Near Takanawa Gateway Station, the natural, undulating lines of Kengo Kuma & Associates¡¯ architecture stand out in an area otherwise dominated by boxy high-rises of glass and steel. This sculptural building houses MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives, located within the new Takanawa Gateway City commercial and business complex, which opened on March 28.?
The museum has exhibitions, installations and performances that span traditional practices including tea ceremony and paper-cutting and contemporary media such as manga, making room for culture of all forms in this sprawling urban space.?
MoN Takanawa¡¯s inaugural theme, ¡°Life as Culture,¡± and the wordplay of the museum¡¯s name itself ¡ª ¡°mon¡± can mean both ¡±gate¡± and ¡°question¡± ¡ª with the intention to open visitors¡¯ minds about what constitutes culture.?
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