Many people are probably on summer vacation starting this weekend, right?

We've picked out some new attractions in Tokyo that have opened this summer, events currently taking place, gourmet recommendations, and information on trips a little further afield. Summer flies by, so let's enjoy the heat!

Souvenirs for homecomings and shaved ice... Delicious information!

◆Delicious raisin butter sandwiches, cookie tins, innovative drinks and snacks... A roundup of recommended summer gifts



◆A midsummer curry fair and delicious spicy noodles... A roundup of spicy gourmet treats for summer 2018



◆This summer, melon is the star! A huge collection of limited edition melon sweets



◆Drinkable shaved ice and chocolate shaved ice... from evolved varieties to fruit and the classic mizore. 8 Shaved Ice Dishes to Try in Summer 2018

New Spots & Events in Tokyo

◆"Ginza Sony Park," opening at 5 a.m. on the former Sony Building site, is finally here!



◆



◆After five years, the "Design Ah! Exhibition in TOKYO" has finally begun at Odaiba! [Report] (until October 18th)



◆A hands-on, interactive exhibition focusing on "bento" (lunch boxes) that connect people will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (until October 8th)



◆The first Isamu Noguchi retrospective in Japan in 12 years will be held at Tokyo Opera City, featuring approximately 80 works from Japan and abroad (until September 24th)

Isamu Noguchi, Sunken Garden for Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza, 1961-64
©The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York / Artist Rights Society [ARS] - JASPAR. Photo by Arthur Levine.

◆The last exhibition before the Snoopy Museum closes! The oldest original "Peanuts" drawing will also be on display (until September 24th)

Original "Peanuts" drawing, November 25, 1950
© Peanuts Worldwide LLC


◆The full details of "ART AQUARIUM 2018," where approximately 8,000 goldfish gracefully dance, have been revealed (until September 24th)



◆TeamLab's world's first gigantic digital art museum opens in Odaiba

A little trip outside of Tokyo

◆Enjoy global soul food and a travel-inducing experience with the "Red Brick Journey" at Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (until August 26th)


◆A hotel where you can meet Snoopy and friends! Japan's first "Peanuts Hotel" opening in Kobe: Full Room Description



◆TeamLab transforms Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine and Yamaguchi's Ube Botanical Garden into digital art spaces at night only! (Until November 4th)

"Creatures that live among plants and flowers as they travel the world"


◆"Historical Tools Market," a huge gathering of "cute things," will be held in Osaka (until August 14th)



◆Contemporary artist Rei Naito's largest solo exhibition to date! An exhibition illuminated only by natural light will be held at the Mito Museum of Art (until October 8th)

Tama/Anima (Please breathe into me) 2005 Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto. Photography: Morikawa Noboru / Naito Rei

◆Celebrating 100 years since the founding of Bauhaus! "Response to Bauhaus" exhibition held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (until October 8th)

"Kōsei Education Seminar in Wakayama City" (From the March 1933 issue of Architectural Crafts, I See All)

編集部