The museum also houses an Images and Technology Gallery which displays works that utilize computer graphics and video and a cinema used to screen various films from Japan and abroad.

Still Motion, the museum’s current exhibit, is on display until until October 13th and features art that offers a transition between still images, painting and film or video by utilizing LCD flat-panel screens as a canvas.  In a recent review by the Daily Yomiuri, Cristoph Mark describes one of the displays:

“Immediately arresting is Hiroshi Senju’s A Forest of Water (2008), a two-minute film played on eight video panels set up to look like a folding screen. Depicted is a lake surrounded by trees draped in fog. Birds can be heard chirping–and occasionally be seen flying–as the water laps up against the shore. The incredible realism combined with the sounds creates a relaxing, tranquil work. The artist refers to his style as a modern form of Nihon-ga painting, though the incredible detail is distinctly different.”
From the Daily Yomiuri review of Still Motion

The Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum is also showing Visions of America Part 2 THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND : 1918-1961 simultaneously, featuring black and white images from the period, which will close on October 19th.  Visions of America Part 3 AMERICAN MEGA MIX : 1957-1987 will open on October 25th and run through December 7th.  The Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum schedule is available online and offers details about these and other great events at this innovative museum.

Museum Details

Location: About 7 minutes on foot (via the Sky Walk) from JR Ebisu station east gate. (access map)
Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (Thursday・Friday are to 20:00), Closed on Mondays unless it is a national holiday in which case it will be closed the following Tuesday.  Also Closed from December 29- January 1 each year.
Admission Rates:
Still Motion – Adults Y1,000, College Students Y800, High School and Junior School Students and those over 65 Y600.
Visions of America Part 2  – Adults Y500, College Students Y400, High School and Junior School Students and those over 65  Y250.
Refer to the online schedule for admission rates to other events at the museum.

Image Credit: Flickr, 200508 museum of photography

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The Beer Museum Yebisu is dedicated to the history, science and culture of the beloved beverage and the century-old tradition of brewing beer. Beer making made its debut in Japan as early as 1876 when Seibei Nakagawa, who had recently returned from Germany where he studied the art of beer making, was chosen as brewmaster and oversaw the construction of a beer factory in Hokkaido, Japan. In 1887, Japan Beer Brewery Company was established in Tokyo by a group of local entrepreneurs and they invited a brewmaster from Germany to create what became Yebisu Beer. Production of Yebisu Beer ceased for a period of 28 years, but was re-launched in December 1971 and was the first German-type 100% barley beer to be sold in post-war Japan.

If you love beer, you will love this museum! Admission is free and you can sample some of the Sapporo products, including Yebisu Beer, for a fee after visiting the museum.

Beer Museum Yebisu is open from 10AM – 6 PM (Entrance until 5 PM), closed Mondays and during New Year’s festivities (when Monday is a holiday, the next day will be closed) and is located near Ebisu Station.

Photo Credit: Flickr, Lucky Yebisu & 200508 sappora beer station

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For Y4,800 (Y4,300 in advance) you can sample 1.7 ounce portions of 120 different micro brewed beers in the Garden Hall at Yebisu Garden Place. Beers are separated into 76 beer styles in 12 categories so you are bound to find one that you like! You might even get to taste the next big beer as all beers showcased at the Great Beer Festival are required to be on sale currently or within the next six months in Asia.

The event is Earth friendly too – your entry fee gets you a glass that you re-use for each tasting. Don’t forget to say “Kampai!” (cheers!) as you toss back all those great beers!

Event Details
Dates:
Monday, May 5, 2008, 14:30 to 19:00(Last call 30 min. before closing)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 11:30 to 16:30 (Last call 30 min. before closing)
Location: Garden Hall at Yebisu Garden Place
Admission: Y4,800 yen per person per day (Y4,300 in advance)
Directions: Ebisu Station, take the east exit and hop on the Skywalk

Photo Credit: Flickr, Beer

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