Kyoto Autumn Festival 2012 October 26 - 28

岡崎オータムフェスタ２０１２

There is more good news for art-loving night owls.

Over the weekend of October 26 - 28, the Okazaki area of Kyoto will be lit up with beautiful akari lamps.

Okazaki is of course home to Heian Shrine and three of Kyoto's best museums: Hosomi, Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto. All of these museums will be open until 9 pm.

The area is a short ride from central Kyoto.

The akari lights will be on from 6 - 9 pm, and laid out from Sanjo Dori all the way to Heian Shrine, and then jog down to the Hosomi Musuem.

In addition, there will be special lighting set up near the museums.

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Nuit Blanche Kyoto 2012

ニュイ・ブランシュKYOTO 2012

On the evening of October 5, Kyoto will host the Nuit Blanche from 6 pm.

Kyoto is following the lead of its French sister city, Paris, which every October sponsors the night time art event.

The event will take part at art venues, which keep their doors open late across the city. The venues are noted here.

Currently, Brussels, Montreal, and Singapore are also hosting similar events.

In Kyoto, the Kyoto Manga Museum among others will be open.

A full schedule, in Japanese, is here.

Here is a brief summary:

18:00
Kishioka Chinami live concert

18:30

Opening Ceremony (Mayor Kadokawa, and the French Consul will speak)

18:50

Kyoto Philharmonic Concert

19:15

Manuel Bienvenu concert

19:40

Machi Deco International Illumination Project

20:25
Ulrike Haage / Eric Schaefer jazz concert

20:50

Seleno Graphica Dance Performance

21:15

Machi Deco International Illumination Project


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The Efflorescence of Heian Court Culture Kyoto Art Exhibit

「王朝文化の華―陽明文庫名宝展―　宮廷貴族近衞家の一千年 」自転車で京都国立博物館へ

The Kyoto National Museum is currently exhibiting works from the Yomei Bunko Collection until May 27.

The special exhibition displays works or early books and documents from the Konoe Clan, one of the five Fujiwara regent families.

There are eight National Treasures and sixty Important Cultural Properties.

The area is full of great places to go and see: Sanjusangendo Temple and Chishakuin Temple are both a very short ride.

Information

Hours: 9:30 - 6:00 pm (Fridays open until 8 pm; last entry 30 minutes prior to closing)
Admission: 1300 yen adults; 900 university and high school students; 400 for junior high and elementary school students
Telephone: 075 525 2473


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Kyoto Station Museum Eki Henri Le Sidaner Exhibit

アンリ･ル･シダネル展 ～薔薇と静寂な風景～美術館「えき」KYOTO

French painter Henri Eugène Augustin Le Sidaner is currently a bit of

Le Sidaner was an Intimist painter born in Mauritius in 1862.

He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Alexandre Cabanel.

He exhibited at the Salon, the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris, and the Goupil Gallery in London

Until April 1, the Museum at Kyoto Station is displaying a collection of his works.


Information

Kyoto Eki Museum, 7th Floor Station Building (inside Isetan Department Store)
Telephone: 075 352 1111
10 am - 8 pm (last entry at 7 pm)
900 yen for adults

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Kyoto Exhibit Meiji Cloisonné The Golden Age of Cloisonné

清水三年坂美術館

A small gem of a museum sits in the shadow of Kiyomizu Temple in the hills of eastern Kyoto.

The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is close the world famous temple.

It houses works from the Imperial Household Agency that include makie, metal works, cloisonne ware, pottery and earthenware, sculpture, and engravings. In addition, the museum has inkstone boxes, wooden desks, incense burners, incense boxes, caskets, vases, inro pillboxes, netsuke, cigarette holders, tobacco pipes, pipe cases, portable brush-and-ink cases, tea bowls, sword fittings, sash bands, combs, and ornamental hairpins.

Most works date from the Meiji period, though some are from the Late Edo and Taisho periods.

The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is the first Japanese museum to hold in its permanent collection metalwork, cloisonne, makie lacquerware and Kyoto Satsuma Ware artworks of the late Edo and Meiji period.

Until February 19th, the Museum is hosting a wonderful exhibit: "Meiji Cloisonné The Golden Age of Cloisonné."

For those cycling, the museum is on Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu Temple. For those taking the bus, take number 206 or 100 bus from Kyoto Station and get off at Kiyomizu Gesha.

Information

Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum
337-1 kiyomizu-sanchome Sanneizaka Kita-iru Kiyomizudera-monzen Higashiyama-ku Kyoto
10 a.m.-5 p.m. ¥500. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays; open holidays.

Tel: 075 532 4270

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