A cultural melting pot: What makes Tokyo’s arts scene so special?

In this series we get to know Tokyo through the eyes of the people who know it best: the locals.
We will meet some of the city’s charismatic inhabitants and see and hear why they fell in love with the city and why they are proud to call it home. The series uses a fresh and modern filming style, with a dynamic blend of interviews, narrative and direct-to-camera shots, interspersed with archive and contemporary footage and captioning.

Each episode will feature 2 protagonists who are Tokyo Tourism Ambassadors. We will discover their favourite places to go in Tokyo ー a mixture of some classic, iconic Tokyo sights and more personal, local places they have discovered themselves, showcasing the old and new sides to the city. Through their story and personality, we will see another, truly authentic side to Tokyo.

Kumakawa Tetsuya became the first Japanese ballet dancer to win a gold medal at the Prix de Lausanne and the first ever Asian to join the Royal Ballet. In the second part of this episode, we will follow the founder of K-BALLET TOKYO, exploring his artistic world and his passion for Tokyo.

Prominent French businessman and author Richard Collasse first came to Japan in the 1970s and has had a love affair with the country ever since. A recipient of national decorations and an acclaimed author in both his home and adopted country, and a lover of art, Richard will show us his favourite parts of Tokyo and explain what has kept drawing him back.

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