Tokyo’s upcoming art and culture program curators recommend.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
BENTO-Design for Eating, Gathering and Communicating
Jul. 21 Sat. – Oct. 8 Mon.
The exhibition considers food communication and design through the lens of the bento box, and will feature playful lunchbox designs as well as works by contemporary artists. It is an experience-based exhibition that adults, children, and families can have fun.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kazumi Kumagai
When I was young, my family would often eat lunch together at rinkside during breaks in practice. We sometimes had family meetings while we ate (laughs).
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
“Born Creative” Festival 2018
Sep. 24 Mon.
The “Born Creative” Festival is a one-day music festival featuring the work of people who never lost their childlike creativity. We had an overwhelming response last year that surprised even us, so we had no choice but to do it again this year!
“Born Creative” Festival Artistic Direcotor, Dai Fujikura
Discovering a sound you like can become an opportunity to express yourself in a new way or find your individuality. A song that became a turning point for me was “Save the Last Dance for Me”. Expressing the sounds one by one through the choreography completely changed the way I thought about music.
Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum
Tokyo 150 Years
Aug. 7 Tue. - Oct 8 Mon.
This year is the 150th anniversary of the founding of the city of Tokyo. Over those 150 years, the town that was known as Edo faced destruction several times, rebuilding time and again to eventually become the capital city we know today. We will show the city’s transformation in an easy to understand way through photographs, lm and maps from various periods.
Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, Hiroyuki Kutsusawa
We’ll see a lot of visitors from overseas coming to Japan for the Olympics. I think it’s important for me to have a good knowledge of Tokyo in anticipation of that. This looks to be a great opportunity to renew your understanding of the city.