Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa 2023 "Museum of the Moon"
Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa 2023 "Intrude"
Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa 2023 "Lines"
This moon-themed festival focused on three areas: free art displays around the neighborhood, NFT technology-based initiatives, and collaborations with the local community including festival-related events and special limited-menu offerings. Art exhibits included an outdoor moon installation by British artist Luke Jerram in the vacant lot of the Shimokita Railroad Street, while two other local venues, the Bonus Track complex – Shimokitazawa’s new symbol – and the Catholic Setagaya Church, featured luminous white rabbit inflatables by Australian artist Amanda Parer. Also on offer was an installation “Lines” by Kengo Kito, displayed on the usually inaccessible rooftop of Higashi-Kitazawa Station.
NFT initiatives include a stamp rally taking participants to landmarks old and new in the Shimokitazawa cityscape, and offering digital artwork under a collaboration with the 3D avatar NFT “Metaani” using a special NFT marketing web app.
Collaboration with the local community allowed Shimokitazawa’s various shopping streets and stores to get involved, offering roughly 50 collaborative programs including one-off menus designed especially for this art event.
【Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd】
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. operates a variety of businesses including railways and real estate, principally in the Tokyo and Kanagawa regions. Under its objective of becoming a “community-based value creation company,” Odakyu engages in diverse initiatives revolving around 1) an increase in resident population, 2) an increase in the number of visitors, 3) an increase in people that maintain relationships with communities, 4) improvement in well-being, 5) improvement in livability, and 6) local economic circulation, with the goal of growing alongside local communities. Centering on the core cities, Odakyu engages in business development that targets the entire region, with a focus on urban development that treats each core city as a “regional economic zone” to maximize the region’s potential.
Takaaki Mukai
Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd
ViNA GARDENS OFFICE 7F,2-2 Megumi-cho, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa
E-MAIL: takaaki.mukai@odakyu-dentetsu.co.jp
the vacant lot of the Shimokita Railroad Street
Catholic Setagaya Church
BONUS TRACK
The rooftop of Higashi-Kitazawa Station
Shimokitazawa Arts
