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Come enjoy the fantastic cherry blossom at Tokyo National Museum ♪

“Cherry Blossom Viewing at the Tokyo National Museum” is an annual event that coincides with the spring opening of the Museum Garden ( Tuesday, March 17 – Sunday, April 19, 2015 ) .

There are many artworks featuring cherry blossom on display in the galleries, as well as a host of events including gallery talks , haiku poetry gatherings and concerts .

 

【 period 】　　March 17 , 2015 （tuesday ） ～ June 12 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Tokyo National Museum  ( Ueno Park, Tokyo ) 　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 10min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~ 17:00　　※ Fridays until 20:00　　　※ Last entry 30 minutes before closing 

【 Closed 】　 Mondays

【 Admission 】　General ￥620 （￥520 ）  /   College students　￥410 （￥310 ）

※（　） Advance sale ・ Group rates （each 20 people more ）

※ Admission free for visitors  high school age or younger .

Official website　http://www.tnm.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

◆ TOKYO Exhibition ◆

The British Museum , a repository for the cultural treasures of humankind, houses a vast collection of art and artefacts from almost every world region and historical period .

“A History of the World in 100 Objects” tells a story of human creativity covering 2,000,000 years from prehistory to modern times through 100 items from the British Museum’s 7 million-strong collection.

The carefully selected artefacts range from seemingly ordinary everyday articles to famous works of art featured in school textbooks .

The 100 objects tell us deeply human stories about the people who used them — how they lived , what they believed , and the changes affecting their society .

Viewers are apt to encounter objects from regions and cultures unknown to them , and they may also be surprised by the discoveries they make concerning objects from cultures close to their own.

Visitors will be transported across time and space to all corners of the world .

 

【 period 】　　April 18 , 2015 （saturday ） ～ June 28 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Tokyo Metropolitan art Museum　　/ 　 From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 7min walk】♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~  17:30　　※ Fridays  9:30 ~ 20:00  ( Last admission 19:30 )　　※ ( Last admission 17:00 )

【 Closed 】　　Mondays , as well as the Thursday of May 7 ( Open the Monday of May 4 )

【 Admission 】　　General   ¥ 1,600  /  College students   ¥ 1,300  /  High School students  ¥ 800   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 1,000

Group tickets　　General  ¥ 1,300  /  College students  ¥ 1,100  /  High School students  ¥ 600   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 800

※ Group rates – 20 or more people .

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

Official website　http://www.tobikan.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

 

【 period 】　　March 14 , 2015 （saturday ） ～ June 14 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　National Museum of Nature and Science ( Ueno Park, Tokyo ) 　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 5min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:00  ~ 17:00　　※ Fridays until 20:00　　　※ Last entry 30 minutes before closing 

【 Closed 】　 Every Mondays

【 Admission 】　General ・College students　￥1,600 （￥1,400 ）　　　primary ・middle ・high school students 　￥600　（￥500 ）

Limited fryday pair night tickets　￥2,000

※（　） Advance sale ・ Group rates （each 20 people more ）

Official website　　http://www.tbs.co.jp/amazon-ten/

About 10-min walk at our hotel ♪

 

Guercino ( 1591-1666 ) is considered one of the greatest painters of the Italian Baroque .

Guercino created influential works that greatly impacted the development of Baroque painting . 

His art also helped lay a foundation for the academic style of painting, and at one time , he numbered among the most famous painters in Italian art history . 

In the 19th century , when artists rejected the academic tradition and sought to express new ideas , Guercino’s work was rejected and forgotten . 

Since the mid-20th century , however , his work has been re-evaluated , and in recent years , several large exhibitions devoted to Guercino have been held . 

The National Museum of Western Art , which possesses an oil painting by Guercino in its collection , will this time explore the entire scope of this long forgotten artist’s career through 44 oil paintings in what will be the first Guercino exhibition in Japan .

Many of the works are on loan from the Municipal Art Gallery of Cento , Italy , which in May 2012 suffered enormous damage in a massive quake . 

The Municipal Art Gallery remains closed at this time with no prospect of reopening soon . 

The exhibition is being held as a reconstruction aid event with a portion of its proceeds going to the Municipal Art Gallery’s rebuilding .

 

【 period 】　　March 3 , 2015 （tuesday ） ～ May 31 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　The National Museum of Western Art ( Ueno Park, Tokyo ) 　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 1min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~ 17:30　　※ Fridays until 20:00　　　※ Last entry 30 minutes before closing 

【 Closed 】　　　Mondays 　( except 30 March , 4 and 18 May 2015 )

【 Admission 】　General　￥1,500 （￥1,300 ） 　/　　College students　￥1,300 （￥1,100 ）　/　High School students　￥800 （￥600 ）

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

※　Prices shown in (  ) indicate advance and group ( more than 20 persons ) discount tickets .

Official website　http://www.tbs.co.jp/guercino2015/

About 10min walk at our hotel ♪

 

Indian Buddhist Art from Indian Museum, Kolkata

◆ About The Indian Museum in Kolkata ◆

The Indian Museum in Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta ) was founded in 1814 and is the country’s first general museum and one of the largest in all of Asia .

Among all its holdings , country’s first general museum and one of the largest in all of Asia.

Among all its collection of Indian Buddhist art is particularly excellent , encompassing a host of outstanding examples from Buddhism’s earliest days through more recent centuries .

The collection includes a recreation of the Bharhut stupa ( c. 2nd century B.C.E. ) with the early collection includes a recreation of the Bharhut stupa  (c. 2nd century B.C.E. ) with the early Indian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from GandharIndian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from GandharIndian Buddhist art of that period , carvings of the Buddha from Gandhara and Mathura during the Kushan Empire ( 1st -3rd centuries ) , which saw the birth of such Buddhist images , fine arts from the Gupta Empire ( 4th – 6th centuries ) the so-called Golden Age of Indian culture – as well as masterpieces from the esoteric Buddhism that arose during the Pala dynasty ( 8th-12th centuries ) .

 

【 period 】　　March 17 , 2015 （tuesday ） ～ May 17 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Hyokeikan , Tokyo National Museum  ( Ueno Park )　/　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station  【about 10min walk 】 ♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~  17:00　　※ Fridays until  20:00　　※From April 4, 2015:Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays until 18:00 

 ※  ( Last entry 30 minutes before closing )

【 Closed 】　　　Mondays   ( Except for Monday, March 23, 30, May 4 ) , and closed Thursday May 7 .

【 Admission 】　General　￥ 1,400 （￥1,200 / ￥1,100 ）　　/　　College students　￥1,000 （￥800 / ￥700 ）　　　

High School students　　￥800 （￥600 / ￥500 ）

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

※　Prices shown in (  ) indicate advance and group ( more than 20 persons ) discount tickets .

Official website　http://www.tnm.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

◆ Neo-Impressionism ◆

One of the innovative art movements that propelled painting into the 20th century — is revisited by this exhibition through a chronological exploration of the first nearly twenty years that followed its emergence in 1886 at the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition. Where the Impressionists had ushered in a new style of painting to capture the natural world as it appeared to their eyes , vividly evoking shifting images such as rippling water and the play of sunlight , the Neo-Impressionists branched out by bringing in the latest knowledge in optics and color theory .

At the same time , they shifted the emphasis away from faithfully re-creating the world to tapping into the power of expression of the colors themselves , and in so doing they set the stage for the advent of Fauvism at the dawn of the 20th century .

The journey taken by this exhibition begins with Impressionist paintings by Monet , and then progresses to the early Neo-Impressionism of artists such as Seurat and Signac , the diverse Impressionist works that subsequently streamed forth in France and Belgium, and finally the brilliant hues put to canvas by Matisse and Derain .

All together , some 100 works are brought together from across the globe to trace the fascinating transition from Seurat’s diminutive , subdued dots of paint to the bold, dynamic colors of Matisse.

 

【 period 】　　January 24 , 2015 （saturday ） ～ March 29 , 2015 （sanday ）

【 Venue 】　　Tokyo Metropolitan art Museum　　　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 7min walk】♪

【 Hours 】　　9:30  ~  17:30　　※ Fridays  9:30 ~ 20:00  ( Last admission 19:30 )　　※ ( Last admission 17:00 )

【 Closed 】　　Every mondays

【 Admission 】　　General   ¥ 1,600  /  College students   ¥ 1,300  /  High School students  ¥ 800   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 1,000

Group tickets　　General  ¥ 1,300  /  College students  ¥ 1,100  /  High School students  ¥ 700   /  Seniors 65+   ¥ 900

※ Group rates – 20 or more people .

※ Admission free for visitors junior high school age or younger .

Official website　http://www.tobikan.jp/

About 15min walk at our hotel ♪

【 period 】　　October 28 , 2014 （tuesday）～ February 22 , 2015 （sanday）

【 Venue 】　　National Museum of Nature and Science　　　From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 5min walk】♪

【 Opening time 】　　9：00～17：00　　 ※ Friday until 20:00 ※

【 Closed 】　　　Every Monday

【 Charge 】　　adult ・college student　￥1,600　（￥1,400 ）　　　　primary ・middle ・high school students 　￥600　（￥500 ）

Limited fryday pair night tickets　￥2,000

※（　） Advance sale ・ Group rates （each 20 people more ）

 Official website　　http://hikari.exhn.jp/

About 10min walk at our hotel ♪

Reopened new year 2015

【 period 】　　January 1 , 2015 thursday ~ February 22 , 2015 sanday

【 Opening time 】　　9:30 ~ 16:30　(open deadline)

【 Venue 】　　Ueno Toshogu Button Garden　( Ueno zoo horizontal )

From ueno park exit of JR ueno station 【about 5min walk】

【 Admission 】　　adult　( junior high school or less )　￥700

organization　( more than 20 people )　￥600

elementary school or less free

common ticket　￥1,100

We offer a discount coupon at our hotel .　( ￥700 → ￥600 )

About 10min walk at our hotel .

Official website　http://www.uenotoshogu.com/