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Urban Sketchers Tokyo

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Sketching the greater Tokyo area one sketch at a time — come join us! Everyone is welcome. Tag us #usktokyo

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USk Tokyo at Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome
Thanks for joining us to sketch in the beautiful greenhouse, and then sketch on the lawn outside. Beautiful results!
Next sketch meet: Tokyo Station Marunouchi side on Saturday, May 3rd!
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #urbansketch #usktokyo

28.04.2025 07:35 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

English below!

場所は新木場駅にある植物園です。
植物園にした主なきっかけとしては、最近雨降ったり、寒暖差も激しいので、たまには室内で植物を観察しながらお絵描きできたら楽しいじゃないかと思いました!

当日の予定について
9時30分新木場駅に集合して、みんなで植物園に向かいます。
13時30分にスローダウンします。

電話で伺った所、①植物園内で絵を描くこと⭕️(周りのお客様の邪魔にならないように)②決まった場所であれば飲食⭕️
③椅子の持ち込み❌④絵を立てるスタンド❌

楽しみです😌

26.04.2025 01:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join us to sketch the botanical garden near Shinkiba Station.

Meet: 9:30am at Shin-Kiba station, walk to Botanical Garden
Throw-down: 13:30 at the botanical garden.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all on the day 😌

#urbansketching #usktokyo #urbansketchers #urbansketch

26.04.2025 01:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sketching in Ichikawa, Chiba, about 20 minutes by train from Tokyo station.
#urbansketching #usktokyo #urbansketchers #urbansketch

18.04.2025 01:04 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sketching cherry blossoms in Tokyo. Another sakura sketch will be on Sunday, March 30 at 12:30pm at Toritsudaigaku station.

29.03.2025 05:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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都立大学の美しい桜並木沿いの散歩道でスケッチをしましょう。寒いため、集合時間は12:30と通常より遅くなります。懇親会は15:00からとなります。

12:30pm 集合場所: 都立大学駅(東横線)南口
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スローダウン: 15:00 氷川神社の入り口

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27.03.2025 13:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Please plan to join us for sketching along the lovely sakura-lined walking paths of Toritsudaigaku.

12:30 Meeting place: Toritsudaigaku station (Toyoko line) south exit
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3:00pm Throw down:
Entrance to Hikawa Shrine
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27.03.2025 13:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

午前10時に祐天寺で待ち合わせ、午後12時30分にスローダウン。

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祐天寺の辺で昼食をとり、興味のある方は桜をテーマに有名な目黒川に続き、桜の木が何マイルも並んでいます。また、食べ物や飲み物で楽しいお祭りが開催されます。

関西のケンダル・ジェームズが参加し、赤ちゃんを連れてきます。私たちと一緒にスケッチして、ケンダルに会いに来てください!

23.03.2025 01:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cherry blossoms and a temple — sketch meet Friday, March 28

Meet at Yutenji temple at 10am, throw down at 12:30pm. We will have lunch in Yutenji, then meander down to the famous Meguro River and its 800 sakura trees.

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#usktokyo #urbansketchers #urbansketching

23.03.2025 01:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sketch meet on Saturday, March 15 at the Roppongi Hills Spider sculpture.
六本木ヒルズの🕷️蜘蛛の彫刻にてスケッチ。
Meet at the plaza by the “Maman” spider sculpture at 10:30, thrown down at 12:30.
10:30 に「ママン」クモの彫刻のそばの広場に集合し、12:30 にスローダウンします。

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#usktokyo #urbansketchers #urbansketching

10.03.2025 04:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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YouTube video by CBS News Sketching movement draws quite the crowd worldwide

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08.03.2025 18:42 — 👍 35    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0
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We are starting to use meetup.com, which was very successful!

06.03.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our USk Tokyo sketchbook exhibition is at Bluff No.18, so let's sketch the beautiful western building and Yokohama skyline nearby! Join us at the exhibition venue at 1:30 PM, and we'll have a throwdown to share our sketches at 3:30 PM.

#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

04.03.2025 09:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our exhibition book has arrived! Get your copy at our upcoming exhibition at Bluff 18 in Yokohama, (near Ishikawacho station) from March 6-11!
Admission free, 9:30-5:00. (First day starts at noon, last day ends at 2pm.)
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

02.03.2025 00:58 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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March Prompts are here! ✍️🎨
Share your on location sketches using #USkMarchPrompts2025

sketch by @bjezierska_art

01.03.2025 17:00 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Sketch meet at Sukibayashi produced some giant works!

Come see them in person at our exhibition at Bluff 18 in Yokohama, (near Ishikawacho station) from March 6-11!
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

27.02.2025 22:01 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

今年も、ケイシーさん、ゴロウさんと私の3人で、銀座の数寄屋橋交差点で巨大スケッチを行います!

ぜひお気軽にご参加いただき、この象徴的なスクランブル交差点を一緒にスケッチしましょう!

特に集合時間はありませんので、都合の良い時間にお越しください。
Throwdown は、午後3時30分に数寄屋橋公園で行います。

22.02.2025 11:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sketch Sukibayashi crossing in Ginza!
Join us on Thurs, Feb 27, 10:30-3:30 to sketch this iconic scramble crossing!
There is no formal meeting time – just come when you can.
We'll gather for a throwdown to share our sketches at 3:30 PM at Sukiyabashi Park.
#usktokyo #urbansketchers #urbansketching

22.02.2025 11:11 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Sketch meet at Some no komichi Festival — a festival celebrating the art of screen printing kimono fabric, where lengths of dyed fabric are hung to dry over the river.

Next sketch meet is Thurs, Feb 27 at Sukibayashi Crossing in Ginza. Details to come.

#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

21.02.2025 22:24 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
27 happy sketchers

27 happy sketchers

Each sketcher’s sketch

Each sketcher’s sketch

Showa-era building

Showa-era building

Spicy ramen to warm us up after sketching

Spicy ramen to warm us up after sketching

A great sketch meet at Okazu Yokocho sketching Showa-era buildings. 27 sketchers representing 10 countries in attendance, many first time urban sketchers, too!
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

16.02.2025 09:09 — 👍 29    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A unique event, “Some no komichi” or called “River Gallery” takes place every year at the end of February in Nakai, Shinjuku Ward.
A lot of kimono fabric is draped over the Myoshoji River.
We will have a sketch meetup on Feb 21.
Meeting Time: 11:00
Meeting Point: Exit A2 of Nakai station (Oedo Line)

16.02.2025 08:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

新宿区中井で毎年2月末にユニークな催しがあります。
妙正寺川の上にたくさんの着物の生地が掛けられます。
今年は2月21日から23日の3日間です。
初日の21日(金)にスケッチ会をやります。
川沿いの小道に小さなギャラリーがたくさんあります。近くには漫画家赤塚不二夫ゆかりの店が、林芙美子記念館があります。その途中にはいくつもの坂もあります。

下記を参照してください。染めの小道のオフィシャル案内です。

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集合時間: 11:00
再集合時間:13:00
集合場所: 都営地下鉄大江戸線中井駅出口A2

16.02.2025 08:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Let’s Sketch Somenokomichi!
Friday, Feb 21 at 11am.
Details in the comments.
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

16.02.2025 08:33 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Upcoming USk Tokyo exhibition in Yokohama!
March 6-11, 2025 at Bluff 18 Gallery. 29 artists exhibiting, open to everyone, free of charge. Please come visit!
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

15.02.2025 10:38 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This Saturday, Feb 15! Come join us — all abilities are welcome.
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usktokyo

11.02.2025 09:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let's draw in Shimokitazawa and discover the city's charm while sketch around there.
It'll be nice to walk around and have plenty of sketching time since we have 3 hours for the event.

Meeting place: In front of Shimokitazawa Station Central Gate

Meet: 10AM
Throwdown: 13PM

04.02.2025 03:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

下北沢でスケッチ。街の魅力をスケッチしながら発見しましょう。
時間はたっぷりの3時間。歩き回るのもよし、暖かなインドアのカフェにて温かいフードスケッチするもよし、です。集合時間に間に合わない方は再集合のスローダウンに来てみてください。

集合場所:下北沢駅中央口前。(出口がいっぱいあるのでお間違えなく)
集合時間:10:00AM
再集合時間:13:00PM

04.02.2025 03:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Let’s Sketch Shimokitazawa! Feb 8, 10am, details in thread.

下北沢でスケッチ!
2月8日10時から13時まで
#urbansketchers #usktokyo #urbansketching

04.02.2025 03:44 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Share & sketch your city!
Turn into USk’s February Symposium-inspired prompts and learn a fun fact about Poznan every day
#USkFebruaryPrompts2025

02.02.2025 06:11 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

We use Instagram as well, but we are exploring additional ideas.

02.02.2025 11:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0