Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

　Tsukiji TASS Gallery Wakamatsuya is holding the annual "Gourd Lamp Fair" until July 2nd.

We exhibit and sell designs that imitate various shapes, from lights that accentuate to lamps with impact.

　

　On July 2nd (Saturday), a "Gourd Light Class" will be held for both children and adults to enjoy.

Participation fee is 3,000 yen with gourd + LED light.

Only gourd light in the world.

First of all, how would you like to stop by?

Phone: 03-3541-0124　

Address: 6-12-3 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, astringent copper-plated roof, signboard architecture is a landmark.

 

 

The other day, there was an announcement that the Sony Building facing the Sukiyabashi intersection will be renewed on a large scale, and as mentioned in this blog, an event introducing this project is currently being held on the 8th floor of the Sony Building. I am.

The "Ginza Sony Park Project" is a project to carry out a large-scale renovation of the Sony Building over seven years from this year, the 70th anniversary of Sony's founding () and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sony Building.

On the wall of the Sony Building, the word "Sony creates a vacant lot in Ginza" is written.

The concept is "a facility open to the city", and between 2018 and 2020, the ground part will be opened as "Ginza Sony Park" as an open and flat space, and the New Sony Building scheduled to be completed in 2022 It is said that the aim is to complete urban and highly public facilities by inheriting the concept of park.

At the project exhibition, while looking back on the 50-year history of the opening of the Sony Building with materials, photographs, models, etc. at that time, image models of "Ginza Sony Park" and design drawings and models of the new Sony Building are exhibited.

The event will be held from Friday, June 17 to July 10 (Sun).

The venue is "Communication Zone OPUS" on the 8th floor.

You can take photos at the venue.

Click here for the Sony Building website.　⇒

http://www.sonybuilding.jp/

 

 

At the Kabukiza Gallery, we are planning to hold a brief guidance show about how to enjoy Kabukiza Theatre.

An acquaintance asked me, "Is there a simple Kabuki guide?" And I was looking for the Kabukiza website and found this guide. "This is!" "How should I explain?"

　

According to JNTO statistics, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan in 2015 will reach 19.74 million, and in 2013 it exceeded 10 million for the first time to 10.36 million, which can be said to be "terrific". There are many repeaters, and according to media reports, the purpose has changed from "shopping" to "taste and experience Japanese culture". It has been reported that traditional performing arts such as "Noh kyogen" are trying to develop new fan base using IT so that more and more foreign tourists can enjoy Japanese culture before the Olympics.

　

About 30 to 40 people, about 30%, look like a foreigner at the venue of the Kabukiza Gallery, which is an experience space for performing, seeing, touching, and trying Kabuki. (I was also given a questionnaire in English!)

　

It seems that this is the first gallery lecture for foreigners. First of all, there was a brief story about Kabuki, and then the two staff members talked about the history of the stage, the actual equipment on the stage, the actual equipment of the black screen, the black screen, etc. The last is the explanation of the third part of today. The name of the characters in Kabuki is long, so the explanation is difficult. I was very satisfied with the enthusiastic story that showed me the stage photos. The date for “for foreigners” was also set in the “Kabuki Appreciation Class” at the National Theater in June. Since this is originally a project for junior and senior high school students, a program with commentary called "How to View Kabuki" is composed of English on that day. I applaud the attempt to increase the number of foreign tourists interested in traditional Japanese culture by making it easier to take the first step.

Kabukiza Gallery Kabukiza Tower 5F 10:00~17:30　

Admission fee 600 yen (100 yen discount for Kabukiza theater theater ticket this month)

 

 

　

Do you know the attracting Hagi potter "Tsukasa Kaneko" now?

　

Speaking of Hagi ware, wabisabi. It's in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, a pop, cute and slightly poisonous color Hagi ware appears. The Hagi ware, which has often been talked about among lovers, is Tsukasa Kaneko's work! The exhibition and sale of Tsukasa Kaneko was held in Ginza Mitsukoshi.

There is also a gacha.

Kaneko is from Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and is still working with an atelier in Hagi City. It's often talked about, but it's hard to actually see it in Tokyo. Ginza Mitsukoshi has already ended, but Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi will start an exhibition and sales event in late July! Before that, I would like to introduce Kaneko's work.

First of all, this is the very popular teapot.

There is a tea strainer net inside, so you can put tea leaves as it is. And the lid can be bought in combination freely. It's easy to hold and all are cute.

Next, it's a platter. Please take a look at it. It is very elaborate, made by hanging paints one by one and rotating 360 degrees.

And here!

Little size set of tea cups and saucers. It seems to have been made as a milk pitcher, but it can also be used for children. The price is reasonable, so it will be appreciated if you prepare a full set and give it a gift.

This is a kaleidoscope.

This exhibition "Kyoka Suigetsu" is a word that expresses ephemeral and beautiful like a phantom, beauty that cannot be picked up, and depth that cannot be explained, but the main theme is kaleidoscope. The world you can see when you look into this beautiful kaleidoscope....Please look forward to it!

Looking at the image above, do you see that the light is transparent?

Among the works exhibited and sold this time, there is a series of "Hagi ware, which is transparent like glass" made of new materials. When you actually see it, it's a strange feeling. It looks like the soil is transparent...。 And it was made using this material.↓

It's a lampshade.

There are several exhibits, from small stand-type to large umbrella-type that can accommodate the living room. It's a soft and eye-friendly light.

There are also stylish mushrooms!

How was it?

Even though it is colorful and gorgeous, it has the unique wabisabi and dignified atmosphere of Hagi ware. The real thing has no flashy impression at all.

This coloring and the composition of the handle cannot be done with a brush. How is it?...？ If you are wondering, please ask Kaneko at the venue. "Now, I see....Was that right?...That's right!

This is Kaneko's Hagi atelier. It's very fashionable.

I saw a demonstration here before. It's very interesting and I want to try it myself! It was a beautiful work. I would be glad if you could do workshops in Tokyo too....。

How was the "Kyoka Suigetsu Tsukasa Kaneko Ceramic Exhibition" that was given with a lot of images? Only pottery that can be used daily, the price starts from several thousand yen. The event will be held at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi from late July. It is a work hard to see in Tokyo, so if you are interested, please check it out!

 

 

When I find a wooden Machiya architecture in the valley of a building, it seems that only the port and its surroundings are reminiscent of the scent of the times, so I feel nostalgic.

On the day I found such a building in the tsuji corner of Ginza and Nihonbashi, I was impressed that I often survived many trials and stayed in my figure.

　

The storm of ground-raising during the period of earthquake, war, and high economic growth.

For buildings that have no means to move, there is no choice but to endure.

What remains in this way is surely a proof that the extraordinary thoughts of the owners are poured in.

　

A panel exhibition of modern buildings remaining in Chuo-ku will be held until Sunday, July 3 at the inhabitant gallery of Chuo-ku Folk Tenmonkan <Time Dome Akashi>.

I was waiting for this project.

Certainly, a building that I had seen somewhere, but did not know the clear location.

It's an opportunity to meet again.

There are 23 panels on display.

From Machiya architecture to building architecture. From the Meiji period to around 1965.

Buildings with a variety of building materials, structures, and designs have been built in the ward.

It is a variety of unique to "the middle of Tokyo in Hana" and pays tribute to the existence of it.

　

If you look only at the photos of the panel, you can go around the venue in one minute.

But it was something I was looking forward to, so I took a closer look.

Mainly photos of the building itself.

1. Characteristics of the building

2. Episodes related to buildings

3. Building information (location, year of foundation, structure / scale, use, carpenter, etc.)

4. Photographs (internal photographs of buildings, detailed designs, status of use, etc.)

But it's included in one piece.

In the episode, attention points when facing the building are summarized, and the parts that had been overlooked without notice until then seem to spread clearly in front of you.

　

A print of "Glossary" was prepared on the desk in the venue.

An easy-to-understand explanation of the building terms and people related to the building described on the panel are described.

If you look at the panel together with the print, even if you are a beginner of architecture, you can fully understand the highlights.

And I'm happy with the pamphlet that is also available.

There are 23 building photos, and there is also a map showing the location of each building.

It seems that you can get to the target building without hesitation.

　

On the wall of the passage in front of the gallery at the venue, a panorama picture scroll depicting Ginza Street after the earthquake was posted.

Each of the finely drawn buildings looked lively.

 

 

On the 6th floor of the Chuo-ku Public Health Center Complex, opposite the road on the south side of Akashicho and St. Luke International Hospital, there is Time Dome Akashi (Chuo Ward Local Tenmonkan) on the 6th floor of the Chuo-ku Public Health Center complex.

This facility combines the permanent gallery space, the planetarium, and the inhabitant gallery of local materials, and is currently being held at the Chuo-ku Modern Building Panel Exhibition.

In this exhibition, some of the buildings selected for the "100 Modern Building Surveys" were introduced on panels.

In Chuo-ku, for three years from 2011, he conducted a survey on modern buildings existing in Chuo-ku, and based on the results, selected "100 Modern Building Surveys".

Some of the buildings introduced on the large panel knew, while others saw them for the first time this time.

Indeed, it is the buildings that color Chuo-ku and the buildings that tell the history of Chuo-ku.

The glossary booklet prepared at the venue was detailed and I learned a lot about Machiya architecture and signboard architecture.

There is also a map where you can meet these modern buildings, and I thought it would be fun to walk in Chuo-ku with this in hand.

The event will be held until July 3rd (Sun). Monday is closed.

In addition, we received special consent for photography at the venue. Thank you very much

For more information, please visit the official website.⇒

http://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/event/culture/28panerutenn.html