Happy New Year Tokyo 2025
The countdown event "Happy New Year Tokyo 2025" will be held on New Year's Eve as a special opportunity for participants to share Tokyo's diverse appeal and their aspirations for 2025. Projection mapping will be used to set the venue ablaze with a spectacular light show, and Ainosuke Kataoka will make a guest appearance.
Be sure to enjoy the diverse appeal of Tokyo in a special space where tradition and innovation intersect.
Photo by Takashi Okamoto
Happy New Year Tokyo2025 Outline
- Event dates
- December 31, 2024
- Time
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Venue opens at 21:30 / Start at 22:00 / End at 24:10 (scheduled)
Part1: 22:00~
Medley of past projection mapping works / DJ set by Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM)
*Participation in Part 1 is optional for selected guests, as well. Guests should take their physical condition into consideration when deciding whether to take part.
Part2: 23:15~
Music by Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble and Tomoyuki Tanaka (FPM) in special collaboration with projection mapping imagery. Ring in the new year with a spectacular countdown.
- Venue
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Tomin Hiroba (Citizen's Plaza)
- Program
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This will be a stage event making use of projection mapping. There will be performances by the internationally-renowned Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble and Tomoyuki Tanaka(FPM), who produces a number of famous artists, and a talk show with special guests will also be held.
- Performers
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Kabuki actor Ainosuke Kataoka
Tomoyuki Tanaka(FPM), DJ and music producer
Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble
- Venue address
- 2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8001
- Venue access
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<If arriving by train>
- Approx.10-min walk from JR Shinjuku Station West Exit
- Approx.10-min walk from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line
- Direct link to Tochomae Station on the Toei Oedo Line
<If arriving by bus>
- Approx.10-min walk from Shinjuku Station West Exit terminal bus stops
Application guidelines
- Application
period - November 22 (Friday) to 23:59 on December 9 (Monday), 2024
- Participation fee
- Free
- Event capacity
- About 1,500 people
- Reference
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- Participation is by advance application only (application period: from 14:00 on Friday, November 22, 2024 to 23:59 on Monday, December 9).
- Please use public transportation when coming to the venue.
- In the event of poor weather, the event may be cancelled or the program may be changed.
- If the event is cancelled, we will send a notification to the email address you registered in your application by 19:00 on Monday, December 30.
- Also, the event may be cancelled or changed on the day if there is a sudden change in the weather, etc.
- Please check the application guidelines in the form for details.
- The event will finish after midnight.Before you arrive, please check services on the mode of transport you intend to use.
- Since this will be a nighttime event, please take ample measures to protect against the cold.
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Last train information
- JR Shonan Shinjuku Line
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Omiya/Takasaki/Utsunomiya direction
23:33
Yokohama/Ofuna direction
22:58
- JR Saikyo Line
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Omiya/Kawagoe direction
0:00
Shinkiba/Ebina direction
22:58
- JR Chuo Line/Sobu Line
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local trains will run all night
- JR Yamanote Line
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JR Yamanote Line for Ikebukuro and Shibuya will run all night
※For details, please refer to the websites.
Happy New Year Tokyo 2025
Participation Project
Display your wishes on Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building by projection mapping!
TOKYO Digital Ema
"Your wishes for 2025" could be displayed on Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building by projection mapping! ?
Whether they be wishes for success in romance, passing of exams, finding a job, safety in the home, or good health, please send us your various prayers and aspirations as your "Wishes for 2025".
- Application period
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November 22 (Friday) to 23:59 on December 9 (Monday), 2024
- How to apply
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Click "Here to sign up for the event" and fill out the application form.
When applying, be sure to read the cautions in the form.
- Targets
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Applicants for Happy New Year Tokyo 2025
- Application contents
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Your wishes for 2025
- Projection day and time
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Around midnight on January 1, 2025 (projection in the event)
Please understand that we will not be able to project all the comments were receive.