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ShortShorts Film Festival & Asia 2015

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Wed Oct 14 - Sun Oct 18, 2015 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum , Andaz Studio (Andaz Tokyo 51F)

One of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia, ShortShorts takes place in June ...

Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri (2015)

Around Town
Fri Jul 3 - Wed Jul 8, 2015 Kappabashi Hon-dori

Asakusa's Kappabashi – the famed Mecca for Tokyo chefs looking to kit out their kitchens – is ...

Hatsumode at the Museum 2015

Art
Fri Jan 2 - Mon Jan 12, 2015 Tokyo National Museum

Celebrate the start of 2015 with hatsumode (first prayer of the year) at the National Museum. ...

Tokyo National Museum Autumn Garden (2014)

Around Town
Sat Oct 25 - Sun Dec 7, 2014 Tokyo National Museum Japanese Garden

As autumn turns leaves all over the city red and yellow, the National Museum opens its gardens ...

Shitamachi Food Fes in Taito

Around Town
Sat Sep 13 - Sun Sep 28, 2014 Asakusa Tokiwa Shokudo and a total of 56 restaurants

56 restaurants, including both traditional eateries and trendy newcomers, from Asakusa, Ueno, ...

Open-Air Films at the Museum

Film , Around Town
Fri Oct 10 - Sat Oct 11, 2014 Tokyo National Museum Main Building Plaza

Ueno's National Museum sets up a huge screen in front of the main museum building for this ...

Midsummer Night's Zoo

Museums & Attractions
Sat Aug 9 - Sun Aug 17, 2014 Ueno Zoo

If you've ever wondered what happens to zoo animals once the sun goes down, you can find out in ...

Iriya Asagao Matsuri (Morning Glory Festival) 2014

Around Town
Sun Jul 6 - Tue Jul 8, 2014 Iriya Kishimojin

It's worth getting up early – as in crack-of-dawn early – for Japan's largest morning glory ...

Shitamachi Tanabata Matsuri (2014)

Around Town
Fri Jul 4 - Thu Jul 10, 2014 Kappabashi Hon-dori

Asakusa's Kappabashi – the famed Mecca for Tokyo chefs looking to kit out their kitchens – is ...

Ancient Mammals Exhibition

Museums & Attractions
Sat Jul 12 - Sun Oct 5, 2014 National Museum of Nature and Science

A fearsome bunch of extinct mammals come together at this exhibition, created in collaboration ...

Ancient Egyptian Queens and Goddesses

Art
Sat Jul 19 - Tue Sep 23, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Exhibition Room

Around 200 pieces of pharaoh statues, images of deities and luxurious jewellery that reveal the ...

Balthus: A Retrospective

Art
Sat Apr 19 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

One of the most acclaimed yet controversial artists of the 20th century, Balthus and his work ...

VOCA 2014

Art
Sat Mar 15 - Sun Mar 30, 2014 Ueno Royal Museum

Running since 1994 and short for 'Vision Of Contemporary Art', the annual VOCA exhibition ...

Panda Music Festival

Music
Sat May 10, 2014 Ueno Park Open-Air Stage

Probably the most laid-back music festival in Tokyo, this one-day bash will be back in May for ...

Roots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji

Art
Tue Mar 25 - Sun May 18, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

2015 marks 800 years since the death of the influential Zen priest Yosai (1141-1215) who was a ...

Horyuji: Prayers and their Images

Art
Sat Apr 26 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 University Art Museum

Horyuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, founded by the ...

I wa Jinjutsu

Museums & Attractions
Sat Mar 15 - Sun Jun 15, 2014 National Museum of Nature and Science

Having attracted global attention with recent ground-breaking (and controversial) discoveries ...

The Masterpieces of Nihonga

Art
Sat Jan 25 - Tue Apr 1, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Founded in 1898 by the influential and enigmatic Tenshin Okakura, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan ...

Hanami at the Museum

Art
Tue Mar 18 - Sun Apr 13, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

The National Museum in Ueno opens its beautiful garden for cherry blossom viewing in March and ...

The 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition

Art , Around Town
Tue Feb 4 - Wed Feb 12, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Hobbyists battle it out for years just to get their trees accepted for judging at Japan's (and ...

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