2025 Sento Dashi Parade
Business Overview
Sento, the crystallization of popular culture in Tokyo, is on the decline. Aiming to pass on the memories nurtured by sentos and convey their multifaceted significance, Haruka Kuryu (architect), Masaya Sanmonji (urban designer), Kohei Utsumi (architect), and Yuuki Murata (sculptor) reassembled components and goods from closed sentos to create a "Sentou Dashi" that mimics a traditional float. Based on the concept of "A festival for sento that mourns the sento that is no longer there and celebrates the sento that lives today." they have held their own festival called Sento Dashi Junko. In 2025, we participated in the Kanda Matsuri Tsuke-matsuri Festival and had a great time! The tour was led by Azumaya in the central part of Tokyo, and the exhibition was carried out at a public bath and an electric bath.
- Period of Activity / Project
- [Kanda Matsuri Junko] Saturday, May 10, 2025
[Exhibition] Sunday, May 4, 2025 - Friday, May 30 - Venues
- Kanda Festival Junko: Arima Elementary School - Suitengumae - Ningyocho - Nihonbashi Mitsukoshimae - Kanda - Akihabara - Kanda Myojin Shrine (Kanda Matsuri Junko in Chuo Ward, Chiyoda Ward, and Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo)
[Exhibition] Denki Yu (Sumida Ward, Tokyo, exhibition)
Profile
[Bunkyo Architectural Association Youth]
The Bunkyo Architectural Association Youth (BKY), based in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, rediscovers and disseminates from an architectural perspective the resources that are often overlooked in the region, led by members who specialize in architecture and cities. In particular, sento related activities have become one of the main pillars of our association. At the same time, various efforts have been made to support the remaining sento as well as to record the closing of business one after another through measurements and tours. Since 2021, the "BKY + Sento Dashi Patrolling Club" has been conducting patrols and exhibitions in various locations.