May 1, 2014
Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Tokyo Culture Creation ProjectAnnouncing our Line-up for FY2014
Established in response to Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Culture
Creation Project has spread its operations into a wide range of fields, including “Traditional Arts/Culture”,“Theatre/Dance”, "Music” and the "Visual Arts” based on four pillars: “Festivals”, “Kids/Youth”, “Artpoint”,
and “Networking” in order to establish Tokyo as a city of global cultural creativity. With the 2020 SummerOlympic & Paralympic Games now set for Tokyo, and interest in the metropolis growing both at home andabroad, we are further enriching our program to bring the culture of Tokyo to the world.

■A wider range of festivals for more people to enjoy

As Japan’s world-famous traditional arts and culture continue to spread ever more widely at home and abroad,our Tokyo Traditional Arts Program will continue to pass on to future generations the ‘spirit of wa’ inwhich the Japanese culture is grounded. Roppongi Art Night 2014, under the theme ‘Move Your Body!’
had a variety of programs in the Roppongi area, and the tie-up program La Folle Journée au Japon ofclassical music performances will celebrate its 10th anniversary.

■More participatory events for children and young people

In the “Kids/Youth” program, the Traditional Performing Arts for Kids, in which children learn suchtraditional arts as Noh and Nihon buyo (Japanese dance) from leading performers, will add classes forhigh-school students and for those who have completed the programs offered so far, and in association withlocal municipal facilities offer community-based programs leading through a short series of rehearsals to
public recital performances. Further participatory programs in other fields will provide promising young
talent with more opportunities for creative activity and a wider range of experience.

■8 new Tokyo Artpoint projects

Eight new projects will join such continuing programs as TERATOTERA and Art Access Adachi:
Downtown Senju – Connecting through Sound Art as part of “Tokyo Artpoint Project”, local
resident-based art projects designed to create and publicize the various attractions of Tokyo. Some projects
will unite different fields such as Social Services and other civic institutions, while others will take place insurrounding areas of Tokyo’s 23 wards such as Tama and Tokyo's islands. Cultural programs designed tosupport disaster areas will also continue to be included.

■Disseminating the culture of Tokyo in and outside of Japan aiming to establish Tokyo
as a city of global cultural creativity

Our “Networking” activities invite various cultural players from in and outside of Japan and realizeinternational conferences and visitors programs for exchanges and encounters in order to strengthen thenetworks and disseminate the cultural scenes of Tokyo internationally.

■ The TOKYO PAPER for Culture: to deepen and enhance the culture of Tokyo
Established in FY2013, the TOKYO PAPER for Culture is a cultural research institute in the form of a freenewspaper. In each issue the production team serves as research staff, chooses some topics from different art
projects and Tokyo culture in general, and reports back on the results of this “research” in cooperation withguest researchers who are highly individual cultural figures.
For details on individual projects, please refer to the attached project summary.
The outline for ‘Tokyo Creative Weeks’, scheduled for this coming fall, is to be announced this summer.

●Tokyo Culture Creation Project
Tokyo Culture Creation Project, organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan
Foundation for History and Culture in cooperation with arts organizations and NPOs, aims to establish Tokyo as
a city of global cultural creativity.

The project facilitates involvement of a larger number of people in creation ofnew culture as well as it creates and globally disseminates new Tokyo culture through organizing international
festivals and other diverse events.

http://www.bh-project.jp/en/＜For further information contact＞
Ryuichiro Mori/Satsuki Asano, Public Relations Team, Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office,Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL +81 (0)3-5638-8805 FAX +81 (0)3-5638-8811
Email press@bh-project.jp

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