Events on June

In June, Tokyo enters the early-summer rainy season. When it rains, everyone enjoys curry dinners with candlelight at SHIBAURA HOUSE, or have cup of coffee at first floor, observing the passing through people with their umbrellas through windows. When sunny day comes, we dance and play with the children and neighbour, sharing the pleasant lunch atmosphere at here despite the humid weather. Most of friends who visited us feels natural and comfortable on this June.

Improvisational music & sharing food on Moon Kitchen

Date: June 3rd, 10th, 17th& 24th

Every Monday evening, Moon’s kitchen at SHIBAURA HOUSE  is a playground for everyone. People come with friends, homework or snacks, enjoying our hand-made rice balls and miso soup while feeling the warm, home-like atmosphere.After dinner, one of neighbor came with an electronic piano and a rainstick, improvised music concert with many laughter. At the same time, Moon's kitchen also available to improvise dance! Children are dancing freely in the space and chasing each other, accompanying parents very enjoy the leisure  of having someone to play with their children in here. 

Planting Rice 

Date:16th June. 10:30am-16:00pm

Location: Fujihashi, Ome

Today, urban children rarely have the opportunity to experience the fun of farming. We create an entire process of rice from planting to harvesting which is a way  back to nature for all. In the third year, SHIBAURA HOUSE has brought 25 participants to Ome for experiencing the joys of rice planting. This year we planted three different flavours of rice(includes Mochikome, Kodaikome,and sasanishiki rice). There's nothing better than sharing a meal together after everyone have done hard working in the farmland. Enjoin observing children how play to the field in their own way.(Like swimming, catching tadpoles or fishing) Probably only when you experienced the process of planting rice, you might truly understand how precious each grain of rice is.

Artistic curry ＆ rice evening

Date: June 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th

Our weekly Friday evening themed with curry & rice continues regularly. This month, we made pork curry with spinach, beef curry combined with eggplant and nuts, chicken curry with tomato sauce, and a spicy curry mixed with various vegetables. Meanwhile, our member Aoki makes live improvised music while people came with joys and their children. Friday evening always as a relaxed and wonderful time for all.

Designing Cities For ALL: RE-Generation
"(Re)designing connection - #3 More than Cities"

Date: 24th June

Location: Amsterdam | online archive available

(For knowing another relative episodes on April & May, please refer to previous post)

(photo credit: Abandon Normal Devices)

How can we cultivate meaningful connections between individuals and their communities in rapidly urbanising environments?

SHIBAURA HOUSE is joining a program "Designing Cities for All" by Pakhuis de Zwijger, a cultural and social center striving for social justice located in Amsterdam. In the final episode of our series "(Re)Designing Connection," we delved into how personal connections foster communal ties, against the backdrop of Tokyo’s shifting neighborhood dynamics due to urbanization. Speakers examined the potential for bridging urban disconnects and inspiring a reimagined sense of neighbourhoods and beyond. Lastly, they revealed how we can extend these intimate connections to reinvigorate urban spaces and encourage global unity.

This is also a cookie model

Date:25th May - 9th June

Location: Onshitsu (Taiwan)

(For knowing relative two episodes on May, please refer to previous post)

Mr.Mitsuboshi Azumi from Japan to teach and research the Taiwanese version of the design them ‘This is also a cookie model’. This workshop has being conducted at universities in Tokyo, proposing a cookie model which is not limited by existing cookie shapes( ready-made metal frames), through coming familiar daily items and processing existing tools to design models, new textures and favours of cookies are born, including usage instructions and present a midterm laboratory report. In addition, out of all the materials what we've made together at Onshitsu, Mr.Mitsuboshi also brought the products which is made from his laboratory. Impressively, everyone received feedback from Mr.Mitsuboshi and shared Taiwanese version of their research, they turned Onshitsu into a lovely tea house.