by minon_admin | Jun 25, 2019 | News
The Min-On Music Museum’s western branch has received many visitors in the seven years since it opened in April 2012, and on Saturday, May 4, that number reached 100,000. The lucky visitors were Nishinomiya City residents Miss Masae Iwai (a high school senior) and her...
by minon_admin | Feb 8, 2019 | News, Outreach
On January 5 in Sapporo and on January 6 in Takikawa, a Handcrafted Instruments Workshop and Concert for Children and Parents was held by Kunitaro Ikeda and Akiko Saito. Parents and children enjoyed making instruments and performing together, and parents also raved...
by minon_admin | Sep 5, 2018 | JapanRA, News, Outreach
Profile: The name Trio Minpia means “Made in Nagoya Piano Trio,” with each member hailing from Nagoya. The trio includes Shoko Mizuno, who completed her postgraduate at Tokyo University of the Arts and also works as a pianist at the New National Theatre Tokyo;...
by Peter | Jun 8, 2016 | Features, Lectures, News
The Min-On Music Museum is one of only a handful of music museums in the world. Located in Shinanomchi, Tokyo, this valuable repository of musical artifacts houses over 300,000 items, including antique pianos, music boxes and various ethnic instruments displayed in a...
by Peter | Oct 12, 2015 | News, Outreach
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, the Min-On Music Museum opened a special exhibition entitled “Music Journey—the 70-Year Musical History of Post-World War II Era Japan” on September 8. Under the supervision of longstanding...
