ABOUT

The Tokyo Festival is an urban arts festival held every autumn mainly in the Ikebukuro area of ​​Toshima Ward, aiming to connect with the world through Tokyo's diverse and profound arts culture. Now in its ninth year, the festival aims to showcase the appeal of Tokyo culture in an easy-to-understand way while also enhancing the creativity of arts and culture in Tokyo.

In the medium to long term, with a view to solving social issues, developing human resources, developing cities, and responding to globalization, the festival is developing an "arts festival that shapes the future of arts and culture" by hosting a wide range of performances, mainly some of Japan's largest performing arts venues, art projects, and numerous programs to develop talent who will be active internationally in the arts field.

The Tokyo Festival 2024 will focus once again on the unique appeal of performing arts, in which diverse values ​​are born as many people visit theaters, engage in dialogue, and exchange ideas. Under the theme of "Transit NOW～Swing by the Stage～," the festival will create a space where anyone can easily take part in the performing arts festival.

Sunday, Sep. 15 – Sunday, Sep. 29, 2024

Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, GLOBAL RING THEATRE

Tokyo Festival Executive Committee [Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre & Arts Council Tokyo) Tokyo Metropolitan Government] / Japan Arts Council / Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Japan Cultural Expo 2.0 in the Fiscal Year 2024

Asahi Group Japan, Ltd

Toshima city, SEIBU RAILWAY Co.,Ltd, TOBU RAILWAY CO., Ltd

[Advisor]
Man Nomura: Chair, Japan Council of Performers Rights & Performing Arts Organizations; Noh actor

[Chair of Executive Committee]
Seiichi Kondo: Former Commissioner, Agency of Cultural Affairs, Japan

[Vice Chair of Executive Committee]
Hitoshi Ogita: Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
Noriko Hachiya: Senior Director, Culture Promotion Division, Bureau of Citizens, Culture and Sports, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

[Committee Members]
Junya Sakita: Business Planning Department, Asahi Group Japan Co.,Ltd
Masumi Natsusaka: President, Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
Joji Kudo: Chief Director Planning Department, Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Sumiko Kumakura: Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Taeko Nagai: Chair, Japanese Centre of International Theatre Institute
Tomonobu Nanaumi: Princpal Program Director, Program Production Center 3, General Media Administration, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Hiroyuki Watanabe: Chair, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Toshima

[Auditor]
Mari Yamauchi: Representative, Yamauchi Accounting Office

[Secretary General]
Junko Suzuki

[Deputy Secretary General]
Koji Abe
Setsuko Yukawa

[Tokyo Festival Executive Committee Advisor]
Masahiko Yokobori

[Associate Director]
Harumi Nemoto

[Administrators]
Kouta Muraoka
Natsumi Hamada
Naoko Oshima
Minasu Kai

［Staff Accountant］
Yukiko Ishinabe, Yachiyo Tanida（Aster Vision Japan, Inc）

[Production & Venue Coordinators]
Hirohiko Hanzawa
Nanaho Kato

[public relations]
Keijirou Okumura
Hiroyuki Funayose
Manaka Murakami
Yuko Uematsu, Mihoka Kawamura, Hinako Someya, Minano Hirano, Ayumi Mito, Shoko Miyamoto, Yuko Yukawa(syuz'gen LLC)
Satsuki Imai

[Ticket Administrators]
Shoko Yamauchi, Wakana Nemoto, Minasu Kai

[Accessibility Coordinators]
Naoko Oshima, Shoko Miyamoto(Syuz'gen LLC)

[Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Administrative Coordination Officer]
Takuya Tsuji

[Art Directors]
Masashi Murakami, Tomoya Kawasaki (emuni)

[Flyer designer]
Yuta Nakajima (YUTA Design Studio)

[Tabloid and sticker designer]
Atsuko Fujiki

[Web Development and Design]
Takuya Irie, Ryo Inoue, Shinta Nagasawa (SETENV)

[Translation]
Office Miyazaki, Inc.

[Legal Advisors]
Kensaku Fukui, Hisato Kitazawa, Kentaro Okamoto (Kotto Dori Law Office)

[Inbound Project Coordinator]
Shoko Yamauchi

[Overseas Public Relations]
Shoko Yamauchi, Shoko Sonoda