This event commemorates the first anniversary in September 2024 of the demise of “Iegekijyo,” a 90-year-old traditional kominka Japanese house in the Senju neighborhood of Tokyo’s Adachi-ku which operated for six years as a much-loved local creative space. Under the concept of exploring community/creative activities that can be continued without the physical space of a building while at the same time preserving and passing down the venue’s history, the event featured an exhibition, talks, tours and workshops, with a focus on dance performance.
Choreographed and directed by Yo Nakamura, the performance recreated the work “Living with cozy home,” which was performed 90 times at Iegekijyo over a three-year period, replicating the entire original performance space.
The venue not only acted as a theatrical space for the performance, but also hosted an exhibition created with artists in a variety of genres.
While visitors enjoyed the artistic offerings, additional programs gave them the opportunity not only to think about Iegekijyo, but also about the creation of environments/places, and issues of legacy and working in specific locales.

Dance performance
Yo Nakamura (choreography/direction), Arakimiyu (dance), Ayano Ogata (dance, organization)
Exhibition
Hikari Asano (contemporary art), Yuumi Kanemitsu (music), Takuto Morio + Playhouse ROCKAKU NUT (stereophonic sound equipment), Makoto Uemura (installation), Kensuke Okumura (video), Shuichiro Abe (video)
Creating a place
tmp. co-me-kan!
Shinya Satoh Laboratory, Department of Architecture, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University.
Weekend ononno club
Workshop/exhibition
Tuzurikata Shoso