The Tokyo Traveler

July 24th, 2008

Let Them Make Cupcakes in Tokyo

The Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo is offering a great family event during the months of July and August.  Mom, Dad and kids can all learn to make and decorate cupcakes under the guidance of the hotel’s pastry chef, Ryoko Nonoda, the first-ever female chief pastry chef in the history of RIHGA Royal Hotels group.
You can […]

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July 21st, 2008

Kagurazaka Festival

Mark you calendars for the 37th Annual Kagurazaka Festival. The highlight of the festival is the Awa odori, a local bon dance of Tokushima Prefecture. Fifteen dance troupes will parade down Kagurazaka Dori at 7 & 9PM on July 25th and at 9 PM on July 26th.
In the area around the Bishamonten Zenkokuji […]

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July 17th, 2008

The Biggest Antique Event in Japan

Billed as the largest antique event in Japan, the Antique Jamboree welcomes almost 500 unique vendors from all over Japan. A vast variety of items catering to different tastes and styles are brought in and include Japanese, European and western antiques, collectible toys, antique fans, vintage kimonos, wood block prints and netsuke (intricately carved figurines […]

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July 11th, 2008

Floating Lanterns in Tokyo

Candle lit lanterns floating on the water - it’s a beautiful sight and one that you can take in during the month of July in Tokyo.  Toro Nagashi, or “lantern offerings on the water,” is just one ceremony that Buddhists use during the Obon festival to memorialize the spirits of the dead and ensure their […]

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July 10th, 2008

Celebrate 106 Years of The Kinoshita Circus

The Kinoshita Circus has erected the big top in a suburb of Tokyo and will be putting on their version of the Greatest Show on Earth through August 27th.
Some of the highlights from this 10 act circus include:

The Seven Chairs Show
Russian Aerial Acrobatic Trapeze
The Wheel of Death
Amazing Safari Spectacle
Two original Japanese acts and more.

A […]

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July 7th, 2008

Dueling Geniuses - An Inspired Japanese Art Exhibit

Artists are often compared to one another and more often inspire and compete with one another to create great works.  Throughout the history of Japanese art, each generation of painters, Buddhist sculptors, potters and other artists studied the works of the masters, their contemporaries and their predecessors. The visual arts of each generation flourished and […]

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July 1st, 2008

Tokyo Summer Festival

The theme of the 24th annual Tokyo Summer Festival is Forest Echoes/Desert Voices. This year’s Tokyo Summer Festival takes you on a musical journey through noisy forests and silent deserts. The event takes place from July 3 to 31 at various venues throughout the city.
Some of the events at this years festival include:

Performances by […]

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June 30th, 2008

Map the Tokyo Art Scene with Tokyo Art Beat

In Tokyo you will find museums and galleries around every corner and it’s hard to keep up with everything that is going on in the Tokyo art scene.  Tokyo Art Beat is a great site that provides it’s readers with event listings and details for art & design related events around the city. […]

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June 28th, 2008

Summer in Tokyo - Festivals, Fireworks & So Much More

Summer in Japan is well known for it’s heat and humidity but it is also time to dust of your yukata (summer kimono) and head out to a festival or to your local park for a bento picnic. You can also catch some great hanabi (fireworks) shows or head out to a baseball […]

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June 24th, 2008

The Woman with the Pearl in Tokyo

The National Museum of Western Art in Ueno will be displaying works by the 19th century French painter Camille Corot (1796-1875) in an exhibition titled “Corot: Souvenirs et Variations“. The highlight of the exhibition will be his painting “The Woman with the Pearl” which is said to be his ‘Mona Lisa’.
The exhibition was put […]

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