Tama Rokuto Science Museum, operated by NOMURA Co.,Ltd. as the designated manager, will hold a special summer exhibition, "Rokuto Insect Encyclopedia," to commemorate its 30th anniversary, starting July 20, 2024 (Saturday).

NOMURA Co.,Ltd. is entrusted with the overall operation, management of cultural facilities such as museums and science centers, including research, education, and outreach, with the aim of contributing to the development of local communities.

Tama Rokuto Science Museum (Nishitokyo City, Tokyo; Director: Takayanagi Yuichi), which we have been the designated manager for since 2013, will be holding a special summer exhibition, "Rokuto Insect Encyclopedia," to celebrate the museum's 30th anniversary.

With the theme of "Let's learn more about insects!", the program will introduce the fascinating aspects of insects, including their classification and ecology, by answering 30 mysterious questions about insects that children have.

Event Overview

Title: 30th Anniversary Summer Special Exhibition "Rokuto Insect Encyclopedia"

Venue: Tamarokuto Science Center Event Hall

Date: July 20, 2024 (Sat) - September 1, 2024 (Sun)

Closed: July 22nd (Mon), 29th (Mon), August 5th (Mon), 19th (Mon), 26th (Mon)

Time: 9:30am - 5:00pm

Cooperation: Musashino Natural History Research Society, Jueki Taro, Jitsugyo no Head Office, Ltd.

Aquamarine Inawashiro Kingfisher Aquarium, Bandai Co., Ltd., Kaiyodo Co., Ltd.

Price: Admission fee only (520 yen for adults, 210 yen for ages 4 to high school students)

Collaboration with Jyueki Taro
~Creates the main images for the exhibition, and also teaches insect sketching classes~

Illustrator, painter, and manga artist. Selected for the 19th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art. Made his debut as a picture book author with "Sugoi Mushi Zukan" (KADOKAWA).

Other major works include "Yurufuwa Insect Encyclopedia: We Live Relaxedly" (KADOKAWA) and "Jueki Taro's Yurufuwa Insect Encyclopedia" (Head Office). He has over 150,000 followers across all social media platforms.

In addition to the main visual, Jueki Taro also handled the illustrations and concept design for displays panels exploring the secrets of insects, making this a must-see exhibition for fans of Jueki Taro.

In addition, a sketching class will be held on Saturday, August 24th, with Jueki Taro himself as the instructor. Participants of the previous class gave positive feedback, saying, "I was very happy to be taught by the author of my favorite book," and "I was able to learn the tricks of observing what I want to draw."

(Photo: The previous sketching class)

A word from the planning staff
We will be displays various insect specimens and live insects from Japan and abroad. This will be an opportunity to learn things you've always wanted to know about insects, and to discover things you didn't know about familiar insects. Please come and see the diverse forms of insects.

Related Events
July 28th (Sun) Make insects out of plastic bottles *Raffle

​Let's do an insect survey in Rokuto's garden on Saturday, August 3rd! *Drawing

August 6th (Tue) - 18th (Sun), 30th (Fri) Listen to the footsteps of insects *Participation is open to all

August 10th (Saturday) Insect specimen making class *Lottery

August 24th (Saturday) Jueki Taro's Insect Sketching Class *Raffle

[Photo on the left: Let's make insects from plastic bottles (© Masumi Homma)]

[Photo on the right: Insect specimen making class]