"Summer and Architecture" Exhibition

Finished

One typical characteristic of Japanese architecture is the attention and effort devoted to making buildings tolerably cool enough to live in during the hot summers. With open-plan shoji doors, fusuma sliding screens, breezy spots shaded by greenery and verandahs, eaves and blinds, as well as cool interiors, Japanese architecture is well adapted to its summer environmental conditions. This exhibition introduces some of these features that have become such an indispensable addition to Japanese homes during the summer.

Museum talk
Each of the following days at 14:30-
July 12th (Sat) Noriyuki Asakawa, curator, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
July 26th (Sat) Isamu Yoneyama, assistant professor, Edo Tokyo Museum
August 9th (Sat) Noriyuki Asakawa, curator, Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
August 23rd (Sat) Isamu Yoneyama, assistant professor, Edo Tokyo Museum

Schedule

Jul 1 (Tue) 2008-Aug 31 (Sun) 2008

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:30-17:30 Until 16:30 from October to March.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.

Fee

Adults ¥400; University Students ¥320; High School and Junior High (not in Tokyo) School Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥200; Junior High School Students and Under free.

Venue

Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum
https://www.tatemonoen.jp/english/

Location

3-7-1 Sakuracho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo (inside Koganei Park) 184-0005

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Access

From the North exit of Musashi-Koganei Station on the JR Chuo line, take the Seibu bus and get off at Koganei-Koen Nishiguchi. The venue is 5 minute walk from there. From the South exit of Hana-Koganei Station on the Seibu Shinjuku line, take the Seibu bus and get off at Koganei-Koen Nishiguchi. The venue is 5 minute walk from there.

Phone

042-388-3300

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