The unique chairpersons will give talks and workshops on their own themes regarding the "margins" where Yanaka's culture can grow. Sometimes there may even be an excursion outside?　Please join us for as many as you like on your favorite theme, such as "Zoo," "Air-raid Shelter," "Okatte (kitchen)," "Suwa-michi Road Story," and so on.

For the first of these events, we have invited two members of Yanaka no Okatte, who organize, manage and support art events based in the former Hirakushi Denchu residence in Ueno-sakuragi. You are free to come and go as you please, so please enjoy your time in the tatami room, listening to their stories and reading materials from the archive.

Date/Time: 2023.9.24 (Sun) 11:00–14:00
Hosts: Yanaka no Okatte (Rieko Watanabe and Emi Tomizuka)

The unique chairpersons will give talks and workshops on their own themes regarding the "margins" where Yanaka's culture can grow. Sometimes there may even be an excursion outside?　Please join us for as many as you like on your favorite theme, such as "Zoo," "Air-raid Shelter," "Okatte (kitchen)," "Suwa-michi Road Story," and so on.

In this second part of the series, photographer/artist Natsuki Kuroda invites the people who appeared in her film Zoo Evacuation Drill and the animation artist Asami Ike, who wrote the title characters, to join Kuroda in looking back on the work together. We hope to talk about stories that couldn't be told in the film and episodes from the day of the event.

Date/Time: 2023.9.30 (Sat) 14:00–16:00
Speakers: shinobu, bee, Asami Ike (animation artsit)), Natsuki Kuroda (photographer/artist)
*The talks will be conducted in Japanese.

The unique chairpersons will give talks and workshops on their own themes regarding the "margins" where Yanaka's culture can grow. Sometimes there may even be an excursion outside?　Please join us for as many as you like on your favorite theme, such as "Zoo," "Air-raid Shelter," "Okatte (kitchen)," "Suwa-michi Road Story," and so on.

The Future Standard Laboratory is a creative marketing organization of the Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores that discovers and nurtures the seeds of things and activities that will become standard items five years in the future. It is based in a revitalized Japanese house in Yanaka, and has been cooperating with us as the venue for the "Learning by Walking YANAKA" activities. On this day, They will introduce their usual activities and also hold a project "Gathering views of art in Yanaka" for visitors to take part in. Please drop by.

Date/Time: 2023.10.1 (Sun) 11:00–16:00
Hosts: Yuko Kasai, Hiroaki Enoki, Daisuke Kobayashi, Mitsuki Nakajima and Satoko Okada (Future Standard Laboratory)

An intense walking tour with Akiko Shiihara (regional planner and professor at Kokugakuin University), who has studied Yanaka for over 30 years and has devoted herself to the preservation of the townscape. We will walk from Tokyo University of the Arts to the Miraiteiban Kenkyu-jyo in Yanaka. This tour is a bit different from the typical town walk, so please look forward to what kind of places and explanations you will encounter on this tour.

Guide: Akiko Shiihara
*The tours will be conducted in Japanese.

Ueno Sakuragawa, Yanaka Tour
Date/Time: 2023.10.14 (Sat) 10:00–12:00
Meeting point: The main gate of Tokyo National University of the Arts
Admission: ¥4,000
Capacity: 12 people

Nezu and Yanaka Tour
Date/Time: 2023.10/.15 (Sun) 10:00–12:00
Meeting point: Nezu Station, Exit 1, ground level entrance/exit
Admission: ¥4,000
Capacity: 12 peopl

A collaboration between the traditional storytelling art of rakugo and the cutting edge of dancer. Min Tanaka's dance, which changes in all directions in response to the occasion, and Kyotaro Yanagiya's improvisational and flexible rakugo. Witness and experience unpredictable and creative moments. Advance reservations required. Tickets will be available online.

Date/Time: 2023.10.21 (Sat) 12:00–13:00 / 14:30-15:30
Venue: Kan'ei-ji Temple Kaisando-do Hall (14-5 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Admission: ¥5,000 (reservation required)
Capacity: 160 persons per session
Organizer: art-Link Ueno-Yanaka
Co-organizer: Tokyo Biennale