Summer’s not quite over but the heat is gone! If you’ve spent the month hiding under an air conditioner, now is the time go and venture out into the noticeably cooler city for all the great events This Week in Tokyo. If you’re doing something fun or interesting, be sure to leave us a comment or email us to have your event listed.
QS World MBA Tour Premium in Japan
- Date: Thursday, September 3rd
- Time: 16:30 – 21:30
- Location: Tokyo Peninsula
- Admission: Free
QS, the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of UK, holds MBA Fair on 3rd of September in Tokyo, and 6th of September in Osaka. Attending the MBA Fair can make you to get interview tips, and find out what the school want, it is helping you to choose right MBA program.
Art Aquarium
- Date: Until Sunday, September 23rd
- Time: 11:00 – 23:00
- Location: Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall, COREDO Muromachi 1 5F, 2-2-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi
- Admission: ¥1000
Part aquarium, part art exhibit, completely mesmerizing. The Art Aquarium has returned to Nihonbashi for the 5th time this year, and you only have a few weeks to see its amazing, living, breathing, swimming art installations.
Sky Beer Garden
- Date: Until September 19th
- Time: 17:30 – 22:00
- Location: Tokyo Hilton 7F, 6-6-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
- Admission: ¥3500 for 90 minutes
Enjoy a great view and all-you-can-drink beer, wine, and cocktails at the Sky Beer Garden. Hurry, it’s only open until September 19th.
Hideaki Takamatsu Exhibition with Tokyo’s Homeless
- Date: Until November 29th
- Time: 09:00 – 17:00
- Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center
- Admission: Free
Photographer Hideaki Takamatsu has spent a decade meeting and photographing Tokyo’s oft forgotten homeless population. 42 of those photos are currently on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Human Rights Promotion Center. As Takamatsu explained in an interview with the Japan Times, the exhibition features black and white photos that “reflect the general and conventional public image of the homeless,” but also includes posed, color photos that “bring out their individuality.”
Kickboxing and Tabata
- Date: Tuesday, September 1st
- Time: 20:00
- Location: My Studio Shinjuku 5B, 7-17 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku
- Admission: ¥1,000
Had a bit too shaved ice this summer vacation? Shave off those extra kilos with this group workout. All fitness levels are welcome to try this fun, fast-paced training session.
Tokyo Comedy Store presents New Material Night
- Date: Tuesday, September 1st
- Time: 20:00 – 22:00
- Location: Double Tall Cafe, Shibuya East Side Building 2F, 3-12-24 Shibuya
- Admission: Free with drink or food purchase
Want to hear some new comedy? See some improv? Try out a few jokes of your own? Head out to the “hip and cool” Double Tall Cafe as the Tokyo Comedy Store puts on their New Material Night. The pros at the Tokyo Comedy Store will perform a free show, and you can join in if you’ve got some material worth sharing (just contact them ahead of time).
Disrupting Japan: Live and Unleashed
- Date: Wednesday, September 2nd
- Time: 18:30 – 22:30
- Location: SuperDeluxe in Roppongi
- Admission: ¥2500
To celebrate our one-year anniversary, Disrupting Japan will be recording a live podcast at Super Deluxe in Roppongi. This will be a special show in which Tim sits down over drinks with three of the most influential members of Tokyo’s startup community for a candid talk about what it takes to found a company, raise money, and scale up in Japan.
The 14th Tokyo Jazz Festival – Plaza
- Date: Friday, September 4th to Sunday, September 6th
- Time: Sat. 17:30 Sun. 12:45
- Location: Tokyo International Forum Hall
- Admission: Free
The main events of the Tokyo Jazz Fest are sold out, but the free Plaza section is still welcoming all comers. The theme of the plaza is international jazz. You can see great jazz artists from Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Austria and more.
Avengers in Sci-fi Present: Unknown Tokyo
- Date: Friday, September 4th
- Time: Open 18:30 / Start 19:00
- Location: Loft, Tatehana Building, B2 1-12-9 Kabukicho, Shinjuku
- Admission: ¥3000
Japan’s pre-eminent space rockers will take you on a journey into the future of music this Friday at Loft. AISF’s shuttle will be flanked by 80KIDZ, Awesome City Club and more.
Baseball: Baystars vs Giants
- Date: Friday, September 4th to Sunday, September 6th
- Time: Fri. and Sat. 18:00, Sun. 17:00
- Location: Yokohama Stadium
- Admission: Starting at ¥3400
The Baystars will try to salvage their season as the Giants look to move into second place this weekend in a triple header at Yokohama Stadium.
Kanpai Sake Festival
- Date: Friday, September 4th
- Time: 18:40
- Location: FCCJ, Yurakucho Denki North Building 20F, Yurakucho 1-7-1, Chiyoda-ku
- Admission: ¥3000
To celebrate the release of the book Sake: The History, Stories and Craft of Japan’s Artisanal Breweries by Hayato Hishinuma, the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan is hosting a special event this Friday. The author will give a seminar, and you will be served award winning sake from six breweries (and one distillery), along with snacks and shochu.
Gelato World Tour
- Date: Friday, September 5th to Sunday, September 6th
- Time: Fri: 10:00 – 20:00 Sun: 10:00 – 17:00
- Location: Komazawa Olympic Park Main Square, Komazawa Koen 101, Setagaya-ku
- Admission: Free
The Gelato World Tour has been in Rome, Melbourne, Dubai, Austin, and is now making its way to Tokyo. Its purpose? To spread love of Italian gelato. You can participate in gelato workshops, meet world-class gelato chefs, and even learn how to open your own gelato shop! And, of course, you’ll get to eat lots and lot of gelato, for free! Register online for your free ticket, which entitles you to taste six gelatos and vote on your favorites.
Asean Festival
- Date: Saturday, September 5th to Sunday, September 6th
- Time: 10:00 – 20:00
- Location: Yoyogi Park Event Area 2-1, Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya-ku
- Admission: Free
Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines are just four of the countries that make up Association of Southeast Asian Nations. You can celebrate the rich culture, delicious food, and wonderful music of these nations this weekend in Yoyogi Park. Top idol singers will also be performing.
Artist Night: Everybody is the Model
- Date: Saturday, September 5th
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Bar Speak Easy
- Admission: Free
You can see the art of photographer and director Guillaume Tauveron and become a part of it as well this Saturday at Speak Easy. The bar will be decorated with Tauveron’s photos, and he will take your portrait for free: “If you want your own nice portrait, talk with many people interested in art, and also have fun with your friends, the event is free!”
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