With a week of back and forth, Mars was at its closest to Earth this week, while Furyu-odori folk dances were added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list earlier this week. And following Monday's note on Christo and Jeanne-Claude at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT and Wednesday's note on the late film director Yoichi Sai, today's note reviews the exhibition series Roppongi Crossing at the Mori Art Museum, reflecting the back-and-forth of a post-pandemic world with the latest edition “Coming and Going”. And with that, every note this week also reflects on events and people looking for stability amid unstable surroundings.

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