest feature of this museum is not only that it can actually go up to such a reproduction house, but also to be able to touch its furnishings. Please take it and feel the life at the time.

"Well end meeting" was a place of important communication for housewife of those days.

Meanwhile, a cheap sweet shop, which is a social gathering place for children.
Immediately behind you, the room is connected, but you can see the way you live while you run a store at home.

What surprised me is that people's settings of residents are also done.
As I can go up to the cabin and look into the chest drawer, I can see what kind of person is from clothing.

Exhibits will change according to the season at stores.
Shaked ice for the current time. It used to be flattening icy officials in the past.

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Then, the exhibition “Edo’s summer food, clothing and shelter + play ” held at the 2nd floor.

Tools related to everyday life such as clothing, food and living, and materials related to play to enjoy summer are displayed on the theme of “Summer Living in Downtown”.

Let's take a peek into the lives of the people living in the Taisho, Showa, and Heisei downtown from the Meiji era which keeps the remnant of Edo.

Especially eye-catching was the mosquito net hanging in the center of the exhibition hall.
It was generally used until about the end of the Showa 30 's. Since hemp and cotton used for weaving mosquito nets have the function of escaping the muffled heat, the interior is felt cool.

In the era when there was no air conditioner, people tried to incorporate coolness from the ears from the eyes. Wind chimes is a summer tradition that is also transmitted to the present age, but in addition to that, directing light bulbs from incandescent lamps to blue to produce coolness.

Also, “monouri” which was thriving in Edo is taken up. A monouri is a merchant who sells goods while carrying it. Products sold were essential items such as foods, clothing, miscellaneous goods, medicines, etc. The items sold by time and season changed.
The merchant shouting the good’s name on the street. And with this voice, the residents learned about the change of the season.

While the era will change from Edo to Meiji, the items to be treated will gradually change, but one of the ones that were handed over from Edo as it is “Jyosai-ya”. It was a merchant who sold medicines for a suffering from summer heat and the box he was carrying was called a “Jyosai-bako”.

Every time a Jyosai-ya waiks, metal fittings attached to the box make a sound like a clatter, so this sound is a signal that the merchant came. In addition, the Jyosai-ya without wearing a shade under the scorching sun, this meant that he appealed the efficacy of the medicine with his own body.

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"Life under wartime" permanently exhibited on the second floor. You can see the lives of the people of downtown at that time from postcards and circulation materials of the time. Those postcards handled by Mr. Junichi Nakahara known for girl painting.

It reproduced the room around the 1950s. You can go up to the room and enjoy the atmosphere.

The series which was used in the public bath in Taito Ward has been relocated as it is. You can enjoy the scenery from the series.

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Although the exhibited items are valuable materials that convey history, they can be touched in practice, so it was a valuable opportunity to feel the breath of the people of those days.

During the period, mosquito nets are suspended in the copper pot builder on the first floor, and there are also events that can actually enter, so please feel and experience the summer scenery that has been lost now.
※ This event will be held between Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the period and during the Ueno Summer Festival (July 14 – August 12) from around 4 pm

Summary

A session	July 3 (Tue) – September 2 (Sun) of 2018
location	Shitamachi Museum at Taito Ward (2-1 Ueno Park, Taito-ku)
Opening hours	9: 30 am – 5: 30 pm (Admission is until 5 o’clock)
closing day	Monday (Next weekday if Monday is a holiday)
Admission fee	General 300 yen (200 yen) Small, medium, high school students 100 yen (50 yen) * In parentheses, group fee of 20 people or more ※ Persons who have a handicapped Person with disability or medical care beneficiary certificate for medical treatment for the disabled and their carers are free (proof of necessity at entry) ※ Every Saturday, small and junior high school students living and staying in Taito-ku and their leaders are free
inquiry	03-3823-7451
URL	http://www.taitocity.net/zaidan/shitamachi/

Gallery Talk

There is a commentary on the highlight of this exhibition by the curator in charge.
Date and time Saturday, July 7th, Saturday 21st Saturday August 4th Saturday 11th Saturday 18th Saturday September 1 Saturday 2pm
From about 20 to 30 minutes
2nd floor planning exhibition hall
※ No reservation required. Everyone who entered can participate.
※ For details please visit the Shimomachi Museum official website http://www.taitocity.net/zaidan/shitamachi/ · facebook 【Shitamachi Museum】 · Twitter 【Shitamachi Museum】or confirm with the telephone.

Mokubatei

In Taito Ward, from August 2018 to February 2019, we will hold a new project "Edo Macho Morning Art Performing Festival (Genkaku)" that will let you feel the arts and traditional culture rooted in this district. On the press conference held at Asakusa · Kimaitei on May 30, Beat Takeshi, who was appointed honorary advisor, also appeared.

Inheritance and development of entertainment / traditional culture

Taito Ward where living culture feels a sense of heart, such as chi and humanity. In this climate, the forerunners refined their arts and sent them to the world. "Edo Machi Taito Geirakusai" is an effort to discover new talent who will be responsible for the next generation, as well as being touched by such arts and traditional culture. Between August and October 2018 entitled "The Summer Campaign", a series of workshops were held, including Ueno Park 's outdoor screenings directed by Takeshi Kitano, and a workshop on creative acts demonstrating performing arts at a Yakata boat I will. In addition, from November to February 2019, as a "Winter Camp", luxury programs are planned that can recite readings, theater, etc. making use of cultural resources such as entertainment venues, as well as Edo ~ Heisei performing arts.

As an honorary advisor, Beat Takeshi, who was a professor at Asakusa French President (present Toyo Kan) and aimed at entertainers, is appointed. Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura (Mr. Hisayuki Matsurakura) who grew up Mr. Beat Takeshi and Mr. Kinichi Hagimoto led the adviser "Asakusa Entertainment Hall / Toyo Kan" was inaugurated. In the talk session of the press conference, in addition to the two people, Hiro Hattori (Hatto Yukuo) Taito ward director also attended. At the beginning, there was also a scene where Mr. Hattori referred to Beat Takeshi as "Take a bird Welcome to Asakusa, Takeshi".

Talk session

There was a word "Welcome back" from the head of the district a while ago. Takeshi, how are you?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Well, it is not because I came back, so it is often (laugh). If I have time to spare, I am swallowing in Asakusa. Anyway, in this town, I reached the school with fun. So, it's like an entertainer to a strange beat, so it's like half or more of my life brought with Asakusa's personality. I hope to give back to you as far as time permits, if possible.

President Matsukura will also make the entertainment festival excitement. How is your feeling now?

Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura:
I think Takeshi assumed honorary counsel very much for Asakusa for Taito Ward. Where Asakusa is, a lot of entertainers nest after the enoken. Young artists are clouting that they will become the second "Takeshi" now. I am thinking that Asakusa will become more and more popular from now, so please everyone, everyone.

Takeshi assumed the adviser this time, did he feel like returning to Asakusa and repaying it?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Going to Asakusa is like an excursion from childhood. When I was a junior high school student and a high school student, it was anything from movies to plays, it was like Shimokitazawa now. But, theater theaters were gone, and young people 's entertainment went to Shimokitazawa. Asakusa is working hard at the Toyokan and so on but Asakusa takes the initiative to create a free theater where all can feel free from the Rock Band from Rakugo to Rakugo from the comic story, the young guys take on the challenge I think that young people will become prominent if there is a place to do it. I want to do something for that help.

Asakusa of Takeshi's practice era is an era when people have not gathered yet. How is Matsukura chairman seeing the current Asakusa?

Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura:
The era when Takeshi came to Asakusa was, so to speak, the era of Asakusa's rock bottom. As the TV penetrates the Olympic games, the movie theater is gone, the entertainment venue is gone. However, there happened to be a wonderful entertainer named Fukami Chisaburo in Asakusa, and there were a lot of entertainers who came to Asakusa after admiring to him. Takeshi is also one who received tranquility. As I thought, it was a wonderful thing for Asakusa and the Japanese entertainment world that there was a wonderful senior, Fukami Chisaburo, the leader. I would like Asakusa to continue to be a place where such a wonderful entertainer nests. In that sense, I think that the festival is grateful.

Do you have any advice from Takeshi to young performers who are aiming for Takeshi?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Being an entertainer in the past was a little bad thing. It is Mr. Kinichi Hagimoto who broke such a thing, I think that we succeeded after that. Recently, I never see comedian enthusiasts on TV. However, as the generation of the Internet appeared, the times also changed. Next time it is a live era, it is like Shimokitazawa where live houses are full, all the culture is flowing. Nevertheless, as for Asakusa, there is a history in the beginning, and there are many things such as comedy and movie and culture originating Asakusa. Since Asakusa has a season since the Edo period, I think that people growing there will taste better. It is very pleasant if a wonderful entertainer and craftsman who carried the tradition and the backing of history came out a lot. I hope that Asakusa will be the center of culture again.

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In the talk session, I was able to feel the love of all the entrants to Asakusa and the desire to have young people succeed in Asakusa. "Edo Matoto Toroi Musical Festival" will start from the outdoor screening of movies to be held at Ueno Impression Park fountain square from Saturday, August 4, 2018. Please expect it at the festival of performing arts and traditional culture rooted in Taito Ward.

For details of the event to be held, please visit the official website.

【Edo Machibachu Taito Geirakusai】
http://www.taitogeirakusai.com/

Taito Ward Sumida Park

On Saturday, April 21, 2018 (Saturday), this day when it became sweaty and cheerful, at the Sumida Park in Taito Ward “The 36th Asakusa Yabusame” was held.
The appearance that Archer shoots a target while riding a horse is brave. We interviewed the venue filled with its brilliant technology, so I will show how that situation is.

Kusajishi

Prior to Yuuma horse, “Kusajishi” was performed at the venue. The Kusajishi is aimed at shooting, that is, shooting a bow from the ground, not on a horse. Its origin is said that when Yoritomo held a hunt, families often shoot deer and other prey, it began as a practice of shooting.

The Kusajishi is in the form of a deer, the shooter aims at the white spots drawn on the deer with arrows, and competes for win / loss. However, hitting just is not a hit. Magistrate as a referee will comprehensively judge the appearance of arrows, the way the arrows fly, the place where the sharp arrow fell, and so on. Therefore, if there is an error in the work such as how to carry the feet, it will be off even if you are in the middle. In the old book is written down as “shooting” and is a Kusajishi that was done in a competitive sense, but its work is strictly stipulated. In the Kusajishi held this time, commentaries were made at key points so that visitors can be familiar with them according to the prescribed work.

As occasionally a strong wind blows, when the shooter makes a fine impression, the cheers cheered from the venue. In fact, words are exchanged between the archer and the magistrate. This is because the magistrate asked the shooter, “Do you think that the current arrow was a good arrow”? Or, the shooter tells the judgment of the magistrate, it is done in an old wording such as “I think with ~” I will. Some shooters say that they should have been a wonderful arrow like a sky tree, and the venue was laughed with laughter.

Horseback archery

Flower horse was performed at the venue next door when the Kusajishi was over. In Fushima, you will shoot three parts from the top of the horses. It is surprising to see the venue, the narrow width of Baba. Horses will sedge sand with a width of about 2 meters and a length of about 300 meters.

The horse horse begins after the horse is a matrix and walks along Baba. When the magistrate who stands at Baba book (starting point) and the end of Baba (end point) signals big Baba by swinging a big fan, the horse runs out and the shooter rushes out with the first, second, To go. He is a plate of 54 centimeters square. Paper is set behind that, confetti snow flying at once when it is shot. A great cheer came out of the audience as the gods shot through.

Some horses were able to run at a tremendous speed, and there were scenes where the shooter got shot by too much speed. It seems that young horses sometimes get out of speed too much. However, it is not necessarily easy to shoot on a slow horse, and the late running horse shakes up and down, so the shooter was explained in the plaza that it is necessary to train the trunk.

Asakusa Ryoma horse is performed in Ogasawara style under the guidance of Ogasawara Muneya. Ogasawara style is a style beginning with Nagasute Ogasawara who served Yoritomo. The Ogasawara family served as a teacher of generals at the end of the Tokugawa period, and today they communicate relet, archery and archery art. The Ogasawara family tells the rewarding and manners to train the archer’s trunk and improve archery.

Inherit the tradition, send out to the world

In Asakusa Shrine in the Edo period, it is a ridiculous horse race held as a priestess, but Asakusa Ryoma horse, which has reached 36th this time, is held as a sightseeing event, and the thought of restoring traditional events and inheriting it is put in it . Mr. Kiyotada Ogasawara, a 31-year-old samurai who told us a story at the venue, said, “I am very pleased with this opportunity because I can pass on to the next generation while preserving the old traditions.”

Also, many foreigners were present at the venue, and commentaries were also made in English on the premises. In addition, since this year marks the 160th anniversary of friendship between Japan and France, the French Embassy in Tokyo served as General Magistrate, traditional but international aspects were also seen.

It has been 150 years since Edo changed from Meiji. In Taito Ward this year we will position this year as the “Edo Renaissance first year” and we plan to develop business to succeed Edo’s charm and develop into the future. Why do not you visit history and traditional culture by all means?

Summary

Schedule	April 21 (Sat) on Heisei 30 Kusajishi 11: 45 – Yabusame 13: 00 –
place	Kusaka at Taito Ward Sumida Park Sayano Hori Square Fumiga is near the Language Bridge at Taito-ku Sumida Park special venue
Advance tickets	Advance tickets: 1 seat 3,000 yen ※ free viewing of the Kusajishi is free

Taito Ward Shogo Museum

Exhibition “Everyone wants to see” Excellent Exhibition Part 14 Nakamura’s Famous Collection for a Month before Closed! Claims of Calligraphy Museums “

Calligraphy museum standing next to “Konami-an” where Masaoka Kikuna resides. Collections of valuable collections in Chinese and Japanese calligraphy history collected by Nakamura Fumi (1866-1943), both a Western painter and a calligrapher, are held.

Because of facility construction, the calligraphy museum will be closed from the whole building for approximately five months from April 16 (Monday) to September 25 (Tue) in 2018. As a special project before this holiday closed, a lot of masterpieces held in the collection are released from March 16 (Fri) to April 15 (Sun) in 2018. We interviewed this exhibition, so we will introduce it.

Kanji used for ritual, kanji used for reward from king

In this exhibition, ‘Konjotobun’, which is the oldest existing kanji material present, is displayed. In the Yin Dynasty (around the 13th century before), the shell statements engraved on the bones of the turtle’s stomach and the shoulder of the cow. It was used to divine the will of God. At the time of the brush sentence, it is already seen that it is biased.

“Kodoku Den”, which was made in the Xi’an era (the ninth century before), is a bronze ware made in commemoration of the mission of a man who is a member of the king who works as a king’s nearby servant. On the inside is sentence on achievement. Looking from the front, it seems that the sentences are lined up straight though the vessel draws a curve. I carefully adjust the length of the letters. You can ask about the height of technology at the time.

The type of kanji changed from ”Tensho” to ”Reisho”, and it became easier to write.

Kanji, called ”Tensho”, used in places related to God, had a typeface like a hieroglyph and it was hard to write.In the era of Han, Kanji changed to a typeface called ”Reisho” which reduced the curve and became easier to write.

“Zhang transition monster” was a work that Mr. Nakamura never liked very much. I write this work and I am learning that taste. Actually, unfamiliar books are used for the signs of “Shinjuku Nakamuraya” and the label of sake “Masumi”. From those works, you can sense the style similar to Zhang Tradition.

Among the numerous collections, one disappointing item was “Nishigaki Huashan Mausoleum – Long Kakimoto – (Shiga Kanzan Biwa Kobanban)”. This work with good shape and powerfulness, and taste of antiquity is a takamoto taken from a stone monument about 1000 years ago. The monument has already been lost, and only 4 trakuses exist. It is a highly value-priced item.

Documents protected by the desert

Paper is a very difficult material to save. The older one had fewer handwriting, and the one before Tang was thought to be close to absence. However, in 1900, the wall collapsed within the Dunhuang Mogao caves (Tonkobakko) located at the entrance to China from the Taklimakan Desert in Central Asia, from which 4 to 60 thousand brushed documents were discovered It was. The climate of the desert with constant humidity and few insects kept the document. In this exhibition, a document of a magazine which was excavated in this area and designated as an important cultural property is displayed.

God of writing, Wang Fuyuyuki

Wang Yunoyuki (Ogushi 303 – 361) called the god of the book. I do not have a handwriting, but that taste is conveyed by reproduction. In this exhibition, a duplicate of Wang Yuyu’s books was displayed, including “Ranjitei-sama (Ranjojo kotoba)”, which is regarded as the highest masterpiece in the history of Chinese books It is.

Ancient monument of Japan in UNESCO “Memory of the world”

Last year, Gunma Prefecture’s “Ueno Sanmon (Kozuku Sanpi)” was registered in UNESCO “World Memory”. In this exhibition, the three monuments of Takamoto are released. Not only do you enjoy the book, but also pay attention to the Takamoto technique and you may find it interesting to see it from the viewpoint “What kind of patcher is the best?”

All the works we have introduced so far are exhibited in the “Nakamura Mugen Memorial Hall”, but valuable collections are also displayed in the main building.

In this interview, Nomura Nakamura researcher Shoki Nakamura (Nakamura Nobuhiro) gave a commentary on the work of the calligraphy museum. In various places of the museum there are sticky notes that make me smile, but these are written by Ms. Nakamura. When visiting, please try looking.

Kanji essential to our lives. At the calligraphy museum, you can enjoy its history. Why do not you come and visit the charm of the books?

Summary

A session	March 16 (Fri) – April 15 (Sun) in 2018
location	Calligraphy Museum Nakamura Taikan Memorial Hall 2, 10 – 4 Negishi, Taito – ku, Tokyo
Opening hours	9: 30 am – 4: 30 pm (Admission is until 4 o’clock)
closing day	Monday However, March 26 (Mon), April 2 (Monday) Sakura Special Opening Hall
Admission fee	General 500 yen (300 yen) Small, medium, high school student 250 yen (150 yen) * In parentheses, group fee of 20 people or more ※ Person who presents handbook of disability and its carer is free ※ Entry Saturday every month, entrance fee for small, junior high school students and their guardians living and staying in Taito-ku is free ※ Specific medical care recipient certificate presenters and their carers are free
inquiry	03-3872-2645
URL	https://www.culture.city.taito.lg.jp/eventdetails/show/00001c000000000000020000005400ab