AJET Connect MAY 2014

TOKYO MUSEUM MAPSummer is a popular time for JETs to travel, and Tokyo is a popular place for them to travel to (but, ye gods, bring your sensu oruchiwa). Tokyo has a world-renowned array of museums, and we’ve gone through them just for you, searching for special exhibitionsthat will be in the city only for the summer. If you see something here you’re interested in, click on the museum’s name for moreinformation. We did our best to be thorough, but don’t consider this a compendium; do your own research if you know of a specialexhibit and don’t see it here—better yet, email us about it at connect.events@ajet.net.A couple pro tips for museum-goers:THE SUPER SPECIALSUMMER 2014 EDITIONMost major museums offer free volunteer tour guides in English, so if your Japanese is chotto, don’t be afraid to ask.If you want to make a weekend of it, consider picking up a Grutt Pass for 2000 yen. The pass allows one-time admission ordiscounts for more than 70 museums and other facilities in Tokyo, making it a worthwhile investment if you plan to go to two ormore museums within the valid two-month period.Tokyo museumsCLASSICAL AND MODERN ARTSHISTORY AND SCIENCEA. Nezu Museum – Colorful: Chinese Imperial and ExportWares, May 31–July 13; Cool and Breezy, July 26–Sept. 7B. Mori Art Museum – Go-Betweens: The World SeenThrough Children, May 31–Aug. 31K. Edo-Tokyo Museum http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/english/special/now/index.html – 20 th Anniversary SpecialExhibitions: The Flowering of Edo-Period Painting: JapaneseMasterworks From the Feinberg Collection, May 21–July 15;Flowers in Bloom: The Culture of Gardening in Edo, July30–Sept. 1; NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition: 軍 資 勘 兵 衛(Gunshi Kanbee), May 27–July 13:http://www.nhk-p.co.jp/tenran/20131203_134916.html70L. National Art Center – Ballet Russes: The Art of Costume,June 18–Sept. 1; The Birth of Impressionism – Freedom inPainting: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, July 9–Oct.2071D. National Museum of Modern Art – Guess What?Hardcore Contemporary Art’s Truly a World Treasure: SelectedWorks from Yageo Foundation Collection, June 20–Aug. 24L. National Museum of Ethnology Collection @ TheNational Museum of Art http://www.nact.jp/english/exhibitions/2013/power_of_images/index.html – The Power ofImages, until June 9North TokyoE. Suntory Museum of Art – Essays in Idleness: EnjoyingClassical Literature Through Art, June 11–July 21M. Tokyo National Museum – Treasured Masterpieces fromthe National Palace Museum, Taipei, June 24–Sept. 15F. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography – Differentexhibitions change roughly each month on each floor. Check thesummer schedule here: http://syabi.com/e/contents/schedule/index.htmlcG. Bunkamura – 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition:Rétrospective Raoul Dufy, June 7–July 27H. Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum– Ink Painting ofModern Japan, May 24–July 21)I. Ukiyo-e Oota Memorial Museum of Art– Hiroshige Blue:Blue Attracted the World, May 1–28); Sumo Wrestlers inUkiyo-e, June 1–26J. Watari Museum of Contemporary Art– Rudolf Steiner:Das Reich der Angeloi, until July 13N. Japan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum– Bats Usedby Star Players, until May 18O. Printing Museum of Tokyo– “Welcome to 3D PrintingWorld!” until June 1; GRAPHIC TRIAL 2014, June 7–Aug 14P. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum– Ceramics of Kyushu,until June 8; Shoji Hamada: Commemorating the 120thAnniversary, June 17–Aug. 31Click on the maps to the right or the museumnames on this page for more information!South TokyoCONNECTCONNECTEVENTS EVENTSMay Issue 2014 May Issue 2014