Reports were flowing in today that Meiji Jingu and the surrounding areas were still jam packed with people. We headed to our local shrine, Iogi Hachiman, today to find an intensely long line of bodies, opted to buy a daruma instead and headed home, will return when there is more of a peaceful atmosphere to contemplate the new year.
Photo by timtak
This week most businesses and schools start back at work. What is happening in the city to get the peeps back into the swing for the new year?
Until Jan 7 there is a Japanese New Year card exhibition at Tokyo Midtown.
Jan 7 - Dr. Sketchy's, Tokyo is well rested and back up to their usual antics. This January they are easing their way out of the holiday malaise with a very chill shinenkai (New Year's) exhibition at the Sketchtastic den o debauchery over at The Pink Cow in Shibuya. ALL ART will be on display from January 7th until the end of the month. 19:00- till whenever! NO CHARGE No drawing. JUST... Partying. Greeting. Congratulating. Admiring. and Aspiring.
Jan 9 - Isaku Kageyama, award-winning taiko drummer, and Winchester Nii Tete, acclaimed African percussionist, meet for a conversation using the universal language of music. The duo’s music, deeply rooted in the traditions of Japan and Ghana, flows like a conversation between two close friends, with jokes, laughter, questions, and their answers scattered throughout the evening. 8:00pm - 9:00pm Shinjuku LIVE Takanoya 5-2-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
Jan 9 - Barnstormer! Bring in 2009 with the Running of the Bulls! Test Tone vol. 41
21:30 to 05:00 at Super Deluxe, Nishi Azabu, Tokyo
FREE ENTRANCE (with drink order)
Music and art including Shantell Martin, Kuruucrew, Evil Penguin, Doot and more! Celebrate the very first stampede, crunch and clatter of the year.
Jan 10 - Defected in the House - DIMITRI FROM PARIS - Japan Tour 09
(Supported by - MTV, HMV & Next Floor) A man who needs no introduction, quite simply the 'daddy' of modern day House music! Air, Tokyo.
Jan 11- Dance! Move! Play! Dance! Move! Play! kicks it up a notch for the first workshop in 2009 with a hot, hot, hot get together with the Bantus Capoeira Japan team. Expect an afternoon of dance, rhythm and musical highs! Ochiai Community Center from 1-5pm for more info check out Bantus Capoeira Japan or HOOPLOVERS.
