PRESS RELEASE

August 2010

Tokyo Culture Creation Project
Events and Activities
August – September
Tokyo Culture Creation Project is a project that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and theTokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture have been executing since 2008 incollaboration with various arts and cultural organizations and art NPOs. The Project’s objectives
are to create and promote arts and culture that are unique to Tokyo, to develop children’s richsensibilities through arts and culture, and to create various local cultural focal points in Tokyo.
The Project’s activities include organization of events and festivals in the fields of theater, music,
traditional performing arts, and fine art, among others; facilitation of collaborative art programs
between residents of Tokyo and artists; nurture of torchbearers and supporters of culture who
help make arts an integral part of the city of Tokyo; and operation of programs to provide children
with the opportunity to experience arts and culture.

Three core objectives of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project1) Festival programs: The creation and promotion of art and culture which represents Tokyo2) Kids’ programs: The development of children’s rich sensibilities through art and culture3) Tokyo Artpoint Project: The creation of diverse cultural focal points in Tokyo’s communities

FESTIVAL PROGRAMS
http://www.bh-project.jp/festival/eng/■Tokyo Traditional Arts Program

Tokyo Traditional Arts Program

A festival of traditional performing arts originating in Tokyo
Aug.20-22
Aug.24
Aug.31
Sep.4
Sep.25

Workshop "Wonderland of Traditional Japanese Music"
Traditional Japanese Music 【Essence of Art】
“Kiyomoto - Two pure streams into one fount -”Noh and Traditional Japanese Music “Four Seasons of SUDA”
Traditional Japanese Music “Risogaku (shamisen music)”
Tendai Shomyo Chant “TokeTokubutsu”
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, National Theatre of Japan,Suiｔengu Pit
Music Weeks in TOKYO■Music Weeks in TOKYO 2010
A festival of classical music featuring the theme of “voice”,
with Mr. Roberto Gabbiani as chorus director
Sep.3

Super Chorus TOKYO first appearance event
Meguro Persimmon Hall
Mr. Roberto Gabbiani

■Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Harmony Tour
Concert tour of “the orchestra of the international city of Tokyo”
Aug.28
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space
Sep.19-26 Tama area

KIDS’ PROGRAMS
http://www.bh-project.jp/kids/eng/■“Kinder Film Festival” ～Competition
A festival which makes dreams come true and provides a place
where children and their parents can learn the importance ofbeing moral and compassionate
Aug.19-22 Chofu City Cultural Centre ‘Tadukuri’

Performance Kids Tokyo■Performance Kids Tokyo
The artists work with children in workshops and createa stage performance together
Aug.27,28 Performance/ Sengawa Theater

Parthenon Tama ©Shoko Kashima■Music & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS
Children make instruments from bamboo in nature,learn how to play them, create music and give a recitalMusic & Rhythms TOKYO KIDS

Aug. to Sep. Workshops/ 3 places in Tokyo
Sep.26
Concert/ Tomin Hiroba (Shinjuku)■Traditional Performing Arts for Kids
An experience program of authentic “Japanese performing
art lessons”
Sep.4

Opening Ceremony/ National Noh Theatre

Traditional Performing
Arts for Kids

■TOKYO JAZZ MUSIC SCHOOL “Chie Ayado Jazz for Kids”
A special open workshop by Chie Ayado, a jazz singer,
for brass bands/big bands of primary school children
Sep.4

Open Workshop/ Tokyo International Forum■Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Open Rehearsal for Students
Opportunities for students to see the final rehearsal of top-level operas,ballets and orchestras
Sep.8“Manon” by The Royal OperaTOKYO ARTPOINT PROJECT
http://www.bh-project.jp/artpoint/eng/*The details are only available in Japanese.

■Insideout/Tokyo Project
Project to create new community networks and new ways of community activity
through a bilateral exchange between “Tokyo” and “provincial areas”
Aug.7-29

Exhibition/ 3331 Arts Chiyoda Room 206■The Tokyo Condition 2010 ― A Project by Daisuke Kishii
Theatrical performance tour in Tokyo with a playwright Daisuke Kishii
Aug.29, Sep.25

General Meeting/ 3331 Arts Chiyoda Tokyo Artpoint Project 302■Artists in Jidokan

Artists in Jidokan

Artists are invited in children’s centers and create a place
where artists and children can meet through recreational
activities, creation and expressions
Aug.,Sep. Form of Words Workshop (temp.)■BOKUTO MACHIMISE 2010
An art program featuring the Bokuto district where rich,nostalgic old neighborhood atmosphere still remains
Sep.

BOKUTO MACHIMISE JUKUTERATOTERA■TERATOTERA
A program to connect art spots and recreate new cultural
haven in the area between Koenji and Kichijoji, where many
artists and art fans gather
Sep.8-11 Stopover Tour/ Art Center Ongoing■IZA! Kaeru Caravan! in Tokyo

Iza! Kaeru Caravan! in Tokyo

An art program that allows its participants to enjoy
learning about disaster prevention
Sep.26 vol.2- Musashino Bosai Cafe

■Tokyo Art Research Lab (Human Resources Program)
A research project which analyzes unverified casesand cases in progress related to art projects
Jul.-March /3331 Arts Chiyoda

Inquiry from the press should be directed to:
PR Office Secretariat of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project
Tel: 03-3818-2465 Fax: 03-5689-0455 E-mail: tokyobunka@prinfo.co.jp