Tokyo Sky Tree

 Last week, Tokyo Sky Tree, which is the highest broadcasting tower in the world right now, is opened. Also a shopping mall beneath the tower called "Sora-machi", translated directly "sky town", is opened and then millions and millions people has visited in the first one week. Official number of visitors at the both the tower and the mall is 1640000 for the first one week, over 200000 par a day, 85000 is only for the tower. Only what I can say is "Wow!!". I actually visited there this past week-end and saw that crazily packed the mall by people. It's just unbelievable. However, despite of the amount of people, looking at the tower from right under the tower, it's impressive and astonishing besides I don't like that the tower's design.

 If you have a reservation for going to the tower's upper deck or not, why don't you visit to see the ginormous structure.

## Until 10th July, 2012, you need a reservation for going to the tower's upper deck.

 

Tokyo Sky Tree Official WEB-Site :  http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/en/

There is PUBLIC ART

 After I posted "Where is a public ART?", I checked where actually public art is in Tokyo, then I figured out Tokyo has better amount of it than any other cities have. Some are just buried into huge buildings or simply just difficult to notice because it's usually around dead corners. And there is an another point that mostly the pieces are SCULPTUREs. I love sculptures but I want to see much more variety of art works, especially huge city like Tokyo.  Even if there is the enough amounts and varieties, I still don't think it's enough, because the problem is not about numbers but opportunities. I mean more numbers of young artists get an opportunity to put their works at public. That is a main subject of the problem I believe. Don't you want to check brand-new artists on streets? If it's possible, Tokyo gets better reputation and more attention from all over the world, and becomes a cultural HUB in Asia.

Here is a list of public arts, some are one of famous series, a few my favourite ones and interesting ones.

Enjoy strolling with arts.

@Roppongi

"Maman" by Louise Bourgeois

"Counter" Void by Tatsuo Miyajima

"Invisible chair by rain" by Tokujin Yoshioka

Some around Tokyo Middtown

@Shinjuku

"Love" by Robert Indiana

"Objects" by Roy Lichtenstein

Scruptures by Giulio Paolini

Taro Okamoto's

"Children's Tree" @ Aoyama

"Clock in juvenile" @ Ginaza

"Taro's Atelie" @ Omatesando

"Tomorrow's Myth" @ Shibuya

Eurovision 2012

 Finally the Eurovision 2012 has concluded with Swedish singer "Loreen" winning. Every year I check a winner of Eurovision and some other good artists on the contest. It's really fun to do, because people in Japan scarcely get to know artists around EU, especially new ones.

 In Japan, I mean in Asia, we don't have the same contest despite the Eurovision's long rein. If Asia, maybe with Oceania could do the same, it'd be really exiting and fun.Moreover, it'd be really 

helpful our vulnerable relationship.

 Anyway. I'm going to check through the final contestants again.

 

 

Eurovision 2012 Official Site : http://www.eurovision.tv/page/baku-2012

 

 

Spain's  "Pastora Soler" is my favourite.

 

And the winner is... Such a beautiful song!!

 

Time always flies by!!

 I was supposed to post some entries to the BLOG, but it's a over two weeks blank from the latest entry. Time always flies by... I've written some memos for the BLOG but I haven't summarized them because of lack of time... Anyway, I'll post! Now I'm cheering myself up!