Traditional culture experience program for foreign visitors
“Shodo” Calligraphy & “Shishimai” Lion dance

We hold short programs that offer foreign visitors the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of authentic culture.
This program will be held with “the Tokyo Marathon Week Official Event Let’s Go and See the Finish Area! Marunouchi Nakadori Street Event” the Marunouchi area.
Please feel free to join our programs and enjoy Japanese traditional culture.

“Shodo” Calligraphy with “Shamisen” (Japanese music and instruments) Performance, “Shodo” Calligraphy workshop

“Shodo” Calligraphy with “Shamisen” (Japanese music and instruments) Performance:
A calligrapher, Ho-un Funamoto will give a shodo calligraphy performance with the Tsugaru Shamisen performance. You can’t miss it!

“Shodo” Calligraphy workshop:
After the simple explanation about calligraphy, you will experience the calligraphy. Let’s join the “Friendship parade” with your writings! *You can take your writings and the writing brushes home with you as your souvenir.

Date

February 25, (Sat), 2017 (The event in the same day : the Tokyo Marathon Week 2017 Official Event “Let’s go see the Finish area!” in the Marunouchi area)

Time

“Shodo” Calligraphy with “Shamisen” (Japanese music and instruments) Performance: 14:45～15:50
“Shodo” Calligraphy workshop: 14:00～14:20 / 14:25～14:45 / 15:30～15:50 / 15:55～16:15 / 16:20～16:40 (20minutes per workshop)

Venue

Around the special stage of MARUCUBE, 1F Marunouchi Building, 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Price

Free

Capacity

10 per workshop

Participation

First-come-first served basis. Please sign up at the reception desk in MARUCUBE on the day from 13:45.

“Shishimai” Lion dance

Shishimai is a type of ancient Shinto (one of indigenous religious) music and dance.
Originally it was a dance to purify places such as by exorcism, and it is said that people let their heads bitten by the lion which would lead to auspicious occurrences and good fortune.
Let’s experience the ancient Japanese custom letting the lion bite your head to be lucky.

Date

February 25, (Sat), 2017 (The event in the same day : the Tokyo Marathon Week 2017 Official Event “Let’s go see the Finish area!” in the Marunouchi area)

Time

Before and after “Friendship parade” (15:15～16:00)

Venue

Around the special stage of MARUCUBE, Marunouchi Building, 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Price