[Date]

5/26(Sat)
(1) 18:45 -
(2) 20:30 -
(3) 22:00 -
* Each performance will be 30 minutes.
* Please note that the venue may change or the performance may be cancelled in case of rain.

[Place]

(1) Roppongi Hills Arena
(2) The National Art Center, Tokyo, outside the building
(3) Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

[Note]

Program planning: After Cloudy Company
Cooperation: Circus Promoters IPS LTD

DUNDU, a puppet theater company based in Stuttgart, Germany, will make their first visit to Japan! Five-meter-tall luminescent puppets will give magical performances at three Roppongi Art Night locati...

[Date]

“Dream”: Giant banner exhibition
(1)5/22 - 5/27
(2)5/23 - 5/27
(3)5/23 - 5/27

“Dream”: Distribution of stickers
Distribution is scheduled to begin at 18:00 on Saturday, May 26. (The event continues until supplies run out.)

[Place]

“Dream”: Giant banner exhibition
(1) Roppongi Hills Metro Hat
(2) The National Art Center, Tokyo
(3) Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square

“Dream”: Distribution of stickers
Roppongi Hills Arena
Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza
Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square

[Participation fee]

Free

This banner and seal works were originally produced at an August 2011 calligraphy performance by an internationally-renowned artist Yoko Ono, at Mori Art Museum's "MAM ART COURSE 2011, No.13...

[Date]

5/26(Sat) - 5/27(Sun)

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free

“Marbles” was made by light designer Daan Roosegaarde. It consists of large-sized works that give visitors an interactive experience through the mediums of sound, light and color. Inside the mountain-...

[Date]

5/26 23:00 - 23:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square

[Participation fee]

Free

Dragonhead House is a sound sculpture which works with flickering light and sound. This is the Roppongi version of the “Dragonhead” series in which a car is transformed into “jaws”. The artist, who is...

[Date]

Exhibition: 5/26 10:00 - 5/27 18:00
Performance: About 5 minutes between 11: 30 -11: 45 on 5/27

[Place]

Exhibition: Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F
Performance: Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

In JART’s first work, “Snatchable Purse,” a man (Junpei Goto) holding a cloth bag and a man (Shushuke Fukutoku) trying to snatch the bag tussle again and again. The tattered cloth bag, representing th...

Main Program

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:00 - 5/27(Sun) 6:00, 11:00 - 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Tower sings and dances like a human and conjures up a one-night dream. It brings together various collaborators, including the musicians Oorutaichi and Satoko Shibata, dancer Yasutake Shimaji, actor I...

Main Program

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free

A colorful textile waterfall, hanging colors accentuates the glass facade designed by Kisho Kurokawa. During daytime, sunlight shines through the fabric and colored "dreams" fill the interio...

Main Program

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Canopy Square

[Participation fee]

Free

UJINO exhibits a Roppongi version of Dragon Head that transforms a vehicle into a jaw. A fusion of traffic cones, car, and architecture, it is a moving sculpture with synchronized sound and light. The...

Town Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:30 - 18:45

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Tower sings and dances to music by Oorutaichi and choreography by Yasutake Shimaji. Live video performances by Teppei Kaneuji and Shinpei Yamada also electrify the opening of Roppongi Art Night!

Town Performances

[Date]

5/26(sat) 19:15 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This event features live music by the musician and poet Satoko Shibata, performance by the art group contact Gonzo and drummer Shinji Wada, and video performance by Teppei Kaneuji and Shinpei Yamada.

Town Performances

[Date]

5/27(sun) 1:00 - 1:20

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Obake (Ghost) Lecture features Izumi Aoyagi, Takuya Harada, and Teppei Sako. This performance is a fusion of music by Kazumichi Komatsu and video by Teppei Kaneuji and Shinpei Yamada.

Town Performances

[Date]

5/27(sun) 1:20 - 1:50

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Written and directed by Toshiki Okada, this performance features Izumi Aoyagi, Oorutaichi, Keigo Mikajiri, Masamitsu Araki, Takuya Harada, and Teppei Sako as performers as well as music by Kazumichi K...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 21:00 - 21:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Three artists exhibiting, respectively, at Roppongi Hills, the National Art Center, Tokyo, and Tokyo Midtown, participate in a talk with Fumio Nanjo, the chair of the Executive Committee of Roppongi A...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/27(sun) 13:00 - 15:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

“Spook Sculpture” is a workshop-style performance. As part of a contemporary art experience, participants will assemble a tower of colorful ready made goods into a sculpture, then pour white resin ove...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Piers of Roppongi Crossing

[Participation fee]

Free

The Piers of Roppongi Crossing will be transformed by the colorful patterned images of Chia-Hsin Su, weaving together his memories and images of prior visits to Roppongi. From the patterns, emerge fra...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Crossing

[Participation fee]

Free

Artist unit magma consists of Jun Sugiyama and Kenichi Miyazawa. Using everyday objects such as scrap wood, toys, and electronic devices as their materials, they create a wide range of works including...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Planter of Roppongi Crossing, Roppongi Hills Mohri Garden

[Participation fee]

Free

This work is comprised of two glass installations set in different locations. The first will be in the planters at Roppongi Crossing, where the pieces themselves will assume plant-like forms that glow...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Various locations in Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free

This work combines various objects found in Roppongi with completely unrelated words. By asking the viewer to draw connections between the unrelated objects and words, the context developed within eac...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00

[Place]

on Gaienhigashi-Avenue (across from Tokyo Midtown)

[Participation fee]

Free

People are trapped between two buildings. Watch these four men and women, helplessly incapable of escaping from this urban cage. The sight of them still struggling and wriggling to satisfy their desir...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tenso Shrine

[Participation fee]

Free

Incorporating the guardian lions of Shinto shrines as a motif, this work uses fluorescent threads that respond to ultraviolet rays to create polygon data translated from three-dimensional objects. The...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F (Gaienhigashi-Avenue)

[Participation fee]

Free

Tokyo is a city, but it is surprisingly a place with plenty of greenery and waterfront. Many different wild birds fly every year among them.Roppongi visits people from many countries from all over the...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

The artist creates poetic devices that draw from the casual discoveries of everyday life and personal objects. The artist first developed the idea for this piece after looking at a paper airplane and ...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mohri Garden

[Participation fee]

Free

With the theme “Thoughts of Family,” this work will take the form of nearly 100 lanterns created through regional workshops that will float upon Mohri Pond, illuminating the Roppongi night in a gentle...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 11:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

Live Painting May 26 (Sat) 20:00 - May 27 (Sun) 18:00
* It will end as soon as it is completed, Intermissions will take place.

Workshop May 26 (Sat) , May 27 (Sun) 11:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 16:00
* Please participate in clothes that you won't bother getting dirty.

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

TOMINAGA BOND creates paintings using various painting materials and woodworking bond, a distinct style titled “Bond Art ®”. You’ll be able to enjoy his work through a giant live painting and workshop...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 15:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00
* Live painting until May 27 (Sun) 6:00. * Intermissions will take place.

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

Michinori Maru has created site-specific drawings and large wall paintings over the course of many travels. For this event, he will create a live painting in the middle of the city of Roppongi.

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

The image of “Uroboros” has existed since ancient times in myths and legends throughout the world, as a serpent swallowing its own tail to form a ring, thereby becoming a symbol of continuity. After p...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 15:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Imoaraizaka Parking Area

[Fee]

Free

The artist will display a chandelier created from the lighting equipment used for nighttime construction, and a film showing a construction site that became a skate park. These pieces are the work of ...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26 (Sat)
(1) 19:00-20:00
(2) 20:00-21:00
(3) 21:00-22:00
(4) 22:00-23:00

5/27 (Sun)
(5) 0:00-1:00
(6) 1:00-2:00
(7) 2:00-3:00
(8) 13:00-14:00
(9) 14:00-15:00
(10) 15:00-16:00
(11) 16:00-17:00
(12) 17:00-18:00

[Place]

Tickets: Handed out at the administration office (Lapiross Roppongi)
Numbered tickets for May 26th (Sat) sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 will be distributed on May 26th (Sat) at 18:30.
Numbered tickets for May 27th (Sun) sessions 5, 6, 7 will be distributed on May 26th (Sat) at 23:00.
Numbered tickets for May 27th (Sun) sessions 8, 9, 10, 11,12 will be distributed on May 27th (Sun) at 12:30.

[Participation fee]

Free

Visitors will become lost in a mysterious world of painting, experiencing many things along the way. Each person’s movement will affect the world within the painting, from which many different stories...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 22:00
5/27(Sun) 10:00 - 18:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free

What is humanity? What is Art? Isn’t the strength of Art its ability to transcend nationality, gender, and all of the differences that we’ve inherited? I believe that coexistence begins when we are ki...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) (1)22:00 - 22:30
5/27(Sun) (2)0:00 - 0:30, (3)2:00 - 2:30

[Place]

Yumi Katsura Bridal House Tokyo FLAGSHIP STORE

[Participation fee]

Free

Throughout the offices of Tokyo, thousands of guards patrol the pitch dark spaces each night. These individuals wear similar uniforms, but harbor completely different personalities. This performance w...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) (1)19:20 - 19:40, (2)20:30 - 20:50, (1)22:50 - 23:10
5/27(Sun) (4)0:00 - 0:20

[Place]

(1)Tokyo Midtowm Plaza 1F
(2)Tenso Shrine
(3)Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza
(4)Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This will be a collaboration between artist Takeshi Ishiguro, light, and the body. The art used will simply be two glowsticks that resemble fluorescent lights. All light and sound will be pre-programm...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 23:00 - 23:20
5/27(Sun) 2:30 - 2:50

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This company seeks to find ways of expressing the body through contact body work. Performers incorporate dance elements and improvisational movements, all the while remaining in contact, to yield a un...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

Performance: It will perform irregularly
Exhibition: 5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena surrounding area

[Participation fee]

Free

Within the ancient folklore of Japan is the legend of the mysterious aquatic creature the “Kagewani” (shadow crocodile). An enormous shadow would appear suddenly from the sea, taking the lives of thos...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/26(Sat)
(1)20:30 - 20:36, (2)22:30 - 22:36

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This performance will showcase contemporary dance and film through a unique interpretation of John Cage’s 4’ 33”. This work is a collaboration between a film teacher and a High School dancer. The arti...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

○The Scholar’s Tree (Exhibition) | Spy fossils with your eyes!
5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 17:00 , 5/27(Sun) 10:00 - 18:00

○The Sage’s Road (Workshop) | Let’s excavate the modern fossils with a brayer!
5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 24:00, 5/27(Sun) 10:00 - 18:00
* The time required is 10 minutes. Entry available while supplies last. We’ll have intermissions.

○The Hero’s Sand Dune (Experiential Art) | Let’s excavate the modern fossils in a sandpit!
5/26(Sat) (1)11:00, (2)13:00, (3)16:00, 5/27(Sun) (1)11:00, (2)13:00, (3)15:00
* Each will take about 30 minutes with 10 people. *Pre-registrations required.

○The Victor’s Hall (Participatory Art) | Let’s tell fortunes of 2000 years later in the future!
5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 24:00
* The time required is 10 minutes.

[Place]

Mikawadai Park

[Participation fee]

Free
* Please check on the official website for pre-registrations & details.

Approximately 2000 years ago, an enormous volcanic eruption instantly erased the town of Pompeii in Italy. The modern society we live in, however, could probably be said even more in danger than those...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

○Light of Time (Outside studio and participatory decoration)
5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 24:00, 5/27(Sun) 10:00 - 18:00

○Lantern! Lantern! (Installation)
Lighting: 5/26(Sat) 16:30 - 24:00, 5/27(Sun) 17:00 - 18:00

○Experience for Apperentice
5/26(Sat) (1)11:30, (2)20:00, (3)22:00
5/27(Sun) (4)11:30, (5)14:00, (6)16:00
* 60 minutes for each session.Pre application is required.

○Let’s create the scenes of the future! (Workshop for making Mini lantern)
5/26(Sat) 14:00 - 15:30
* Pre application is required.

[Place]

Mikawadai Park

[Date]

Free
* Please check on the official website for details.

Kobishiya Chube's workshop comes at a park in Roppongi. Kojima brothers make paper lanterns as same style as their workshop in Kyoto, dressing the park with gentle lights. There will be also a wo...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/26(Sat) (1)20:00 - 21:00, (2)22:00 - 23:00
5/27(Sun) (3)14:00 - 15:00
* Inquire beforehand.

[Place]

Mikawadai Park

[Participation fee]

Free
* Please check on the official website for details.

In the vicinity of time travel-based artworks at the park, let’s walk over the flow of time. Listen carefully to what someone you’ve met is feeling, and try putting things into your own words. We’ll f...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/26(Sst) 15:00 - 24:00

[Place]

Tour starting location: administration office (Lapiross Roppongi)

[Participation fee]

Free

For the fourth year, we will offer guided tours led by volunteers. All volunteer guides have trained with art education researcher Tomoki Hirano, with a basis in ACOP’s unique approach to art apprecia...

Meetings in Town / ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/26(sat) 11:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00
5/27(Sun) 11:00 - 23:00

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free
* Drinks and foods are paid inside of venue.

The artist will present “Corporate Commands,” a work that demonstrates corporate catch phrases such as
“JUST DO IT”; and “57 Ways to Play for Free in Harvard Square,” a film work that compiles ...

Meetings in Town / ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/26(sat) 11:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00
5/27(Sun) 11:00 - 23:00

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free
* Drinks and foods are paid inside of venue.

The artist will present a project “The Library of Smell” depicting memories of smell,as well as the workshop
“Sniff-sniff walk in Roppongi”, where the artist and participants will take a tour t...

Meetings in Town / ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/26(sat) 11:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00
5/27(Sun) 11:00 - 23:00

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free
* Drinks and foods are paid inside of venue.

The National Bitter Melon Council Project uses the keyword of “bitterness” to investigate feelings and They
will feature their original mascot in an exhibition, along with a limited time specia...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills, Roku-Roku Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free

Louise Bourgeois’s large-scale sculpture “Maman” in 66 Plaza is a symbol of Roppongi Hills and a well- known meeting point. The setting of the plaza will be entirely reborn through the work of the you...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

Paper Lantern Rocket is a fluid mix of traditional Japanese architecture such as omikoshi (portable shrines), hanging lanterns, and torii (Shinto gates); space development technology such as engines, ...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

In front of TULLY’S COFFEE Roppongi Hills North Tower

[Participation fee]

Free

This box-shaped work is composed of multicolored tube forms fastened with magnets. By freely rearranging these forms, you can also create a new piece. The artist’s hope is that this art will inhabit c...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 3:00 - 3:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

A dance stage will suddenly appear in the middle of the night. Led by choreographer/dancer Ryohei Kondo, who heads the Condors, participants will passionately and quietly perform Bon-odori dancing in ...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 5:00 - 6:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Place]

Free

The popular “Classical Radio Exercise” will be back again this year! The Japan Philharmonic Orchestra will perform classical music and the familiar ‘Radio Exercise’ music, perfect for starting a new d...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 16:20 - 16:40

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Place]

Free

Guerrilla dance performance by Masahiro Yanagimoto and Friends. A Japanese contemporary dance performance, welcoming Atsushi Tsubouchi on percussions.

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills, Roku-Roku Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free

BMW X2, born from a philosophy of UNFOLLOW, is an outcome of pursuing creativity to the extreme.
Shingo Katori is an UNFOLLOW-ing artist who fights to pursue his own way through.
The two...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 16:00 - 5/27(Sun) 2:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills O-YANE Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free * Drinks and foods charged separately.

“HIBIKI” is a harmonious blend of innumerous malt and grain whiskies. Through a repeated process of nosing, tasting, and delicately layering the different elements, its expert team of blenders create ...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 13:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Hillside 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

[Organized by]

Mori Building Co., Ltd., Mori Art Museum

[In Cooperation with]

inVisible

For the 15th anniversary of Roppongi Hills, people with an affinity for the city came together to engage in discussions and creative activities as part of workshops that started in February 2018. As t...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

Hours extended from 10:00 – 6:00 the following morning on 5/27 (Sun) for Roppongi Art Night 2018
* Opening Hours: Weekdays and Public holidays 10:00-23:00 (Last admission at 22:30)
* Opening Hours: Fridays, Saturdays, Day before Holidays 10:00-25:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52F Tokyo City View

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥1,800, Age 65 and above ¥1,500,
Students (high school, college, and university) ¥1,200,
Children (from 4yrs of age to Junior high school students) ¥600

Roppongi Hills observation deck “Tokyo City View”, which is 250 meters above sea level, as well as the Mori Tower in door observation gallery on the 52nd floor, will be open all night during the event...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

Will be open until 22:00 on May 26 (Sat) during Roppongi Art Night 2018. (Last admission at 21:30)
* Period: 3/19 (Mon) - 6/17 (Sun)
* Open every day during exhibition period
* Opening Hours: Weekdays 10:00-20:00 (Last admission at 19:30)

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52F Mori Arts Center Gallery

[Admission fee]

Adult & College Students ￥2,000
Junior/Senior High School Students ￥1,500
Aged 4 up to Elementary School Students ￥800
* Free admission for children under 4

To celebrate 50 years since the launch of Weekly Shonen Jump in 1968 this year, a series of three fascinating exhibitions is organized to survey the magazine's history from its founding right up ...

Roppongi Hills Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 12:00 - 21:00
5/27(Sun) 12:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery (3F, Roppongi Hills West Walk)

[Participation fee]

Free

This gallery will be attached to Roppongi Hills Art & Design Store. When she envisions an image, Kikuna Mishima drafts a rough sketch to determine her setting, paying close attention to every deta...

Simultaneous Program

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

TRI-SEVEN ROPPONGI

[Participation fee]

Free

Sheila Hicks’s artwork will arrive at the office entrance of TRI-SEVEN ROPPONGI. Sheila Hicks applies water to the functional buildings that we utilize in daily life in order to purify. Take note of t...

Mori Art Museum program

[Date]

4/25(Wed) - 9/17(Mon)
10:00 - 22:00 (Last Admission: 21:30）
* 10:00-17:00 on Tuesdays (Last Admission: 16:30)
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on May 27(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2018”.
* Open everyday

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F)

[Admission fee]

Adult ¥1,800, High school, College, and University ¥1,200,
Child (from4yrsofagetoJuniorhighschoolstudents)¥600,
Senior (Ages 65 & over) ¥1,500

Japanese architecture today attracts attention from all over the world. Founded on rich traditions that have stretch back to ancient times, contemporary Japanese architecture encompasses creative and ...

Mori Art Museum program

[Date]

4/25(Wed) - 9/17(Mon)
10:00 - 22:00 (Last Admission: 21:30）
* 10:00-17:00 on Tuesdays (Last Admission: 16:30)
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on May 27(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2018”.
* Open everyday

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F)

[Admission fee]

Adult ¥1,800, University / Highschool student ¥1,200,
Child (Age 4 up to Junior highschool student) ¥600
Senior (Ages 65 & over) ¥1,500
* “Japan in Architecture: Genealogy of Its Transformation” admission ticket valid for entry

• MAM Collection 007: Invisible Cities
MAM Collection 007 makes some observations on works of architecture and urban environments with the works of Lee Bul, Jagannath Panda and Kurokawa Kisho.<...

Mori Art Museum program

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 21:00 (Doors open: 18:30)

[Performer]

Iso Tatsuo (Architectural Journalist), Miyazawa Hiroshi (Editor-in-chief, Nikkei
Architecture), Igarashi Taro (Professor, Tohoku University Graduate School; Architectural Historian), Maeda Naotake (Manager, Architecture and Design Programs, Mori Art Museum)
Moderator: Kurakata Shunsuke (Architectural Historian; Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Urban Engineering [Architecture], Osaka City University)

[Place]

Auditorium, Mori Art Museum

[Capacity]

80 (booking required)

[Admission fee]

Free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue for the admission to the Mori Art Museum required)

Featuring Iso Tatsuo and Miyazawa Hiroshi, who are the duo behind the popular Japanese Modern Architecture book series, along with architectural historian Igarashi Taro, this multifaceted talk examine...

Mori Art Museum program

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 13:00 - 15:00

[Performer]

Naruse Yuri (Architect)

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F)

[Capacity]

10 (booking required)

[Admission fee]

Free (exhibition ticket valid for the day of issue for the admission to the Mori Art Museum required)
* Disabled persons (plus one accompanied person) will be free of admission fee upon presenting Disabled Person’s Handbook or an equivalent form of government-issued ID.

This tour is designed for the visually impaired to explore the exhibition through dialogue with museum staff. Experiencing the exhibits with expert guidance from the architect Naruse Yuri, participant...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 11:00 - 23:00, 5/27(Sun) 11:00 - 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Grass Square

[Participation fee]

Free * Will be canceled in case of rain

Yasuhiro Suzuki’s signature work “Aerial Being” will appear on the Grass Square. This figural piece is composed of transparent materials, merging with unseen elements to form a sculpture molded from t...

Tokyo Midtown Programs / Street Art Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 5/27(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

[Capacity]

While materials last

Arina Endo uses clay, copper wire, and copper sheeting to create works focused on the theme of “City.” At Roppongi Art Night, the artist will present a sculpture expressing this very theme, assembled ...

Tokyo Midtown Programs / Street Art Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 5/27(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

[Capacity]

While materials last

Kouichi Ohno uses people’s “faces” as a motif when creating work. The distinct beauty inherent in each individual’s face remains a theme throughout his working process, but he also considers the myste...

Tokyo Midtown Programs / Street Art Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 5/27(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

[Capacity]

While materials last

Miya Kaneko uses topography as a means of investigating the relationship of people and place, creating works that bring the viewer within reach of nonexistent cities. In addition to presenting her wor...

Tokyo Midtown Programs / Street Art Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 5/27(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

Chisato Matsumoto makes use of her specialized skills in dyeing and weaving to create her work. She will exhibit a piece expressing the concept of the “bud.” For Roppongi Art Night, she will engage in...

Tokyo Midtown Programs / Street Art Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 19:00 - 5/27(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free * 5 people for each time / people are shifted by time

Eiji Yamane uses string to communicate his unique worldview. He starts by creating a line drawing that layers floral motifs with a figure in movement (full-body self-portrait). He then reinforces thos...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00, 5/27(Sun) 10:00 - 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

Tokyo Midtown Award is a design and art competition that supports the discovery of new talent from artists and designers who will carry us into the future. Six award winners from the 2017 art competit...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 5:00, 5/27(Sun) 10:00〜18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F, B1F

[Participation fee]

Free

Paris-based artist JR’s art project “INSIDE OUT” has summoned people throughout the world. Since its beginning in 2011, it has toured 129 countries and included over 260,000 participants. From urban m...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 14:00 - 15:30 * First 20 arrivals

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Midtown Garden
* We will have event at Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F in case of raining.

[Participation fee]

Free

Reiko Sudo, a textile designer featured in “Koinobori Now!” currently on display at the National Art Center, Tokyo, will share her knowledge and create a one of a kind original Koinobori. The finished...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

At first glance, Yukino Ohmura’s work appears to be a night scene, but on closer inspection, it is in fact made of stickers. This work jolts the general concepts that we carry with us unconsciously. R...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

Roppongi is a metropolis filled with many people in diverse genres who come and go through feelings of joy and sorrow. The countless business establishments and office buildings lining the city street...

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 1:30 - 2:00 (Reception 30 minutes prior to start.)

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Garden Terrace B1F
* Reception: Tokyo Midtown Galleria Gate (Gaienhigashi-Avenue)

[Participation fee]

Free * First 150 arrivals

[Supporter]

Dance New Air 2018, Scott Allen, Hananosuke Takimoto

This dance performance will share a fresh vantage point through the intersection of light with the body as it hovers in the darkness.

Tokyo Midtown Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:30 - / 19:30 - / 20:30 -

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria Gate (Gaienhigashi-Avenue)

[Participation fee]

Free

“epa!” is a performance art group founded by Musashino Art University students, aiming to unite high expertise with knowledge and value, for the production of spectacle shows. Their theme for Roppongi...

Suntory Museum of Art Programs

[Date]

4/25(Wed) - 7/1(Sun) 10:00-18:00 (Last admission: 30 minutes before closing)
* Open until 20:00 on April 29, May 2 and 3
* Open until 24:00 on May 26 due to "Roppongi Art Night 2018"

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art

[Admission fee]

Adult ¥1,300, College and High School Student ¥1,000
Elementary, Junior-High school students and under are free.
* On May 26 (Sat) admission fee for adults and students will be ¥500 due to "Roppongi Art Night 2018".

The Qing Dynasty was an extraordinary period in the long history of Chinese glass. The great strides made during this period were due to the decision of the fourth Qing emperor, Kangxi, to establish a...

Suntory Museum of Art Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:00 - 23:00
* We may have the entrance regulation due to peak moment

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art 6F Hall

[Participation fee]

Free * Museum entrance fee required

Would you like to join in creating an installation? We’ll apply brightly colored pieces of film to windows with large openings. Please enjoy a fantastical world interwoven with the colors and light of...

Suntory Museum of Art Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:30 - 19:30, 20:00 - 21:00,
21:30 - 22:30
* About 20min performance multiplied by 3 times
* We may have the entrance regulation due to peak moment

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art 1F Lecture room

[Participation fee]

Free

From the well-known entertainment of the theater, performers will improvise in response to members of the audience. In “Cut Paper,” Hana Hayashiya will cut shapes from paper; in “Edo Urigoe,” Shoji Mi...

Suntory Museum of Art Programs

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 11:00 - 11:20, 13:00 - 13:20, 15:00 - 15:20
* First 80 arrivals for each time

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art 6F Hall

[Participation fee]

Free (entrance fee required)

Suntory Museum of Art’s educators will give a slide presentation of their exhibition that both adults and children can enjoy. They will introduce the highlights of the exhibition “The Glass that Galle...

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Programs

[Date]

2/23(Fri) - 6/10(Sun) 10:00 - 19:00 (last admission at 18:30)
* Hours extended until 23:30 on May 26 (Sat) for Roppongi Art Night 2018.
Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

[Admission fee]

General ¥1,100, University Students ¥800, High School Students ¥500, Junior High School Students and under may enter for free

This exhibition presents the work of leading 20th century photographer William Klein by a multi-projection, depicting his vision of the city. It also introduces Japanese and Asian photographers who ex...

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 17:00 - 18:30

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

[Participation fee]

Free

Exhibition “NEW PLANET PHOTO CITY” introduces photographers who seek to transcend the conventional photo frame. In this talk, art critic Noi Sawaragi and exhibition director / photography critic Toshi...

Roppongi Shopping Street Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 10:00 - 5/27(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Lapiross Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free

A fantastic photo spot will be set up at Roppongi Crossing in the middle of Roppongi where participants can capture their experience at Roppongi Art Night.

The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) Programs

[Date]

4/11(Wed) – 5/28(Mon) 10:00-18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)
* 10:00-20:00 on Fridays, Saturdays
* Open until 22:00 on May 26 for “Roppongi Art Night 2018”
Closed: Every Tuesday

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Gallery 2E

[Admission fee]

Free

Designed by textile designer Reiko Sudo, this exhibition has some 300 koinobori (carp streamers) vigorously swimming around the gallery. This large-scale display has been realized through collaboratio...

The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 16:00 - 16:30, 18:00 - 18:30

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Gallery 2E

[Admission fee]

Free

[Note]

Photography is allowed

The collaboration between Reiko Sudo, one of Japan’s preeminent textile designers, and French exhibition designer Adrien Gardère, created this large-scale exhibition. For this dynamic show they also ...

The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 16:00 - 17:30、19:30 - 21:00

[Place]

various locations in The National Art Center, Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free * registration required
* Both tours have reach capacity and therefore registrations are now closed.

[In Cooperation with]

NIHON SEKKEI, INC.

[Note]

In some areas photography is not allowed

As a special program for the Roppongi Art Night 2018, tours introducing the features of the striking NACT building and outlining the various activities will be on offer. Tours of the iconic NACT build...

The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) Programs

[Date]

5/26(Sat) , 5/27(Sun)
* Starting times will be available on the website of TOKYO_ANIMA! (http://www.tokyo-anima.com/).

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo 3F Auditorium

[Participation fee]

Free

[Note]

Photography not allowed

A showcase of Japanese animation. A total of 12 short works from young animation film creators' new and recent works will be screened. Do not miss this opportunity!

[Date]

5/16(Wed) - 5/28(Mon)
10:00 - 18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)
* On the last day the exhibition closes at 15:00
* May18 (Fri) and May 25 (Fri) open until 20:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo Exhibition Gallery 1A-1D

[Admission fee]

Adults and College students ¥700 / High school students and younger free
* Free on Fridays after 17:00

[Organized by]

the General Incorporated Association The Taiheiyo Art Association

Artworks genre: printmaking, sculpture, painting, dyeing and weaving.

[Date]

5/16(Wed) - 5/28(Mon)
10:00 - 18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)
* On the last day final admission is 15:00
* Open until 22:00 on May 26 for Roppongi Art Night 2018

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo Exhibition Gallery 2A-2D

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥700 / College Students and younger free
* On the occasion of the Roppongi Art Night 2018, on May 26 (Sat) entry is free by presenting the Sankikai pamphlet.
* On the occasion of the Roppongi Art Night 2018, on May 26 (Sat) entry is free after 18:00.

[Organized by]

Sankikai

Artworks genre: painting, sculpture, craft and photography.

[Date]

5/16(Wed) - 5/27(Sun)
10:00-18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo Exhibition Gallery 3A, 3B

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥700 / College students, High school students, visitors over 65 years old ¥400 / Younger than junior high school students: free
* On the occasion of the Roppongi Art Night 2018, on May 26 (Sat) admission is free

[Organized by]

The Japanese New Art - Craft Artists Association

Artworks genre: crafts

[Date]

5/26(Sat) 18:30 - 20:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo Exhibition Gallery 2A (inside the Sanki Art Exhibition Gallery)

[Admission fee]

Free

The classical Japanese instruments the Shakuhachi and Shamisen pull at the hearts of Japanese people. Their sound and woven melodies evoke feelings of hardship, joy and healing, and memories of home. ...

Performances on the street

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 17:30 - 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

All performers who are part of Tower form the music band Kyozin Yueni Dekai, led by Oorutaichi, and play its brilliant song “building.”

Related information

[Date]

5/27(Sun) 10:00-11:00
* Reception start: 9:30

[Place]

Meeting place: Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F (Square along Gaienhigashi-Avenue)

This is a collaborative clean-up activity of the Roppongi wo Kirei ni Suru Kai (Roppongi Cleanup Association) and Roppongi Cleanup held every year. This year on Sunday, May 27 from 10 A.M., anyone can...