Tokyo Weekender August 2016
Far from the Madding Crowd Secret Diving Spots, an Organic Farm, a Mountain Onsen, and Other Dreamy Getaways Also: Rediscovered Photos from WWII, Change the Way You Watch TV, Summer Drinks, and a Rio Sports Roundup
Far from the Madding Crowd Secret Diving Spots, an Organic Farm, a Mountain Onsen, and Other Dreamy Getaways
Also: Rediscovered Photos from WWII, Change the Way You Watch TV, Summer Drinks, and a Rio Sports Roundup
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Syriac script, National Museum of Ethnology, photo by Saji Yasuo<br />
OPEN-AIR<br />
MOVIES<br />
PICNIC CINEMA AT YEBISU<br />
GARDEN PLACE<br />
A TREASURY OF WRITTEN CHARACTERS<br />
Akira Nakanishi (1928-94) was the sixth generation head of a famous printing<br />
company in Kyoto, and became so enamored with the written word that he spent<br />
25 years of his life traveling the world and collecting writing specimens from more<br />
than 100 countries. The “Nakanishi Collection,” which is preserved at Japan’s National<br />
Museum of Ethnology, contains samples of writing from the Middle East and Europe,<br />
India and Southeast Asia, and China. A fascinating look at the variety of ways that<br />
humankind has captured language for posterity. LIXIL Gallery 1 Until <strong>August</strong> 27<br />
tinyurl.com/lixiltokyo<br />
Find a spot on the (fake but still comfy) grass<br />
at the complex’s center square for movies<br />
screened on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays<br />
at 7:30pm. The event is free, and you’ll have a<br />
choice between nine films including “Chef” with<br />
Jon Favreau, and Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise<br />
Kingdom.” Until <strong>August</strong> 31. tinyurl.com/TWpicnic-cinema<br />
Takeo Takei, Hot Summer, 1967, watercolor on paper, ILF Children’s Art Hall, from “Childbook” July 1967<br />
MOET MIDPARK CINEMA<br />
This event is held in collaboration with champagne<br />
brand Moet & Chandon. Sip on a glass<br />
of bubbly at <strong>Tokyo</strong> Midtown’s lawn space, and<br />
get lost in the romance of Baz Luhrmann’s<br />
“The Great Gatsby” or the thrill of Guy Ritchie’s<br />
“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” It’s free, but take<br />
along ¥1,000 as a refundable deposit to rent headphones.<br />
Movies start at 7pm, but arrive early as<br />
there is only space for 100 people. September<br />
16-19, 22-25. www.tokyo-midtown.com<br />
FROM THE LAND OF CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATIONS<br />
– STORIES AND DREAMS<br />
For many of us, the illustrations that we came across in the picture books of our<br />
childhood were our first introduction to fine art. One publication that took this<br />
idea to heart was “Children’s World,” which featured illustrations by two pioneers<br />
of art for children, Takeo Takei and Shigeru Hatsuyama. The celebrated Japanese<br />
industrial designer Yoshio Akioka was inspired by these Showa period images in<br />
his youth, and this exhibition features works by all three figures, with an aim of<br />
showing how the pictures we love as children inform our creative style later in life.<br />
Meguro Museum of Art, <strong>Tokyo</strong> Until September 4 mmat.jp/english<br />
STARDUST THEATER IN HARAMURA<br />
A little out the way at Yatsugatake Natural & Culture<br />
Park in Haramura, Nagano, this mini film<br />
festival is set to show movies like “The Martian”<br />
and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Tickets<br />
are ¥1,200 for adults, ¥1,000 for high school students,<br />
and ¥500 for children (pre-schoolers are<br />
free). Until <strong>August</strong> 21. www.hoshizoraeiga.com<br />
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