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06/16, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo (Hibiya Park, Godzilla and Tadanori Yokoo)

An 18-year-old recruit shot and killed one of his instructors at a Self-DefenseForce firing range in Gifu Wednesday morning. A special screening of MakotoShinkai’s hit animated film Suzume no Tojimari (2022) took place at the CivicHall in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture last month, in the same place that alsomakes an appearance on-screen. And Tokyo-based artist Yuko Mohri to representJapan at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Back in Tokyo, an Hibiya with its bronzestatue of Godzilla is not far from Hibiya Park, opened in 1903 and once home tothe state wire service Domei Tsushin, . The park today is a far cry from theHibiya Riots which began in 1905. Nearby, the Ginza Graphic Gallery hosts artistand illustrator Tadanori Yokoo with “My Black Holes” an exhibition of archivematerial from the 1960s to the 1980s which runs until June 30th.—Substack: notebookpodcast.substack.comInstagram: @notebook_podTwitter: @notebook_pod—Get in touch: notebook.podcast@gmail.comLeave a message: speakpipe.com/notebook—

NOTEBOOK — Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo