Tokyo

Event

[Hotel Gajoen Tokyo] A New Year’s experience that delves deeply into Japanese traditions and richness

2023.12.03

Hotel Gajoen Tokyo will hold a New Year’s event on January 1 (Mon) and 2 (Tue), 2024, featuring a New Year’s buffet and a variety of family-friendly events.

Workshop

Painting of lucky charms
The sound of clay bells is said to have the power to ward off evil, and they have also been decorated as good luck charms to invite good fortune.

Candy fashioned in human and animal forms
A traditional crafted confectionery that has been handed down since the Edo period. You will make a dragon, the Chinese zodiac sign for the year 2024, using only a handful of scissors. In addition to the workshop, there will be a demonstration and sales.

Mizujiki work
Mizuhiki, which are used to hang congratulatory gift bags and gifts, have their own meanings in terms of color, number of strings, and the way they are tied. While learning the tradition of Mizuhiki, we will arrange them into chopstick rests and accessories.

Flowering Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a colorful form of calligraphy in which you can put your thoughts and feelings on the letters of your choice. Please enjoy this new art form with its fascinating overlapping colors.

Performance

Koto and Shakuhachi live performance
The public areas on the first and second floors will be filled with the elegant sounds of the Koto and Shakuhachi, featuring Japanese music appropriate for the New Year.

Street performing
In addition to big tricks such as umbrella spinning, they will perform traditional Japanese arts such as paper cutting, in which they skillfully manipulate scissors.

Shishimai
The liveliness of the lion dance, which is said to bring good health in the coming year if a lion bites you on the head, creates a lively New Year’s celebration.

Blooming Calligraphy Performance
The artist’s brush strokes are lively, beautiful, and dynamic, creating works of art with a sense of movement.

New Year Location Photography

The entrance to the Japanese-style banquet hall, which has been relocated and recreated from the arts and crafts that decorated the main entrance of Meguro Gajoen, the predecessor of Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, which opened in 1931, will be open to the public for a special viewing, and a professional photographer will be available to take commemorative photos.

Kimono Rental

At the beginning of a new year, we want to express purity and cheerfulness with a new spirit. By wearing an authentic kimono with a classical pattern that brings good luck, you can enjoy a more festive New Year’s celebration. It is also recommended for New Year’s visits to nearby temples.

New

New

Featured articles

Hiroshima

Art

The Most Beautiful Museum in the World: Simose Art Museum Wins UNESCO’s Prestigious Versailles Prize!

--

Food

[ Kimuraya (department store)]Snowman’ is available only during the Christmas period. Japanese Stollen, made with traditional sake-type dough and Japanese ingredients, is on sale again this year.

December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.

Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.

Hiroshima

Art

ZIPANGU Contemporary artists who have run through the Heisei era” Takashi Murakami x Sueo Mizuma dialogue: ‘Beyond the Theory of Artistic Entrepreneurship’ / Interview with Mr. Mizuma: ‘Rediscovering the Value of Japanese Culture by the Japanese People

The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.

HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.

The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.

Hiroshima

Travel

Culture

Two types of autumn-only red seals, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, are now available at Daisho-in Temple, Miyajima, a World Heritage island.

Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.

Pick Up

Pick Up