[Sendagaya, Tokyo] National Stadium Tour Special Event Kengo Kuma x Rie Qudan Talk Show & GINZA KYUBEY & nôl Special Lunch

You can watch a luxurious talk show with Kengo Kuma, a world-renowned architect who was involved in the design of the National Stadium, and Rie Kudan, a writer who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2024. You can also enjoy lunch at a famous Edomae sushi restaurant and a French restaurant that has been selected as a Michelin Green Star. *Kuma and Kudan will only participate in the talk show. *Consecutive interpretation from Japanese to English will be provided. ■Profile: Kengo Kuma Born in 1954. Established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. After serving as a professor at Keio University and the University of Tokyo, he is currently a special professor and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. Projects are underway in over 50 countries. He proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and humans. His major works include "Kengo Kuma: Onomatopoeia, Architecture, Groundedness" (Exknowledge), "Japanese Architecture" (Iwanami Shinsho), "All Works" (Daiwa Shobo), "Points, Lines, Planes" (Iwanami Shoten), "Losing Architecture" (Iwanami Shoten), "Natural Architecture", "Small Architecture" (Iwanami Shinsho), and many others. ・Kudan Rie Born in 1990. Originally from Saitama Prefecture. In 2021, she made her debut by winning the 126th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize for "Bad Music". "Schoolgirl", released in the same year, was nominated for the 166th Akutagawa Prize and the 35th Mishima Yukio Prize. In March 2023, she won the 73rd Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for the same work. In November, she won the 45th Noma Literary Newcomer Prize for "The Horse That Hides His Secret". In January 2024, she won the 170th Akutagawa Prize for "Tokyo Tower of Sympathy". ■ Souvenirs: A free copy of "Japanese Architecture" by Kengo Kuma (subject to change) and "Tokyo Tower of Sympathy" by Rie Kudan (both autographed). The first 20 customers will receive them on the day, and the rest will receive them at a later date.

A guide not included in regular stadium tours will take you to areas that are not normally open to the public, such as the flash interview zone, the athletes' locker room, the track and field area, and the VIP room.

You can watch a spectacular talk show between Kengo Kuma, the world-renowned architect who was involved in the design of the National Stadium, and Rie Kudan, the author who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2024. Kuma will talk about the key points he was involved in designing the National Stadium, and his thoughts on "Tokyo Tower of Sympathy," for which Kudan won the Akutagawa Prize.

In the VIP lounge of the National Stadium, you can enjoy sushi from GINZA KYUBEY, a renowned Edomae sushi restaurant in Japan, and a French buffet from restaurant nôl, which has won one star (modern cuisine) in the Michelin Guide Tokyo for three consecutive years since 2022 and will also be selected as the first Michelin Green Star in 2024.