Tokyo Traditional Crafts PR Event to be Held at KITTE Marunouchi from June 15 to 19 Fair to exhibit and sell traditional crafts from the Noto Peninsula earthquake-stricken area A traditional crafts design contest for elementary school students will be held.
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
The Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government will hold a PR event for Tokyo traditional crafts entitled "Traditional crafts of Tokyo WONDER SESSION -The Tokyo Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs will hold a PR event for Tokyo's traditional crafts at KITTE Marunouchi from June 15 (Sat.) to 19 (Wed.), 2024, under the title of "Traditional crafts of Tokyo WONDER SESSION.
In addition to the exhibition, demonstration, hands-on production and sales of traditional Tokyo crafts, a "Disaster Area Support Fair" will be held to exhibit and sell traditional crafts from the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Please take this opportunity to see Japan's world-class traditional crafts.
In addition, we will hold a contest for elementary school students to submit designs of traditional crafts that they would like to use themselves if they had such a product! Design Contest for Traditional Crafts" is now open for elementary school students. The entries will be exhibited at the event to be held in November, and an award ceremony will be held. The work selected for the Tokyo Governor's Prize will actually be made by a traditional craftsman and presented to the winner at a later date. We look forward to receiving your entries.
Outline of June Event
Dates: From Saturday, June 15, 2024 to Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Hours: [Weekdays] 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (*Last day until 6:00 p.m.)
Holidays: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Venue : KITTE 1st floor Atrium
B1F Tokyo City Eye Performance Zone
B1F only on Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th / hands-on production experience
(7-2, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Main Activities: ○Sales of products filled with craftsmanship
Demonstrations where visitors can experience traditional craftsmanship up close
Hands-on craftsmanship with the help of craftspeople
Talk shows by craftspeople who will explain the charm of traditional crafts
○Sales of traditional crafts from the disaster-stricken areas
Details will be posted on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government website as they become available.
URL, etc.: Tokyo Metropolitan Government website
https://www.dento-tokyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/events/2024/0615.html
Outline of November Event *Details will be announced at a later date.
Dates: November 1 (Friday) to 5 (Tuesday), 2024
Venue: KITTE 1st floor Atrium
B1F Tokyo City Eye Performance Zone
(2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Tokyo Building TOKIA, 1F West Galleria (2-7-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Main Activities: ○ Sales of traditional Tokyo crafts, demonstrations, hands-on production, talk shows
○Design contest for such traditional crafts, etc! Design contest for such traditional crafts, etc.
Design Contest for Traditional Crafts Design Contest for Traditional Crafts" Outline
Theme: If there were such a traditional craft, I would like to use it myself!
Eligibility: Elementary school students living or attending school in Tokyo
Entries: Design a traditional handicraft product that combines one or more of the traditional handicraft products of Tokyo.
Design your own traditional crafts by combining one or more traditional crafts from the Tokyo Metropolitan Traditional Crafts.
How to apply: Use the application form (A4 sheet) included in the flyer or download it from the website below and mail it to the address below,
Download the form from the website below and send it to the following address by mail.
1-23-2 Higashi-Kanamachi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0041, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Agency, Joto Branch Office
I wish there was such a traditional craft" Design Contest Office Design Contest Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for Small and Medium Business Promotion, Joto Branch Office
Phone: 03-5648-6606
https://www.dentoukougei.jp/topics/2024/design-contest.html
Submission deadline: September 10, 2024 (Tuesday) *Tuesday, September 10, 2024 (postmarked by that date)
Judging criteria: Design, fun, futuristic, and practicality
Judged by Tokyo Metropolitan Traditional Craftsmen
The winner of the Governor of Tokyo Award will be actually produced by a traditional craftsman and presented as a gift.
Prizes: 1 Governor of Tokyo Award, 5 Excellence Awards, and 10 Honorable Mentions,
10 prizes for 1st and 2nd grade students.
Announcement : Winners will be announced on the website of Tokyo Metropolitan Traditional Craftsmen in late October 2024 (tentative).
Exhibition: All the entries will be exhibited at the "Traditional crafts of
Traditional crafts of Tokyo WONDER SESSION" at KITTE from November 1 (Fri.) to 5 (Tue.), 2024.
Award Ceremony: Monday, November 4, 2024 (National Holiday)
At the venue of "Traditional crafts of Tokyo WONDER SESSION
Co-sponsor : Tokyo Traditional Craftsmen's Association
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