Design
Festa Gallery
A bohemian gallery in two locations (Gallery East and Gallery West -
less than a block from each other) in Tokyo's Harajuku
street fashion district, with numerous short-running exhibitions by up
and coming young artists. Has a bar & cafe too. Design
Festa Gallery exhibition schedule.
11am-8pm daily. Also, see Tokyo Big Sight
for the Design Festa Vol.35.
Edo-Tokyo
Museum The 400 Years of
Nihonbashi: The Foremost Landmark of Edo-Tokyo Seen in Art
Focusing on Tokyo's most famous bridge: Nihonbashi,
as represented in Japanese art May
26 - July 16, 2012
9.30am - 5.30pm (till 7.30pm Sat) Closed Mondays except for July 16
when the Museum will remain open. 1,000 yen for adults.
In Ryogoku. 03 3626 9974. More about the Edo-Tokyo
Museum
Hara
Museum of Contemporary Art Hiroshi Sugimoto: From
Naked to Clothed Photography March
31 - July 1, 2012
11am - 5pm (Wed. 11am - 8pm, except when Wednesday is a public holiday:
11am - 5pm).
Closed Mondays, except when Monday is a public holiday (in which case
closed Tuesday). Near Shinagawa Station. 03 3445 0651. 1,000 yen for
adults. Google Map to
the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Idemitsu
Museum of Arts Eternal Beauty - From
Karamono Tea Ceramics to Bronzeware
"Karamono" means "things Chinese." An exhibition featuring less
well-known artifacts from the mainstream of Chinese creative endeavor
such as bronzeware, jades and other ancient ceramics. April
3 - June 10 2012 1,000 yen for
adults.
10am - 5 pm (Fri. 10am - 7pm). Closed Mondays. 1,000 yen for adults. On
the 9th floor of the Teigeki Building in Marunouchi.
03 5777 8600 (Hello Dial General Information). Google Map to
the Idemitsu Museum of Arts
Kawamura
Memorial Museum of Art Flowerscapes
An overview of art through the ages based on the various portrayals of
flowers. April 28 - July 22,
2012 1,200 yen for adults
631 Sakado, Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, 9:30am - 5pm (last admission
4:30pm) (Closed Mondays.) Tel. 043 498 2672.
An hour and a half out of Tokyo.
Mizuma
Art Gallery Naoko Majima: Fey
"Ominous yet beautiful pencil drawings and objects" by Naoko Majima
(b.1944) April 3 - June 10 2012
Ichigaya, Tokyo, 11am-7pm (Closed Sundays, Mondays, and national
holidays). 03 3268 2500. Read
more about the Mizuma Art Gallery
Mori
Art Museum Lee Bul: From Me, Belongs
to You Only "First large-scale
solo exhibition of Asia's leading female artist" February
4 - May 27, 2012 Ho Tsu Nyen
Singaporean installation artist, born 1976 February
4 - May 27, 2012 Roppongi Hills,
Mori Tower 53F, 10am - 10pm (10am - 5pm on Tuesdays). 03 5777 8600.
¥1,500
for adults.
Museum
of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a German artist, born 1964, famous
for photography realistic at a glance but with a surrealistic
edge. May 19 - July 8, 2012
1,000 yen for adults.
10am - 6pm. Closed Mondays. 03
3443 0201
Nadiff Yasuhiro Suzuki: The
Being of Books
Exhibition of creative publications by Yasuhiro Suzuki (b.1979) May
11 - July 1, 2012
03 3443 0201, in Omotesando (A2 exit of the Omotesando subway),
03-3403-8814. Free.
National
Art Center, Tokyo Cézanne:
Paris-ProvenceMarch
28 - June 11, 2012 1,500 yen for
adults.
10am - 6pm (Fri till 8pm). Closed Tuesdays. 03 6812 9900. In Roppongi
(Exit 6 of the Nogizaka subway station (less than 1 min walk), exit
7 of Roppongi Station (5 min)).
The
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Modern Japanese Art from
the Museum CollectionMay 12 - July 29, 2012
Collection Gallery (2F-4F). 420 yen for adults.
Takebashi Subway Station, Line, exit 1B, open 10am - 5pm, (till 8pm
Fridays). Closed Mondays, except July 16 (closed July 17). 03 5777
8600.
The
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo: Crafts Gallery Japanese Crossing
Borders―Asia as Dreamed by Craftspeople, 1910s–1945
Reflections in Japanese art and craft of how Japanese perceived the
rest of Asia in the early twentieth century. April
24 - July 16, 2012 500 yen for
adults
03 5777 8600. Hours: 10am-5pm. Last admission 4.30pm. Closed Mondays.
(Located 300m west of the National Museum of Modern Art)
National
Museum of Western Art:
Ueno Park Hubert Robert: Les
jardins du Temps Hubert Robert
(1733 - 1808), a French landscape painter of imagined scenes from
Classical antiquity March 6
– May 20, 2012 1,300
yen for adults The
Prisons by Giovanni Battista
Piranesi Fantastical depictions
of prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778), a
major 18th century Italian print artist. March
6 – May 20, 2012 420
yen for adults
9.30am -5.30pm, Fridays 9:30am - 8:30pm, Closed Mondays.
03 5777 8600.
National
Museum of Nature and ScienceUeno
Park, 9am-5pm, Fridays 9am-8pm,
closed Mondays. 03 5777 8600. 500 yen (300 yen for astronomical night
viewing, or for ordinary group entry). Free for pupils up to and
including
senior high school.
Permanent exhibitions include:
-Animals of the Earth: The Endurance of Mammals and Birds
-"Woodland Wonder" Exploratory Space
-Progress in Science and Technology: Human Design and Creativity
-"Hands-on Experiments" Exploratory Space
-Biodiversity: "We are All Part of the Same Ecosystem"
-Solving the Mysteries of the Dinosaurs
-The Evolution of Life: "From the Earth' s Origin through to the Birth
of Humans"
-The Natural World: "The Universe, Matter, and the Laws of Physics"
-"Behind the Scenes at the National Science Museum": Collecting and
Studying Samples and Making Them Available to the Public. SPECIAL EXHIBITIONThe Inka Empire Revealed:
Century After the Machu PicchuMarch
10 - June 24, 2012 1,400 yen for
adults
Ota
Memorial Museum of Art View from the Sky - Whole
Enormous Extent of Edo On the
occasion of the opening of the Tokyo Sky Tree
in May, this exhibition illustrates old Japanese artists' bird's eye
portrayals of Edo (i.e., Tokyo). May
1 - 27, 2012
10:30a.m. - 5:30p.m. (last admission 5:00 p.m.). Closed Mondays.
Jingumae. 03 3403 0880.
SCAI
The Bathhouse
GALLERY SPACE CLOSED
FOR RENOVATIONS UNTIL LATE JUNE
Tue - Sat, noon - 6pm. Closed Sun., Mon. & public hols.
Nippori. 03 3821 1144. Admission free.
Sen-oku
Hakuko Kan (The Sumitomo Collection) The Art Legacy of the
Ancient Capital: Modern Kyoyaki Ceramics and Kyoto Yukari PaintingApril 14 - June 17, 2012
520 yen for adults.
From the Museum's renowned permanent collection of ancient Chinese
bronze vessels.
10am - 4:30pm (enter by 4pm). Closed Mondays (except when Monday is a
national holiday, when it closes the next day). 3 mins walk from
Roppongi-Itchome subway stn on the Namboku Line. No parking lot.
03-5777-8600
Setagaya
Art Museum Tetsuro Komai: Pioneer of
Japanese Copperplate Etching The
Fukuhara collection of works by Tetsuro Komai (1920-1976) April
28 - July 1 2012
1,000 yen for adults. 10am-6pm. Last admission 5.30pm. Closed Mondays
(except when Monday is a national holiday, when it closes the next
day). 03 3415 6011.
Sompo
Japan Museum of Art Henri Le Sidaner:
Landscapes of Gerberoy Henri Le
Sidaner (1862-1939). Sponsored by Air France and the Embassy
of FranceApril
14 - July 1 2012 1,000 yen for
adults.
500 yen for adults for regular gallery. Closed Mondays.
Van Gogh's Sunflowers,
Gauguin's L'Allée
des Alyscamps, Arles and
Cézanne's Pommes et
Servieette on permanent display.
In West Shinjuku.
Open 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm Fri. Entry till 30 mins before closing
time. Closed Mondays. Tel. 03 5777 8600. Map to Sompo
Japan Museum of Art (then scroll
down).
Suntory
Museum of Art Treasures of the Mohri
Family: Feudal Lords’ Culture.
Featuring a special display of Sansui Chokan (Landscape of the Four
Seasons), a masterpiece by the painter-priest Sesshu (1420-1506).
Celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Suntory Museum of Art in Tokyo MidtownApril 14 - May 27 2012
1,300 yen for adults.
Open Sundays, Mondays and National Holidays 10am-6pm; Wednesdays to
Saturdays 10am-8pm. Last entrance 30 minutes before closing time.
Closed
every Tuesday. In Tokyo
Midtown, Roppongi.
Toguri
Museum of Art Kakiemon: The museum's
25th Anniversary Special Exhibition
Kakiemon porcelain April 28 -
May 31 2012
Ceramics museum in Shibuya
10am - 5pm. Last entry 30 mins before closing time. Closed Mondays (but
open if Monday is a public holiday). 1,000 yen for adults.
Tokyo
Metropolitan
Art Museum Best Selection 2012
The winners of a public art competition held by the Museum May
4 - 27, 2012 600 yen for adults.
In Ueno
Park. Tel. 03 3823 6921.
The
Tokyo National Museum, Ueno Park, "Heiseikan" Gallery Japanese Masterpieces
from the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonMarch 20 - June 10, 2012
1,500 yen for adults.
9.30 - 5.00pm
(until 8pm Fri, until 6pm Sat/Sun)
Entry until 30 min before closing time. Closed Mondays. 1,500 yen for
adults.
03 5159 5874. In Ueno
Park.
Tokyo
Opera City Art Gallery Beat Takeshi Kitano,
Gosse de peintre Works of art by
one of Japan's most famous comedians April
13 - September 2 2012
11am - 7pm (till 8pm on Fri, Sat). Closed Mondays. 1,000 yen for
adults. In Hatsudai, 03 5280
9996
Yokohama
Museum of ArtMax Ernst: Figure
× Scape An exhibition
of the German surrealist's work from the perspective of figure and
landscape in his art. April 7
- June 24 2012 1,200 yen for
adults. In Yokohama.
10am - 6pm, but till 8pm on Fridays. (Admission till 30 minutes before
closing). Closed Thursdays. 10-minute walk from Sakuragicho station (JR
Tokyu Toyoko Line, Yokohama subway) or 3 minutes from Minatomirai
station
(Minatomirai line) from the "Museum" exit or “Keyaki
Street” exit. 045
221 0370.
Tokyo
Big Sight in Ariake Design Festa
Vol.35: An annual festival of art and craft with hundreds of stalls. May
12-13, 2012 11am-7pm. 1,000 yen
(or 1,800 yen for both days). Ariake, 03-3498-9999.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade
The First Tokyo Rainbow Pride Parade took place on Sunday
April 29 2012 setting off from Yoyogi
Park at 2.30pm and going through
Shibuya and Harajuku. "Power of Rainbow," with stalls, performances,
and an afterparty that evening. Watch Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2012 on
YouTube
Rehab
Lounge
A friendly, English-spoken bar for gay men and women, open 7 days, with
a DJ spinning from about Thursday to Sunday.
2F Sensho Bldg., 2-13-16, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0022,
Japan. Tel & fax: 03-3355-7833. Mon-Thu: 7pm-2am; Fri &
Sat: 7pm-3am. Email: info [at mark] rehabloungetokyo.com
Amate-Raxi
(AKA Amrax) To get there:
From JR Shibuya Stn walk 10 mins up Dogenzaka (i.e. veering left at the
big 109 store) all the way up to the 7-11 on the
right hand side of the road. Turn left, then left again at the first
street you come to, and it's on your right a little further down.
Dai-ichi-no Bldg., B1, Dogenzaka 1-17-12, Shibuya, Tokyo. Tel:
03-3462-6644 (English not spoken).
Club
Wire
(Click for map), B1 Hanazono Bldg., Shinjuku 5-17-6, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo, 03-3207-6953.
Colors
Studio
Barbizon 27 Bldg., 3F, 2-25-23 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 03 3797
5544
Heaven's
Door
Takimoto Bldg 2F, 2-17-10 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 03-3411-6774
Hijoguchi
Shinjuku.
Regular events for wimmin. Otherwise, not very gay friendly. 1F,2-12-16
Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0022. Tel. 03-3341-5445
Morph To get there:
Exit 7, Roppongi subway station, Oedo line. Walk 100m down the road,
walking away from the Tokyo Midtown complex. Downstairs from the Seven
Eleven convenience store.
Roppongi GM Bldg., B1, Roppongi 4-11-11, Minato ward, Tokyo. Tel:
03-5414-2683 (English not spoken).
Sunshine
Studio
In Jingu-mae 3-25-12, Shibuya ward, Tokyo. Tel: 03-3401-0071 (English
not spoken).
Tokyo
Sports What's On
Major Events
Soccer
Tokyo
Verdy:
Home games are played March-late November at Ajinomoto Stadium, 03 3635
8985. Tobakyu Station on the Keio Line.
FC
Tokyo:
Home games are played March-late November at Ajinomoto Stadium, 03 3635
8985. Tobakyu Station on the Keio Line.
Baseball
Tokyo
Giants:
Home games are played at Tokyo Dome
03 5800 9999. Suidobashi or Korakuen Stations.
Yakult
Swallows:
Home games are played at Jingu Stadium, (03) 3404-8999.
Kokuritsukyogijo or Gaienmae Stations.
Kyoto
Exhibits What's On
Hosomi
Museum Sakai Hoitsu and the Edo
Rimpa School Celebrating the
250th anniversary of the birth of Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), a Rimpa
school painter in Japan's Edo
era. April
10 - May 13 2012 800 yen for
adults.
10am-6pm. Closed Mondays, unless Monday is a public holiday (in which
case closed Tuesday). A 10 minute walk from the Higashiyama Station on
the Tozai Subway Line. (Hosomi Bijutsukan) Tel. 075 752 5555.
Kyoto
International Manga Musuem
Free admission.
10am-8pm. Tozai or Karusama Subway Line, Oike Station, a two minute
walk. 075 254 7414
Kyoto
Municipal Museum of Art
(Kyoto Shi Bijutsu Kan 075 771 4107) Masterpieces from the
Permanent Collection 1 : Ida Shoichi－Thoughts on the Print, Meditations
on the “between”
A retrospective of one of Japan's most significant post-WW2 artists.
Multimedia. April 7 - June 17
2012
500 yen for adults. From Kyoto Station, take bus 5 or 100. From the
Tozai
Line's Higashiyama Station; a 5-minute walk.
Kyoto
National Museum
(Kyoto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) The Efflorescence of
Heian Court Culture: Treasures from the Yomei Bunko Collection
Collection of the aristocratic Konoe family, containing numerous
objects and documents of great cultural and historical significance
from Japan's Heian
period. April
17 - May 27 2012 1,300 yen for
adults. Access:
At Kyoto Station go to bus platform D2 in front of the station. Take
city Bus #206 or #208 to "Hakubutsukan Sanjusangendo-mae" bus stop. A
one-minute walk. Keihan Railways: get off at Shichijo Station. Walk
east along Shichijo Street (about seven minutes) to the Museum. Tel.
075 541 1151.
Miho
Museum of Art Calendar (days open)
(Miho Bijutsu Kan 0748-82-3411).
From Kyoto Station, take JR to Ishiyama Station. From there, take the
Teisan bus for 50 minutes to the Museum. This masterpiece by American
architect IM Pei houses one of the best collections of Asian art in the
world. Well worth the trip.
Museum Eki Kyoto Toshitaka Habata
An exhibition of enchantingly wry and quirky artworks by this
illustrator of children's literature. April
26 - May 20, 2012 900 yen for
adults
On the 7th floor of the Isetan
Department Store in the Kyoto
Station Building.
10am - 8pm. (Kyoto Eki Bijutsu Kan, 075-352-1111).
Museum
of Kyoto Serizawa Keisuke
Exhibition Keisuke Serizawa
(1895-1984), Japanese textile designer. From the Munehiro Art
Collection. April 7 - June 3
2012 1,000 yen for adults.
Closed Mondays. (Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan, 075 222 0888). From Oike
Station on the Karasuma Subway Line, walk to Sanjo Dori (street). Walk
towards Kawaramachi Dori. Two blocks on the left in a large red brick
building from the Meiji Period.
The
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK) Tomoyoshi Murayama: Get
All of Me Seething Works from
the 1920s by the avant-garde Japanese artist Tomoyoshi Murayama
(1901-1977) created upon his return to Japan from Europe. April
7 - May 13 2012 850 yen for
adults; 450 yen for university students.
Closed Mondays (except when Monday is a public holiday, when it closes
Tuesday instead).
(Kyoto Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, 075 761 4111). From Kyoto Station,
take bus #5. From the Tozai Line's Higashiyama Station, a five minute
walk. 830 yen.
The
Ritsumeikan International Peace Museum
(Ritsumeikan Daigaku Kokusai Heiwa Bijutsukan, 075-465-8151) Anti-war
hall with an extensive collection of Imperial Army artefacts. Periodic
exhibits. From Kyoto Station, take bus #50 or #205. 300 yen.
Live
Spot Rag
075 255 7273. On Kiyamachi, north of Sanjo. Kyoto Empire Building, 6F
Metro
Kyoto's best night club. Features kool to kool, latin, rub-a-dub,
techno, house, and more. Major acts and DJs. 075-752-2787 Access.
From Exit Two of the Marutamachi Station on the Keihan Line.
Parker
House Roll
Restaurant/bar with live performances. 075-353-8042. On the east side
of Karasuma Dori between Manjuji and Matsubara (north of Gojo) in the
basement of the "Members Golf Building."
Taku
Taku
Live performance space. Schedule,
075 351 1321. From Exit 5 of the Shijo Subway Station.
UrbanGuild
Live performance space Monthly schedule
075 212 1125. On Kiyamachi on the south side between Sanjo and Shijo.
World
Night club and performance space. 075 213 4119. Just north of
Shijo-Kiyamachi. On the west side of the street in the Imagium
building.
Kyoto
Film
Minami-Kaikan
(Japanese map, Toji Station), Alternative Cinema; 075 661 3993.
Kyoto
Cinema
(click on "map"; Karasuma Station): 075 353 4723.
Kyoto
Traditional Culture, Other What's On
Nippon
to Asobo ("Let's Have Fun with Japan")
Kyoto-based cultural event started in 1994 as an annual event
showcasing a mix of traditional and new arts, this event is to reveal
the true worth of the ancient capital city of Japan, Kyoto. Google Map,
Nippon to Asobo Website
Festivals
Flea Markets
Toji
Temple (buses #19/20/208) from
Kyoto Station). Known as Kobo-san, this flea market is held on the 21st
of the month. At Toji Temple
Market. Get there early and
bargain hard.
Kitano
Tenmangu Shrine (buses
#203/204/205/10 /51/55 from Shijo Kawaramachi. Hakubaicho Station on
the Keifuku Line). Known as Tenjin-san, this market is held on the 25th
of the month. Get there early and bargain hard.
Hyakuman-ben
(buses #17 and 206 from Kyoto Station, buses 201, 31, 17, 17 from Shijo
Kawaramachi). This open air market is held at Chion Temple across from
Kyoto University on the 15th of the month.
Other Events What's On
Kyoto
Sports What's On
Soccer
Kyoto
Sanga FC:
Home games are played March-late November at Nishikyogoku Stadium.
Nishikyogoku Station on the Hankyu Line.
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