Light of hope - Tokyo Michiterasu 2020 winter illumination

Light of hope, one of the latest projects created by KAZUKI KUMONO & YOKO FRAKTUR This light and illumination event has become the area’s winter tradition. This year, Tokyo Michiterasu 2020, with the wish of lighting the way to the future: Since we may not be able to visit in life but you may also visit online during the pandemic. They hope to deliver a message of support and thanks to the people working towards the new era (the “new normal”) from the heart of Japan. This is one of the winter illuminations that you can enjoy both on-site and remotely.

fRAum®︎ is the main visual for art calligraphy.

You may find there are many different characteristics in the city of Tokyo. Where history, the future and culture meet. Surrounding Tokyo Station, this area continues to emerge as a unique city where history, tradition, culture, science, business, and innovation blend together dynamically and form a hub that connects Tokyo, Japan and the world.

This unique light and illumination event has become the area's winter tradition since Tokyo Millenario was first held in 1999. This year, Tokyo Michiterasu 2020 is still hosting during the global pandemic, hoping to light the way of all of us to the future: Michi (unknown) and terasu (light). This event hopes to deliver a message of support and thanks to the people working towards the new era (the "new normal") from Japan's heart.

For those who can’t visit in person, Tokyo Michiterasu 2020’s official website offers a particular movie. It features five short stories told by art calligraphy animals in Tokyo Station Marunouchi Station Square and on Gyoko-Dori Street. Please enjoy whereby the dark world grows with the light of hope.


Episode 1:

Living is not breathing but doing - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Episode 2

Because love is, that forgives the conflict of opinion with mistakes and their own that person. - Florence nightingale

リモートで楽しむ東京ミチテラス2020/メッセージムービー「エピソード 2」ご来場されない方も「東京ミチテラス2020」はWEBサイトからスペシャル・ムービーがご鑑賞いただけます。東京駅前広場、行幸通りを舞台に、アートカリグラフィーの動物たちが紡ぐ、5つのエピソード。暗い世界を、希望の光で変えてゆくショートストー...

Episode 3

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up - Mark Twain

リモートで楽しむ東京ミチテラス2020/メッセージムービー「エピソード 3」ご来場されない方も「東京ミチテラス2020」はWEBサイトからスペシャル・ムービーがご鑑賞いただけます。東京駅前広場、行幸通りを舞台に、アートカリグラフィーの動物たちが紡ぐ、5つのエピソード。暗い世界を、希望の光で変えてゆくショートストー...

Episode 4

If you fantasize anyway, it’s best to have a wonderful imagination. - Lucy Maud Montgomery

リモートで楽しむ東京ミチテラス2020/メッセージムービー「エピソード 4」ご来場されない方も「東京ミチテラス2020」はWEBサイトからスペシャル・ムービーがご鑑賞いただけます。東京駅前広場、行幸通りを舞台に、アートカリグラフィーの動物たちが紡ぐ、5つのエピソード。暗い世界を、希望の光で変えてゆくショートストー...

Episode 5

True courage and kindness go on with people together. - Samuel Smiles

The video will be released on December 24, 2020


Event Details

The name of the event: Tokyo Michiterasu 2020

Opening period: Thursday, December 10 - Friday, December 25, 2020, from 3:00 pm ~ 9:00pm
*Some of the online content is scheduled to be available until Thursday, December 31. AR is available both daytime and nighttime at the venue.

The venue: Tokyo Station Marunouchi Station Square, Gyoko-Dori Street

The hosts (in no particular order) East Japan Railway Company Tokyo Branch and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

Other sponsors (in no particular order)Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; Chiyoda Ward; The Chiyoda City Tourism Association; The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Tokyo International Forum Co., Ltd.; The Council for Area Development and Management of Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho.

For more information, please visit: https://www.tokyo-michiterasu.jp/en/

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