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New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum

博物館に初もうで Open from January 2 !

Celebrating the New Year 2012, the Tokyo National Museum will open from January 2. The New Year exhibition will feature the year's zodiac sign Dragon, and the museum will host various family events.

At Honkan (Japanese Gallery), there will be a Feature Exhibition of the New Year - Year of the Dragon: Looking at Dragons in Japanese, Chinese and Korean Art from January 2, 2012. Family events will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of January, including Shishimai dance performances, Taiko (Japanese drum) performances, and Daikagura of Edo Traditional vaudeville entertainment.

Visit the Tokyo National Museum and experience the Japanese New Year's celebration!

140th Anniversary Ceremony	January 2 10:00	Main Gate entrance area
140th Anniversary Gift	January 2 - January 9	Every day from January 2 to January 9, we will give the first 1400 visitors to the museum a dogu clay figurine strap (produced by Kaiyodo Co., Ltd.)
New-year Gifts from the Museum Shop	January 2 and January 3	Receive a raffle draw with purchases of 2,500 yen and over
	January 2 - January 9	New Year Art Book Sale
TNM&TOPPAN Museum Theater	January 2 and January 3	New-year gifts presented to the first 60 guests each day
New-year Service from Restaurant	January 2 and January 3	Receive Himalayan rock salt halite with purchases of 2,500 yen and over Complimentary Amazake (hot sweet sake) service for guests of Garden Terrace
Event in collaboration with Kan’ eiji Temple	January 2 and January 3 10:00 - 15:00	Special opening of the Konpon-chudo Hall of Kan’eiji Features oil-painted portraits of the Tokugawa shoguns


Taiko - Japanese drumming performance January 2 (Mon) 11:00, 14:00 January 3 (Tue) 11:00, 13:30	Shishimai - Lion-dance performance January 2 (Mon) 11:45, 15:00 January 3 (Tue)　10:30, 13:00	Kinryu no Mai (Performance of Golden Dragon) January 2 (Mon) 　10:15, 13:15