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10:00～10:24

Opening Event

“Monozukuri - A Celebration of Japanese Artisanal Techniques 2024”, an event that showcases the traditional craftsmanship that made Japan what it is today, along with the appeal of cutting-edge manufacturing technologies, is about to begin!

Supporter Anna Murashige will appear on stage.

If you would like to see the stage at the venue, please cooperate as follows.Seats are unreserved. Please refrain from leaving your luggage on the seat.Please refrain from taking pictures on the stage where supporters will be speaking.

11:10～11:40

Anna Murashige x Master of Japanese sewing Special Stage
The essence of Japanese sewing, it's a lucky stitch to sew a kimono!

Exhibitors：Zenkoku Wasai Ginoushikai／Tokyo Wasai Ginoushikai

Anna Murashige demonstrates "Unsewing," a basic of Japanese dressmaking skills, in which she sews delicate fabrics precisely with overwhelming concentration and a sense of rhythm!

Supporter Anna Murashige will appear on stage.

If you would like to see the stage at the venue, please cooperate as follows.Seats are unreserved. Please refrain from leaving your luggage on the seat.Please refrain from taking pictures on the stage where supporters will be speaking.

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12:30～13:00

Delivering to the World! ~The Sound of Japan~

Exhibitors：Traditional Japanese Instrumemts Promotion Association

Japanese instrumentalists who continue to preserve the wonderful "sounds of Japan" will perform live music from "East Fantasy," a large ensemble of more than nine instruments, and "Oni no Kane"!

14:00～14:30

Letting Plants Speak for Themselves
~The Cornerstone of Japanese Aesthetics~

Exhibitors：TEIKOKUKADOUIN association

Mr. Yoichi Hinata of the Sogetsu Foundation will arrange flowers suitable for the age of tomorrow with the traditional techniques that are essential to the traditional Japanese culture of ikebana. He will showcase the essence of ikebana as an act of free expression with plants, incorporating the skills of a master ikebana artist.

15:00～15:30

Chidori-bari, a technique for creating beautiful shadows on shoji screens

Exhibitors：Tokyo hyougu kyouji naisou bunka kyokai

Skilled craftsmen demonstrate chidori-bari, a technique for creating beautiful patterns on shoji screens, a traditional Japanese fixture!
Watch the "master craftsmen's techniques of Omogu" as they demonstrate their outstanding skills in cutting, joining Japanese paper, and papering shoji screens, while explaining the wood framing and paper.

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16:00～16:30

The story of the completion of the Gimel ring, synonymous with wedding rings

Exhibitors：Tokyo Kikinzoku Ginoushikai

Technicians led by Mr. Yaro Sakamoto, a recipient of the Medal with Yellow Ribbon, demonstrate gimmel rings used as wedding bands!
Watch the finely honed "jewelry artisan's technique" of joining two rings together like a circle of wisdom and overlapping them to complete one ring.

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17:00～17:30

Decorative manufacturing of money box and annealing process of copper plate

Exhibitors：Tokyo Bankin Kogyo Kumiai／Tokyo Kenchiku Bankin Ginoushikai

Sheet metal technicians, who have inherited traditional skills, will demonstrate how to make decorations for money boxes at shrines and temples, how to draw emblems, and how to anneal copper sheets!
See the rare "artisanal skills of sheet metal" that soften hardened copper plates by annealing them with a gas burner.

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