[Fall 2024 Latest Edition] 7 places to go in autumn in Japan where you can enjoy voice-guided tours by popular voice talents!
The heat is gradually easing and the season of pleasant temperatures for excursions has arrived!
Here are some of the best places to go this fall, where you can listen to voice guidance and narration by voice actors.
Since it is now cool enough to walk outside, we will also introduce some outdoor events such as stamp-rally style voice-guided tours!
1.[Daisuke Namikawa] Canaletto and the Splendors of Venice (Tokyo)
Location：SOMPO Museum of Art
Address: 1-26-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8338
Dates: Saturday, October 12, 2024 – Saturday, December 28, 2024
Opening hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays) *entry until 30 minutes before closing
*Please check the official website for more detailed information, including days the museum is closed.
URL for audio information: https://www.sompo-museum.org/exhibitions/2023/canaletto/
18th Century, Master of Veduta The First Exhibition in JapanThe first exhibition in Japan to introduce the whole picture of Canaletto (1697-1768), the master of veduta (landscape painting).
The exhibition consists of approximately 60 oil paintings, drawings, and prints, mainly from the National Gallery of Scotland and other British collections. Through Canaletto’s detailed and magnificent depiction of Venice, the exhibition traces the formation of the genre of landscape painting in the 18th century, and introduces the works of 19th century painters who continued the tradition and developed new images of Venice.
Daisuke Namikawa, well-known for his roles as Ishikawa Gomon in the “Lupin the Third” series, Eustace Kid in “One Piece” and Anakin Skywalker in the “Star Wars” series, will be presenting the highlights of Canaletto’s work, playing the role of a person who visited Venice during his Grand Tour, Please enjoy the music of 18th century Italy.
2.[Jun Fukuyama] CLAMP Exhibition -SELECTION- (Osaka)
(Reference) Hirakata Park Official X
Location: Hirakata Park Event Hall
Address: 1-1 Hirakata Koen-cho, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0054
Dates: October 11, 2024 (Fri.) – January 13, 2025 (Mon., holiday)
［First exhibition: Friday, October 11 – Wednesday, November 20 [Second exhibition: Friday, November 22 – Monday, January 13, 2025 (national holiday)
Opening hours: 10:00 – 17:00 (last admission 16:30)
*Please check the official website for more detailed information, including days the museum is closed.
URL for audio information: https://www.hirakatapark.co.jp/clamp-ex-osaka/
The “CLAMP Exhibition” was held at the National Art Center, Tokyo. The exhibition “CLAMP Exhibition -SELECTION” was born from the desire to show the many works and exhibits displayed there to a wider audience. The voice guide will continue to be provided by Jun Fukuyama, who is closely associated with CLAMP as Kimihiro Watanuki in “xxxHOLiC”, Torataro Kobayashi in “ANGELIC LAYER”, and Lelouch Lamperouge in “Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion.”
And right next to Hirakata City, where Hirakata Park is located, is Takatsuki City, the birthplace of Mr. Fukuyama!
You can also hear Jun Fukuyama’s on-board announcements on some Takatsuki City bus routes, so why not take this opportunity to visit the city?
3.[Mayumi Tanaka] The Modern Age of Haniwa and Clay Dolls (Tokyo)
Location：The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Address: 3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322
Dates: October 1 (Tuesday) – December 22 (Sunday), 2024
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) *entry until 30 minutes before closing
*Please check the official website for more detailed information, including days the museum is closed.
URL for audio information: https://haniwadogu-kindai.jp/audio-guide/
I am sure that everyone has encountered and become familiar with haniwa and clay figurines as a child. It was actually not until the distant past that they began to appear at the beginning of history textbooks, and it is only since the modern era that they have come to be discussed as “art”. This is an exhibition that is twice as good as one, as you can see the other side of the haniwa and clay figurine boom while viewing the artworks.
Mayumi Tanaka is famous for her roles in “One Piece” (Monkey D. Luffy), “Dragon Ball” (Krillin), and “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” (Pazoo). One of the characters she played on NHK Educational Television, “Oi! Hanimaru” as Hanimaru, the prince of Haniwa. She is playing the role of an audio guide at this exhibition, introducing the highlights and attractions of the works.
4.[Oshi no Ko] x Takachiho Town (Miyazaki, Japan)
Location: Nishi-usuki-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture
Address: In Takachiho Town (details of collaboration location to be released in due course)
Dates: Friday, November 1, 2024 – Monday, March 31, 2025
*For more detailed information, please check the official Instagram of Takachiho Town.
URL for audio information: https://ichigoproduction.com/Season2/news/index01010000.html
Takachiho Town” in Miyazaki Prefecture, famous for its sightseeing spots such as Takachiho Gorge and as a mythical village, appears as a stage model for the “private version” in the TV animation “The Guessing Child”!
To commemorate the appearance, Takachiho Town is planning to sell an audio guide that allows visitors to tour the town with the [Oshi no Ko] characters, as well as limited-edition goods that can only be obtained in Takachiho Town. The details of the voice talents for the voice guide have not yet been announced, but Yurie Igoma’s “Video of my visit to Takachiho” will be released at a later date. Please visit the land of Japanese mythology! A special page for [Oshi no Ko] x Takachiho Town is scheduled to be opened in October. Follow Takachiho Town’s official Instagram and look forward to more news!
5.[Aina Suzuki] Chitose Aquarium, the home of salmon (Hokkaido)
Location：Chitose Aquarium, the home of salmon
Address: 2-312 Hanazono, Chitose-shi, Hokkaido 066-0028
Dates: Thursday, March 25, 2021 – on-going
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00
*Please check the official website for more detailed information, including days the museum is closed.
URL for audio information: https://chitose-aq.jp/info/ticket.html#web
You can listen to the Chitose Aquarium audio guide “MOTTO! The mysterious and interesting fish story” is now available on the ‘Pokke” smart phone application! “
The navigator is Aina Suzuki, a voice actress and singer from Chitose. Please take advantage of this audio guide full of the charms of the Chitose Aquarium.
6.[Yuichi Nakamura] Tanaka Isson Exhibition: Light of Amami, Paintings of Soul (Tokyo)
Location：Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Address: 8-36 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007
Dates: Thursday, September 19, 2024 – Sunday, December 1, 2024
Opening hours: 9:30-17:30, 9:30-20:00 on Fridays *entry until 30 minutes before closing
*Please check the official website for more detailed information, including days the museum is closed.
URL for audio information: https://isson2024.exhn.jp/guide/
More than 250 works, including paintings, sketches, artifacts, and documents, provide a complete picture of Tanaka Isson.
Included in the exhibition are his representative works painted in Amami, such as ” KUWAZUIMO & SOTETSU” and “ADAN NO UMIBE,” as well as other large, unfinished paintings. Many works recently discovered and exhibited for the first time will also be on display, tracing the trajectory of an unknown artist. Actor Kotaro Koizumi and voice talents Yuichi Nakamura will appear in the audio guide.
7.[Minami Takayama] A Trip to Aichi with Ghibli Park Digital Stamp Rally – Sakujima, Inuyama, Arimatsu (Aichi)
Location：Sakushima, Inuyama, Arimatsu
Address：Nishio, Aichi 444-0416, Japan / Inuyama, Aichi 484-0002, Japan / Nagoya, Aichi 458-0924, Japan
Dates: Sunday, September 1, 2024 – Saturday, November 30, 2024
*For more detailed information on how to participate, please visit the official website.
URL for audio information: https://jp.pokke.in/aichi-stamprally/#present
Let’s get stamps while listening to a guide by Minami Takayama, a well-known voice talents of “The Witch’s Delivery Service” (Kiki/Ursula), visiting three areas in Aichi Prefecture where Ghibli Park is located: Sakushima, Inuyama, and Arimatsu. Some places are not easy to live, but why don’t you take this opportunity to visit them?
We hope you will visit various places in Japan while feeling the pleasant breeze.
That’s all! These are the recommended autumn outings around Japan where you can listen to voice-guided tours by voice talents.
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CLAMP’s new original color drawings will be exhibited!
Do you want to listen to it after you go? Listen before you go?” An audio guide that you can take home with you starts at Chitose Aquarium, the home of Hokkaido’s salmon! Popular local voice talents Aina Suzuki has been appointed as the navigator!
