2009.03.16
▼Midtown Blossom2009
March 20th (Friday) - April 5th (Sunday)
Tokyo Midtown is holding a spring festival called Midtown Blossom 2009 from Friday, March 20 to Sunday, April 5.
The concept of Midtown Blossom 2009 is the celebration of spring. A series of events will be held, helping you enjoy a spring season under nearly 110 cherry trees.
■ Sakura Café
Tokyo Midtown invites you to its Sakura x Kimono themed cherry-blossom viewing this year. An open-air café, Sakura Café, will open in the Midtown Garden where approximately 110 cherry trees blossom. The cafeteria is equipped with easy-to-sit-in high chairs and standing counters so that those dressed in kimonos can comfortably enjoy viewing the cherry blossoms.
■ SAKURA STORY
The magnificence of cherry blossoms under the spring sunshine. The fantastic sight of cherry blossoms emerging in the evening. Gwenael Nicolas, a spirited designer, will express the beauty of cherry blossoms by illuminating the cherry trees at night from two aspects. It will not simply be a lighting-up of the trees, but will express the processes of the falling and accumulation of petals like a carpet.
【Period】
Friday, March 20 to Sunday, April 5
*The festival will continue until the cherry blossoms are gone.
【Hours】
5:00 pm to 11:30 pm
【Place】
Sakura Street, Midtown Garden
■ Midtown Blossom Lounge
An open area for enjoying music to the theme of the celebration of spring. Visitors can enjoy soothing music as if they were in a lounge. On Saturdays and Sundays, there will be live performances. When there is no live performance, a 200 inch screen will show images and videos created to the theme of the celebration of spring.
【Period】
Friday, March 27 to Sunday, March 29; and Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5
*To be held even during rain, but will be cancelled in heavy weather.
【Cafe hours】
11:00 am to 6:00 pm
*Until 9.00 pm on Fridays
【Place】
Canopy Square, 1st floor of Plaza
【Admission】
Free
【Artists】
Saturday, March 28:
1:00 pm: Naruyoshi Kikuchi & Hiroshi Minami
5:00 pm: quasimode
Sunday, March 29:
1:00 pm: The JADE
4:00 pm: Takatsugu Muramatsu
Saturday, April 4:
2:00 pm: Yuna Ito
5:00 pm: Mai Hoshimura
Sunday, April 5:
1:00 pm: Misako Sakazume
4:00 pm: K
■ Kimono rental & dressing service
Why not enjoy the cherry blossoms in a "casual" kimono?
Enjoy viewing the cherry blossoms dressed in a kimono at Tokyo Midtown where cherry flower petals flutter in the spring breeze.
■ Spring Night Dream - Cherry Blossom Decorations
Since ancient times cherry trees have been said to be the trees on which the gods are enthroned. Hiroki Maeno, a flower arrangement artist, will use a variety of flowers including cherry blossoms to express a fantastically beautiful world inspired by Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.
【Period】
Friday, March 20 to Sunday, April 5
【Place】
In front of Tree Shower and the information desk on the 1st floor of Galleria, and the entrance of Market Street on the basement floor of Galleria
■ Cherry Tea Treat
On Tokyo Midtown's birthday, Monday, March 30th, we will celebrate by treating the first 500 visitors to richly-flavored cherry tea. Cherry tea, appreciated for its rich flavor, is served at auspicious occasions.
【Period】
Monday, March 30
【Hours】
12:00 pm onward
【Place】
Canopy Square, 1st floor of Plaza
Distributed free to the first 500 visitors
