Street piano at Tokyo Transportation Hall

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The street piano we’d like to introduce to you today is located about a five-minute walk from Yurakucho Station.
The street piano here is only available for two hours a day to play.
Thanks to its easy accessibility and the fact that you can play the grand piano, many people come to play here every day.

Piano Type :Grand Piano

The street piano is located in front of the elevator, so there are a lot of foot traffic, which makes me nervous.
There is a waiting area behind the piano, and performers should line up there.

Installation date : Permanent

Playable time :14:00 to 16:00

Notes

Piano playing is permitted from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Usage time per person is limited to 10 minutes once per day (including performance time).

Commercial performances and activities (handing out flyers for live performances) are prohibited.

Bringing in other instruments, jamming, and singing are prohibited.

Please refrain from playing while eating or drinking.

When playing, please play gently and do not strike the piano too hard.

Do not open the top.

If the piano is observed to be treated roughly or damaged, you may be asked to pay compensation.

Please note that you will be asked to cease use if you do not comply with requests from museum staff.

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This piano was apparently borrowed from Tokyo Metropolitan High School of the Arts, so please take good care of it.

Location

Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Yurakucho 2-10-1 Tokyo Transportation Center, elevator hall on the first basement floor

If you are coming from JR Yurakucho Station, you can use Google Maps navigation to get to the street.
Depending on the entrance to Tokyo Transportation Center, the piano is located underground, so you may need to look for the stairs leading to the basement.

There are a lot of people around on weekends.

GoogleMAP

Recommended access : Train

The nearest station is JR Yurakucho Station, which is about a 5-minute walk away.
If you are a first-timer, it may take some time to find the piano.
Please note that the playing time is only 2 hours.

Afterword

I get nervous because I have to perform in a crowded place.
It’s also good that I can play the grand piano.
Be aware that the playing time is short, only two hours a day.

Time is of the essence.
I recommend giving yourself plenty of time when visiting this place.
You might get lost just trying to find the elevator hall at first.
(That’s what I did.)

Even so, I am really curious as to how they managed to get a grand piano into the basement.
Apparently it was borrowed from a metropolitan high school, so I imagine it would have been very difficult to return it, so how on earth did they manage to get it there?