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As we travel to tour the Studio Ghibli Film Concert alongside conductor Joe Hisaishi, we're sharing our players and staff's favourite spots to visit in Tokyo. Whether you’re looking to sightsee, visit an attraction or enjoy a meal after a busy day of exploring, we have some great recommendations straight from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra musicians and staff members. Even if Tokyo isn’t on your itinerary just yet, we invite you to enjoy this insight into the touring experience of an RPO musician.

Photos and text by Ruby Collins, Sub-Principal Bassoon

This spring and summer the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Community and Education team, RPO Resound, have been working with the Irene Taylor Trust to deliver The Lullaby Project, which empowers those with experience of the criminal justice system and asylum seekers to work with professional musicians and create personalised lullabies for the children and young people in their lives - creating something they can each treasure.

In May, we worked in partnership with Clean Break to facilitate workshops in which eight parents devised new lullabies, culminating in performances at London's Rich Mix and Cadogan Hall. In June, we worked with eight fathers in HMP Norwich to write songs to reach out to their children, the impact of which was featured on ITV News.

See more from these projects below.