untill September 5th

The incredible handicraft, KIRI-E (cut picture) exhibition is held in the building of Kyoto Station.
The master of Kirie, Imamura mitsuhiko shows the great work on cut pictures!! He uses onlya pair of scissors to produce the picture.
Only 700yen, and 5 minuets from Hostel!

２０１１AUGUST１７th(Wed)～September５th(Mon)

■Open hours
１０：００～２０：００
■location
JR Kyoto station, Isetan Building 7th floor

■fee
Adult 700yen

The Exhibition of Shōsōin Treasures

The Shōsōin is the treasure house that belongs to Tōdai-ji, Nara. It lies to the northwest of the Daibutsuden (which houses the Great Buddha). The Shōsōin houses artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tempyō period of Japanese history.

Selected treasures are shown at Nara National Museum once a year in autumn.

Date: 10/23-11/11

Price: 1,000 JPY

Access: The Nara Museum is 10 minute walk from Daibutsuden (Great Buddha)

SPECIAL EXHIBITION [Ryoma Sakamoto] @ The Museum of Kyoto

Sakamoto Ryōma (坂本 龍馬) was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period in Japan.

Thanks to NHK (Nippon Housou Kyokai) series, he is popular star of today. He was born in Kochi of Shikoku island and spent the most important term in Kyoto. His word [Nippon is again to be clean] is still used by some politicians.


SPECIAL EXHIBITION [Ryoma Sakamoto] @ The Museum of Kyoto
19th June to 19th July
10:00 to 18:00
Closed Mondays (expcept for 19th July)
Adult 1200 yen Student 800 yen Child 500 yen

Access from Kyoto Hana Hostel
Subway Karasuma Line Kyoto station, get off at Karasuma-oike station. 5 min walk.