EDO TOKYO TIMELESS EXHIBITION Decided to Be Held

It also includes workshops where you can experience Japan’s traditional craftsmanship!

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– From Friday, March 7 to Sunday, March 9, 2025, Tokyo Metropolis will hold the “Edo Tokyo Kirari Project’s EDO TOKYO TIMELESS Exhibition: Encountering Tokyo’s Time-Honored Brands at Wakeijuku” at Wakeijuku in Bunkyo-ku, famed as the former residence of Marquis Hosokawa.

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Exhibition Catalogue: “Edo Tokyo Kirari Project’s EDO TOKYO TIMELESS Exhibition: Encountering Tokyo’s Time-Honored Brands at Wakeijuku” (Graphic: Business Wire)

Tokyo Metropolis has implemented the Edo Tokyo Kirari Project, based on the concept of “Old meets New,” to hone the traditional skills, products of long-established shops, and so on throughout Edo-Tokyo from new perspectives and to spread their value and appeal in Japan and overseas as a brand that represents Tokyo.

This time, we will hold a hands-on exhibition to have many people learn about this project furthermore. This exhibition will see 39 model businesses participate, each offering the value and appeal of historical, traditional industries in new forms. We will exhibit each model business’s techniques and products to allow visitors to see and experience in person the traditional skills of food, clothing, and shelter that Edo-Tokyo boasts to the world. In addition, we will offer workshops where visitors can experience and enjoy each business’s techniques, such as Kumiko woodcraft and Kumihimo braiding. The exhibition will also feature special products created in collaboration with Parisian designers, which were exhibited at the French international trade fair Maison&Objet Paris. Enjoy traditions beloved and passed down over the ages, from Edo to Tokyo, from various perspectives. Please see our special article for details about the event.

https://en.edotokyokirari.jp/news/life/edotokyotimeless/

Overview of the Edo Tokyo Kirari Project & Links

• Website: https://en.edotokyokirari.jp/
• Special article on exhibition: https://en.edotokyokirari.jp/news/life/edotokyotimeless/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edo_tokyo_kirari
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Edo-tokyo-kirari-638579083261624

Overview of Wakeijuku

Wakeijuku Honkan (former Marquis Hosokawa residence) is a typical early Showa-era mansion of Kazoku (Japanese peerage). It was built in 1936 by Marquis Moritatsu Hosokawa, the 16th head of the family. In 1955, Kisaku Maekawa purchased the former Marquis Hosokawa house and its over-23,000 m² estate from the family and established a male students’ dormitory called Wakeijuku within the grounds. Aside from once or twice a month, the grounds are normally closed to the public, but they will be open during this three-day event.

Wakeijuku Honkan (former Marquis Hosokawa residence) Official Site

https://www.wakei.org/honkan/index.html

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Contacts

Inquiries about the Edo Tokyo Kirari Project

Planning and Coordination Section, General Affairs Division, Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

2-8-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan 163-8001

Tel: +81-3-5320-4685

E-mail: S0290106@section.metro.tokyo.jp