Mariko Salon with Mariko Hayashi - All-Day Ticket

Mariko Salon

Part 1 (Nameko Shinsan) ￥3,500 JPY (1 ticket)
Part 2 (Yasushi Akimoto) ￥3,500 JPY (1 ticket)

・Event Overview
A special talk event "Mariko Salon" by writer Mariko Hayashi. Guests Yasushi Akimoto and Nameko Shinsan will join to look back on the culture of the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras.

・Ticket Sales Period:
2025/09/20 (Sat) 14:00 – 2025/10/22 (Wed) 23:59
* Ticket sales will end as soon as the quota is reached.

・Event Date and Time: Thursday, 10/23/2025
Part 1 14:00-15:00 Nameko Shinsan × Mariko Hayashi
Part 2 16:00-17:00 Yasushi Akimoto × Mariko Hayashi
Doors open from 13:30

・Venue: Ginza Sony Park (5-3-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) 4th floor

・Event Details
"Mariko Salon," looking back on the culture of the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras together with Mariko Hayashi, who has been serializing the flagship essay "Beauty Introduction" in anan for 30 years.
Guests Yasushi Akimoto and Nameko Shinsan will join for a special talk event that can only be heard here.
Each ticket includes Mariko Hayashi's latest book "Do You Understand? Beauty Introduction 23" (with Mariko Hayashi's autograph).

・Speaker Profiles
Mariko Hayashi
Writer. Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1954. After working as a copywriter, she began her writing career. Her 1982 bestseller "Let's Buy Runrun and Go Home" was a hit. She won the Naoki Prize for "If I Can Make the Last Flight" and "To Kyoto," the Shibata Renzaburo Prize for "Byakuren Renren," and the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Prize in 1998 for "Everyone's Secret." She received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2018 and the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 2020. Since 2022, she has been the chairman of Nihon University.

Nameko Shinsan
Manga artist and columnist. Born in Tokyo in 1974, raised in Saitama Prefecture. Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College, majoring in graphic design. Writes on a wide range of themes including human relationships, trends, the imperial family, overseas celebrities, spirituality, and the spiritual world. Her books include "Spiritual Guidebook," "Praise of Girls' Schools," and "Otaku Files of the Edo Period."

Yasushi Akimoto
Lyricist. Born in Tokyo in 1958. Visiting professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Creator of many national hit songs such as "Like the Flow of the River" and "Fortune Cookie in Love." He is also active in planning and supervising TV programs, planning and writing TV dramas, planning and original work for movies, directing operas, and writing and directing kabuki performances. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2022.