Since the prewar periods, many people from Okinawa have lived in Kawasaki City and played an important role in its industrial development. The Society of Okinawan People was founded in Kawasaki City 84 years ago and has greatly contributed in preserving Okinawan performing arts. It is also a well-known fact that Kawasaki-born figures, such as a ceramicist Shoji Hamada and a poet Sonosuke Sato, became deeply involved with Okinawan culture upon their artistic activities. Moreover, Okinawan culture made an enormous impact on the artist Taro Okamoto as he visited their place. With the theme "the connection of two places -Okinawa and Kawasaki", this exhibition introduces documents, arts, and crafts, which represent traditional art and culture of Okinawa.
Location: Event Exhibition Room 1
Related Event (Please see website for details.)
-Okinawa Performing Arts
Date & Time: April 27th (Sun) & May 11th (Sun), 14:00-15:00 on both days.
Location: Shoyo Exhibition Space
Fee: Free
-Film Screening
1. "A Child of the Sun Thedanopha" (1980) Director: Kirio Urayama
2. "The Sea is Alive" (1958) Director: Susumu Hani
3. "Untamagiru" (1989) Director: Go Takamine
4. "Hotel Hibiscus" (2002) Director: Yuji Nakae
Date & Time: 1 & 2 May 24th (Sat) 3 & 4 May 25th (Sun) 1. 13:30- 2. 16:30- 3. 13:30- 4. 16:00-
Location: Screening Hall
Fee: Adults ¥600, University & High School Students, 65 and above ¥500, Junior High School Students & Below ¥400
[Image: "Bowl with Red Apricot Tree" (Naha City Tsuboya Pottery Museum Collection)]
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Open on public holidays but closed on the following day (unless this falls on a Saturday or Sunday when the venue will open). Closed during the New Year holidays.
Notice
Closed on April 30th (Wed) and May 7th (Wed).
Fee
Adults ¥700, University & High School Students, 65 and above ¥500, Junior High School Students & Below Free
From the North exit of Musashi-Kosugi Station on the JR, Tokyu Toyoko or Tokyu Meguro line, take the Kawasaki City bus and get off at Shimin Museum Mae.
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