Traditional Culture & Cutting-edge Technology "CHRONOSENSE" Museum of Light and Sound to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary

Step into an Enchanting World of Light and Sound: Winter Illumination Event at the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace

“CHRONOSENSE at the State Guest House Akasaka Palace, Museum of Light and Sound to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary” will be held for two nights only on Friday, December 20, and Saturday, December 21. This event combines the charm of traditional culture and historical heritage with cutting-edge technology to create the first-ever nighttime winter illumination event at the Palace. It is a national treasure that has hosted many historic moments as a venue for international diplomacy, and celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024.

The event will be produced by TEAM FIRE and Akira Hasegawa, who is a trailblazer in the digital art world and the creator of projection mapping. Akira Hasegawa will render a digital hanging scroll that slowly changes in accordance with the speed of the earth's rotation and projects a completely different view of the State Guest House Akasaka Palace as time passes. In addition, Tokizo Nakamura will appear in a “Digital Kabuki” (20th only) performance, and Kimio Otsubo, a Living National Treasure of Noh Theater (a preserver of an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property) and Manjiro Tatsumi will appear in the “Digital Noh Dance” (21st only). The event will showcase the new appeal of combining historical traditional performing arts with cutting-edge technology in an outdoor setting. There will also be a special indoor nighttime visit to the State Guest House Akasaka Palace, available on these two days only.