What is Tokyo Traditional Arts Program?

Objectives

As part of the Tokyo Culture Creation Project conducted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, we have been conducting the Tokyo Traditional Arts Program with the aim of disseminating inside and outside Japan the Japanese traditional performing arts and culture that we can present with pride and passing them down to future generations. These arts include traditional Japanese music, classical Japanese dance and the tea ceremony.

The endeavor, the first of its kind, will introduce the traditional and the modern, such as contemporary dance, street dance, together in talk show, performance and workshop. The “Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony” is designed to provide an opportunity for the citizens of Tokyo as well as tourists visiting the Tokyo area from abroad and other parts of Japan to enjoy Japanese culture and traditional tea culture.

“Traditional Performing Arts for Kids” provides children with a serious opportunity to learn traditional performing arts such as Noh and Nihon buyo (dance) from first-class performers for seven months, and show the result of their efforts on a big stage.

Japanese traditional performing arts and culture are important assets that have been nurtured over a long period of time by the Japanese people, who observed nature, lived with nature and valued harmony between people. We will continue our efforts to disseminate Japanese culture and pass it down to future generations, by offering events in various genres where people can experience Japanese culture.

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 of new 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/

Organizers

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Culture Creation Project Office (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Tokyo Traditional Arts Program Executive Committee*
* Members of the Tokyo Traditional Arts Program Executive Committee: Japan Council of Performers’ Organizations, Japan Arts Council and NHK Enterprises, Inc.

Co-Organizer

Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Co-Operation

The Asahi Shimbun Company

Outline of Tokyo Traditional Arts Program