Tokyo K.N
Today we took the subway to Roppongi for a day of museum tours. First we went to the Mori Art Museum, which was on the 52nd floor of a beautiful building. The exhibit they were holding was all about LOVE. Displayed were works from numerous artists and included sculptures, photographs, paintings, canvas crafts, and even digital displays. As enjoyable as the exhibit was, one of the most amazing parts of this museum was going to the observatory and looking out the window and seeing the city of Tokyo. The skyline went on further than anyone could have imagined. From the building we could see structures with unique shapes and design, and within the sea of buildings there were various visible patches of green, showing that even one of the most advanced and futuristic of cities could still let nature's beauty shine through.
Mori Art Museum K.N
Gallery K.N
Next we visited the 21_21 building by Tadao Ando. Surrounding this building was a beautiful park with small fountains of water. The line to the exhibit was long so we were unable to enter the building. However one thing we noticed on the outside was that there were many children playing in the park area! This was due to the event being for children under age 12. After we left the park we headed over to the and viewed an exhibit on classic California design. In the exhibit were pieces from designers who were famous for their innovative ideas and creations. After leaving this exhibit we went to the Toto building to view the gallery Ma. Ma is a gallery specializing in architecture and design that is operated by Toto ltd. as part of the company's social contribution program. The exhibit presented different perspectives of what a dwelling is and means to different people ranging from Le Corbusier to Kobun Nakamura.
We stopped for a coffee break at Starbucks for a little fuel to finish up our day the headed to our last museum tour at the Tokyo design hub. Here, was a very creative display of the future of businesses and their ideas. The exhibit had dioramas in a bubble shaped display case. Each display case had two perspectives that could be viewed through two different peep wholes. The cases were split into different categories such as education, science, community, and agriculture. At the end of the exhibit we drew pictures of sea creatures and put then through a scanner that then showed all our art work on a screen of the ocean floating together in the foreground. To end our day we all grabbed some Mos Burger before heading back to the hotel.
Written by Kirsten
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