[Shibuya Scramble Square Co., Ltd.] “Look up at the sky and open your senses. 5th anniversary of SHIBUYA SKY” EXHIBITION / THEATER / A month full of cultural content developed around four axes: MUSIC/MOONGAZING *Shibuya Scramble Square Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 4, 2024
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“Look up at the sky and open your sensibilities. 5th anniversary of SHIBUYA SKY” EXHIBITION / THEATER / MUSIC /
A month full of cultural content developed around MOONGAZING and four axes *On the night of the supermoon, when the moon is closest to the earth this year, a live moon viewing event will be held for the first time* ▲Key visual
SHIBUYA SKY is an observation facility located on the 14th, 45th, 46th, and rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square.
(Shibuya Sky)” will celebrate its 5th anniversary on Friday, November 1, 2024. To express our gratitude to our many customers and
commemorate our anniversary, SHIBUYA
Embodying the experiential value of SKY, “Look up at the sky and open your sensibilities.SHIBUYA
“SKY’s 5th Anniversary” will be held for a limited time from October 3, 2024 (Thursday) to November 3, 2024 (Sunday).
*POINT1 “ROOFTOP SUPER MOON NIGHT”*
On October 17th (Thursday), the supermoon night when the moon is closest to the earth this year, we will hold a rooftop observation space called “ROOFTOP SUPER MOON NIGHT”.
STAGE” will hold many events.
〇 Location: Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya, SHIBUYA SKY rooftop (SKY STAGE) 〇 Cooperation: Vixen Co., Ltd., Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya
〇Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/observation/
*This is a tour ticket that allows you to enter Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya and SHIBUYA SKY.
〇Ticket sales start date and time: September 19, 2024 (Thursday) 10:00 〇Ticket purchase site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/ticket/ *Please purchase the special ticket “Shibuya Super Moon Observation Special Tour Ticket” from the URL above after the ticket sales start date and time.
〇Other notes:
*You will be responsible for moving from Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya to SHIBUYA SKY by yourself.
*SHIBUYA on Thursday, October 17th
If SKY’s “ROOFTOP Astronomical Observation” is cancelled, your ticket can be used at SHIBUYA until October 31, 2024 (Thursday).
You can enter SKY. Please come to the ticket counter when entering. *ROOFTOP astronomical observation at SHIBUYA SKY can be enjoyed even by those who have a SHIBUYA SKY admission ticket on the day of the event.
*Please check the ticket purchase site for other notes.
▲Full moon observed from SHIBUYA SKY in the past
〇 Date: October 17th (Thursday)
* Reserve date: October 18th (Friday)
*This event will be rescheduled to an alternative date in the event of bad weather. The reserve day will also be canceled in case of bad weather.
We will inform you about the event status on the SHIBUYA SKY official X (formerly Twitter) account.
〇Timetable:
19:30 Screening of “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” 20:35 Screening of “Travel to the Moon” and live performance by ermhoi with her Chamber Music.
*The time schedule for the reserve date, October 18th (Friday), is as follows. 20:15 Screening of “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” 21:20 Screening of “Travel to the Moon” and live performance by ermhoi with her Chamber Music.
〇Location: SHIBUYA SKY rooftop (SKY STAGE)
〇Special site:
https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/rooftop_live_theater#live
* ★“MUSIC: Lunar World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music -” ticket with bonus*
In conjunction with this live event, we will be selling a limited number of tickets with special benefits.
○Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024
○Ticket price: 3,500 yen (tax included)/1 person
*The ticket includes the following contents.
・SHIBUYA SKY admission ticket
・Original music distribution QR code created for this event only for customers who have tickets with this benefit.
・This event limited sticker
○Ticket sales start date and time: September 18, 2024 (Wednesday) 10:00 ○Ticket purchase site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/ticket/ *Special ticket “[MUSIC] Moon World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music” can be purchased from the above URL after the ticket sales start date.
-Please purchase.
○Time schedule
18:45-20:00 Reception next to the ticket counter on the 14th floor 19:30 Screening of “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” 20:35 Screening of the world’s oldest science fiction work “Travel to the Moon” begins. Live performance by ermhoi with her Chamber Music.
*The time schedule for the reserve date, October 18th (Friday), is as follows. 19:30-20:45 Reception next to the ticket counter on the 14th floor 20:15 Screening of “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” 21:20 Screening of the world’s oldest science fiction work “Traveling to the Moon” begins. Live performance by ermhoi with her Chamber Music.
○Other notes
*If there is bad weather on October 17th (Thursday), “MUSIC: Moon World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music”
-” will be postponed to the preliminary date, October 18th (Friday). In case of bad weather on the preliminary day, the event will be canceled.
*October 17th (Thursday) “MUSIC: Moon World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music
-” is canceled, you can use your ticket until October 31, 2024 (Thursday) at SHIBUYA
You can enter SKY. When entering, please come to the ticket counter on the 14th floor and present your ticket purchase completion email. (If October 17th (Thursday) is canceled, you will be able to visit on the alternate day, October 18th (Friday). Even if the event is held on the alternate day, if it is difficult to visit on the alternate day. , you can visit until October 31st (Thursday).
*This event is a live event that you can enjoy freely in the rooftop observation space. Please note that there are no reserved seats or priority areas.
*For other notes, please check the ticket purchase site.
*”MUSIC: Moon World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music -” will be available at SHIBUYA on the day of the event.
You can also enjoy it even if you have a SKY admission ticket.
* ▷ Screening details*
* Title: “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” * Digital / 63 minutes / 2012 (France)
Director: Serge Blomberg, Eric Lang
Work information: Georges Méliès is said to be the first to make special effects/science fiction films. A documentary that explores Méliès’s eventful life and his pioneering cinematic expression. Trailer video: https://vimeo.com/1001436854/fa1ffe8c31?share=copy
* Title of work: The world’s oldest science fiction work “Travel to the Moon” * Digital / 15 minutes / 1902 (France)
Director: Georges Méliès
Work information: An adventure to the moon imagined above Shibuya in 2024. A screening of the masterpiece “Travel to the Moon”, which shines in movie history, with live music. Six astronomers fly to the moon’s surface riding a huge cannonball. It was a fantastical world that no one had ever seen before… “Travel to the Moon” is the world’s first science fiction film, depicting a trip to the moon that was only imagined long before humans reached the moon. It shines brightly in film history as a groundbreaking work that changed the way people thought about movies at the time.
▲From left: “The Wonderful Cinematic Magic of Méliès” and “Travel to the Moon”
* POINT2 THEATER: “Imagining the Universe” Rooftop movie viewing * ▲Key visual
【overview】
Rooftop movie viewing stimulates the imagination of outer space. This is a special screening event co-planned with the “Image Forum Festival,” an annual festival hosted by Image Forum, a center of visual art based in Shibuya, which is celebrating its 38th year this year. “Look up at the sky and open your sensibilities. SHIBUYA In line with the concept of the anniversary event, “SKY’s 5th Anniversary”, we have selected movies that depict humankind’s longing for and imagination of “space” from various perspectives.
This is a special four-night screening event where you can freely enjoy the movie at high volume in a 360-degree open-air rooftop viewing space. Image forum and SHIBUYA
In collaboration with SKY, in addition to providing an open way to enjoy movies that can only be experienced here, a movie that allows visitors from all over the world to look up at the sky from 229 meters above Shibuya and think about the universe that continues from the sky. We will deliver it to you.
* ▷ Screening details*
* Works ➊ *
▲“Zero Gravity” (C) 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Title: “Zero Gravity” * Digital / 91 minutes / 2013 (USA)
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Movie information: A masterpiece of a panic movie that realistically depicts outer space. While working in zero-gravity space 600,000 meters from Earth, debris from an artificial satellite collides with it. Survival begins in a hopeless situation.
Preview video: https://youtu.be/AFks1oK98Yo?si=C0HLxgM4unStMtUB
* Work ➋: “A short feature film that sharply visualizes humanity’s view of the universe” *
We have collected works that stir the imagination of outer space and the unknown world, and that express “a world that can only be seen through video.” We feature such historical masterpieces as well as short animation works that are popular at film festivals.
▲“Powers of Ten” (C) Eames Office, LLC. All rights reserved. * Title: “Powers of Ten” * Digital / 9 minutes / 1977 (USA)
Director: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Work information: A video work created by the Eames couple, who are known for their furniture and architectural designs. Achieved amazing visual expressions in an era when CG was underdeveloped.
▲“Rhizome”
* Title of work: “Rhizome” * Digital / 11 minutes / 2015 (France) Director: Boris Rabe
Work information: An animation of amazing detail developed based on over 2000 drawings. He has won numerous awards including Ars Electronica.
▲“Downside Up”
* Title: “Downside Up” * Digital / 16 minutes / 1984 (UK)
Director: Tony Hill
Work information: A masterpiece by Tony Hill, who creates innovative works one after another using shooting gimmicks. The daily life of a family is depicted from the perspective of the sun’s trajectory as it emerges from the horizon and sets behind it.
▲“Heliography”
* Title: “Heliography” * Digital / 5 minutes / 1979 (Japan)
Director: Hiroshi Yamazaki
Work information: A video work by Hiroshi Yamazaki, a photographer known for his conceptual works that capture the movement of the sun using long exposures. A masterpiece of experimental film with a celestial theme.
▲ 『ETERNITY』
* Title of work: “ETERNITY” * Digital / 21 minutes / 2022 (Japan) Director: Mirai Mizue
Work information: A psychedelic mandala-like world by Mirai Mizue, who is internationally acclaimed for her abstract animations with motifs of cells and geometric figures.
*Work 3.*
▲“The last and first human race”
* Title: “The Last and First Human” * Digital / 71 minutes / 2020 (Iceland) Director: Johan Johansson
Film information: The first and last feature film by Johann Johansson, who passed away prematurely in 2018. A novel visual world that seems to transcend time and space stirs the imagination of the audience.
*POINT3 EXHIBITION: Sky, various things. 5th anniversary exhibition* ▲Key visual
【overview】
The diverse colors of our hearts are reflected in the changing colors of the sky. A special exhibition where you can find your color within the gradation. SHIBUYA
We conducted a survey of SKY Annual Passport users and extracted their thoughts and experiences towards SHIBUYA SKY in words. SHIBUYA them Overlaid on the scenery visible from SKY, it will appear in a richly colored space, along with a group of sky photos taken by many visitors.
By exploring the time and memories that have passed through SHIBUYA SKY over the past five years, you are sure to find a world that reflects the colors of your heart.
Event period: October 3rd (Thursday) – November 3rd (Sunday) Time: 10:00-22:30 every day
Location: Indoor observation corridor SKY GALLERY
Cooperation: Partners who love SHIBUYA SKY (volunteers with annual passports)
* November 1st (Friday) * * Morning walk held exclusively for SHIBUYA SKY PASSPORT holders *
SHIBUYA SKY, which is always loved by customers.
To express our gratitude to our PASSPORT (Annual Passport) holders, we will be holding a limited early opening event entitled Morning Walk on Friday, November 1st.
Date and time: November 1st (Friday) 9:00~
*Details such as the meeting place and entrance method will be announced later in the SHIBUYA SKY PASSPORT (Annual Passport) email newsletter.
In addition, for customers who came to Morning Walk, we will be offering “FLOWer View | Flower Walk 229m above Shibuya” We will give you flowers made from reused art flowers on display at “Flower Walk 229m above Shibuya”. SHIBUYA offers art flowers that have bloomed into beautiful large flowers, bathed in the most sunlight in Shibuya.
Please take it home as a memento of SKY’s 5th anniversary.
*Limited quantity and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/flower_view/ Event details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu95v65zfMY
* [SHIBUYA SKY 5th Anniversary] Limited goods and drinks sales* To commemorate SHIBUYA SKY’s 5th anniversary, beautiful original items and food with bright graphics inspired by the colorful sky will be released from October 3rd (Thursday).
A great gift for your loved ones. For memories of SHIBUYA SKY. Please find your favorite.
“Look up at the sky and open your sensibilities. SHIBUYA SKY’s 5th anniversary” event overview
To commemorate the 5th anniversary of SHIBUYA SKY’s opening, we are celebrating the 5th anniversary of the opening of SHIBUYA SKY. We are bringing you a special month titled “SKY’s 5th Anniversary”. SHIBUYA looks up at the sky and fosters intellectual curiosity Don’t miss SHIBUYA SKY, which marks SKY’s 5th anniversary and various events will be held every day.
■Event name: * Look up at the sky and open your senses. SHIBUYA SKY’s 5th anniversary*
Event period: October 3rd (Thursday) to November 3rd (Sunday), 2024 Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/anniversary/ Please see below for an overview of each event.
■Event name: * EXHIBITION: Sky, various things. 5th anniversary special exhibition*
Event period: October 3rd (Thursday) – November 3rd (Sunday) Location: Indoor observation corridor SKY GALLERY
Cooperation: Partners who love SHIBUYA SKY (volunteers with annual passports)
■Event name: * THEATER: “Imagining the Universe” Rooftop movie viewing * Date and time: October 4th (Friday) / 11th (Friday) / 12th (Saturday) / 17th (Thursday) 19:30- each day
*In case of cancellation due to bad weather only on October 17th (Thursday), reserve date will be held on October 18th (Friday) from 20:15
Location: Rooftop observation space SKY STAGE
Cooperation: Image Forum
Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/rooftop_live_theater/
■Event name: * MOONGAZING: Shibuya Super Moon Observation *
Date and time: October 17th (Thursday) 16:30-18:30
*Backup date in case of cancellation due to bad weather October 18th (Friday) 17:15-19:15
Location: Rooftop observation space SKY STAGE
Cooperation: Vixen Co., Ltd., Cosmo Planetarium Shibuya
Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/observation/
■Event name: * MUSIC: Moon World Quartet – ermhoi with her Chamber Music -* Date and time: October 17th (Thursday) 20:35-21:05
*Backup day in case of cancellation due to bad weather October 18th (Friday) 21:20-21:50
Location: Rooftop observation space SKY STAGE
Cooperation: Image Forum
Special site: https://www.shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/rooftop_live_theater#live
*“WEB tickets” are on sale until 4 weeks after the date of purchase. Tickets for this event will go on sale starting September 5th (Thursday).
*SHIBUYA on the day of the event
Anyone with a SKY admission ticket or annual passport can watch the show. *Special tickets will also be sold separately for the Shibuya Super Moon Observation and the “Moon World Quartet” special live performance. Please check the details of each event for details. *SHIBUYA SKY tickets are limited in number. If tickets for your desired date and time are sold out, you will not be able to purchase them.
*Tickets are sold in admission slots every 20 minutes. You cannot enter before the listed entry time.
*It will take some time to reach the rooftop from the 14th floor ticket counter. For rooftop events, we recommend purchasing tickets well in advance.
*During crowded times, entry restrictions may be placed on areas such as the rooftop area.
*The event may be canceled or interrupted immediately before or during the event due to bad weather. For ticket cancellations and date and time changes, please visit the official website (
https://shibuya-scramble-square.com/sky/faq/
) Please check. (Some events have back-up dates. Please check the details of each event for details.) In any case, cancellations cannot be made after admission.
*There are some items that are prohibited on the rooftop.
For more information, please visit the official website
(https://www.shibuya-scramblesquare.com/sky/ticket/#sec-note) Please check
*Re-entry is not possible after exiting.
*We will take pictures of the event. It may be broadcast on various media at a later date. Thank you for your understanding.
*The contents are subject to change without notice.
*Please be sure to check the separate ticket purchase screen for other detailed instructions.
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