09/16, Arts Culture Tourism from Tokyo

JR Kyushu unveiled its new sightseeing train the Futatsuboshi 4047 which will run along the Nagasaki and Omiya lines in Kyushu. The service will start next week on the 23rd and also coincide with the opening of the West Kyushu Shinkansen Line. Meanwhile, artist Kazuna Taguchi also brings her exhibition “A Quiet Sun” at Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum to a close, bringing life to dead images while scooping up references to other works, namely the Mnemosyne Atlas by the German historian and cultural theorist Aby Warburg. In the Renzo Piano designed Hermes gallery, her small photographic works ask a lingering question: What kind of images are produced by the setting sun? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices