Main Program

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 17:30 - 5/26(Sun) 6:00, 11:00 - 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

“Fruit Tree”, a colorful balloon sculpture densely crammed with fruits and vegetables, is Choi’s representative work. It vividly decorates the Roppongi Hills Arena. Fruits and vegetables that look lik...

Main Program

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 - 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F Canopy Square

[Participation fee]

Free

In “Life, life”, approximately ten thousand of swaying balloons burst into the space as a huge mass of color. Inspired by the pop art that gained attention in the United States in the 1960s, Choi has ...

Main Program

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 - 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo / BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE on Ryudocho Bijutsukan-dori

[Participation fee]

Free

Choi Jeong Hwa finds beauty in mass-produced plastic goods and regular kitchen products, and transforms these simple materials into appealing art as if he were an alchemist.
“Gather Together” i...

Main Program

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 - 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

TRI-SEVEN RIOPPONGI

[Participation fee]

Free

Main Program

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 21:00 - 21:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Choi Jeong Hwa, an artist featured in the main program of Roppongi Art Night 2019: Night Journey, Daydream, will engage in conversation with Fumio Nanjo, the Chair of the Executive Committee of Roppon...

Area Collaboration Program

[Date]

5/20(Mon) - 5/26(Sun)

[Place]

5/20 (Mon) Piramide Bldg 11:00–18:00
5/21 (Tue) 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT 10:00–17:00 *The performance was canceled due to bad weather.
5/22 (Wed) The National Art Center, Tokyo 9:30–16:30
5/23 (Thu) Mori Art Museum in front of the cone 11:00–18:30
5/24 (Fri) 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT 10:00–17:00
5/25 (Sat) Roppongi Hills 66 Plaza 17:00–24:00
5/26 (Sun) Keyakizaka East Coat 11:00–17:00
*In case of bad weather, it may be cancelled.

[Participation fee]

Free

Moving from one site to another every day, a giant red ball sets out on a week long journey throughout the city of Roppongi. Realized in 32 cities around the world, “RedBall Project” is a traveling pu...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mohri Garden on the side of the Hillside (next to Roppongi Hills Arena)

[Participation fee]

Free

In the fall of 2018, Tokyo Metropolitan Government presented a huge furoshiki-wrapped object to the Hôtel de Ville, Paris, where it was displayed
at the plaza in front of the building. The app...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills North Tower

[Participation fee]

Free

Chuang’s “Rainbow in the Darkness” is an artwork that only sees completion through the participation of the audience. The surfaces of the large glass cubes are covered with black paint, which people a...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills North Tower

[Participation fee]

Free

Beware when you buy drinks from the vending machines during the Art Night!! Frightening images of people trapped inside the machines, struggling to escape will suddenly appear beside you. Hiroyasu Shi...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Metro Hat

[Participation fee]

Free

Hawaii-based Andrew Binkley travelled throughout China and lived the life of a monk in Thailand for several years. His artworks fuse the natural elements of the Pacific Islands and the religious teach...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Metro Hat Escalator

[Participation fee]

Free

Popular artworks are often swarmed by people, making it difficult for visitors to view the exhibits. “Escalator Museum” is a new style of museum that aims to allow people to appreciate art in an unhur...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Date]

Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza, Roppongi Hills Mohri Garden

[Date]

Free

Cédric Le Borgne uses wires to create sculptures of humans, birds, and marine animals and installs them on rooftops or suspended high in mid-air. Brightly lit from many directions, these mesh figures...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Date]

Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza

[Date]

Free

Large bamboo instruments suddenly sprout on the 66 Plaza, striking chords with electric powered bellows. This instrument is by Nishihara Nao, an artist who has been creating artworks that is based on ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 16:00〜5/26(Sun) 2:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free * Drinks and foods charged separately.

Enjoy "ROKU" at our special bar, a Japanese Craft Gin by Suntory, made from six types of Japanese botanicals like cherry blossom and yuzu! For one night only, you can enjoy ROKU cocktails, l...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

“Singing Cobweb” is an interactive artwork made of wool thread, hand-woven into a shape of a giant spider web that plays classical music when touched by the visitors. The work is designed to produce s...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:00〜5/26(Sun) 5:00
*Performance times will include breaks
*After the conclusion of the performance, the work will continue to be on display until 18:00 on 5/26 (Sun).

[Date]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Date]

Free

This work features a canvas constructed from a massive number of receipts gathered throughout the country. This live painting event will feature VIKI’s distinct method of mark-making known as “Receipt...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

Artist unit Tromarama, consisting of three artists from Indonesia, created this stop-motion animated music video for Indonesian indies band RNRM, using millions of buttons and beads. Making use of eve...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

Artist unit Tromarama, consisting of three artists from Indonesia, created this stop-motion animated music video for popular rock band Seringai, using over 400 sheets of woodblock prints. The fusion o...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

In this animated work, projected images of planes fly forth at the turn of a page. The work recalls flipbooks created from images drawn along the edge of a notebook. The simplicity of this work brings...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Date]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Date]

Free

Ohnishi Yasuaki produces large-scale sculptural installations that visualize the flow and volume of air, usually imperceptible to the eye. For the Art Night, he installs layers of undulating membrane ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00〜5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F

[Participation fee]

Free

In this three-channel video piece, Mexico City-based Yoshua Okón deploys the cinematic language of natural documentary to depict an expansive forest, and various plants and animals that inhabit the l...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 11:00 – 5/26(Sun) 6:00, 11:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka Complex B1F

[Participation fee]

Free

Inspired by our fascination with the sky and aspiration to fly, Hayashi conceives projects that use aircraft as its primary motif. GO FLIGHT AIRSHIP is a six-meter length blimp on which images of the ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 20:00 – 5/26(Sun) 10:00

[Place]

McDonald’s Roppongi Hills

[Note]

*This time, we will do this program at McDonald's with special cooperation. Please check the details at the store.

Takayama Akira is a director/artist who works beyond the conventional method of theater to expand the notion of performance art in real urban spaces. This work, first premiered in Frankfurt, drew insp...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi North Tower 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

Taking the moon as its motif, Masato Tanaka's Fullmoon effect is a polyhedral structure, in which viewers are invited to enter and to insert a hand in the optical device placed at the center. The...

Meetings in Town / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00
* 5/26(Sun) 15:00-16:30 The workshop will take place in Roppongi Hills Arena

[Place]

Around Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This is a big musical instrument. Anyone can compose and play a music. Wooden boards sound in the daytime, and boards of the glasses sound at night. You can sort boards that have two holes and one mus...

Town Performances

[Date]

①5/25(Sat) 18:30 – 19:00、②5/26(Sun) 17:30 – 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

From the group Oreka TX, who perform using the traditional txalaparta percussion instrument of Spain’s Basque region, this stage spectacle takes on the concept of “toys for giants.” Two giants use pup...

Town Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sun) 14:30 – 15:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This street performance incorporates elements of the traditional parades of Spain’s Basque region. In accompaniment to Oreka TX’s lively music performed on the txalaparta, the traditional giant dolls ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:40 – 20:00

[Date]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Date]

Free

Electronic appliances such as tube televisions and bar code readers are reincarnated into “instruments of electromagnetic people” and formed into an ensemble. Through the static electricity of the tub...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 20:10 – 5/26(Sun) 5:30, 12:00 – 17:30
*Open any time during the above designated hours

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

①5/25(Sat) 22:30 – 22:50, ②5/26(Sun) 0:30 – 0:50

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

This dance company performs under the direction of choreographer and dancer Kanae Kamegashira, and was established with a colleague from the dance program of Tokyo Women’s College of Physical Educatio...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

①5/25(Sat) 23:30 – 23:50, ②5/26(Sun) 1:30 – 1:50

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Using text from Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future by Svetlana Alexievich, a Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, dancers gently interweave and create a space of peacefulness. Human innocence...

[Date]

5/26(Sun) 3:00 – 3:20

[Date]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Date]

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 ...

[Date]

5/26(Sun) 5:30 – 6:00

[Date]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Date]

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]

5/25(Sat) 16:00 – 5/26(Sun) 2:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills O-YANE Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free
* Drinks and foods charged separately.

For one night only, ART OF BLENDING will return this year to the HIBIKI Art Lounge at Roppongi Hills O-YANE Plaza. To mark the 30th anniversary of Suntory Whisky “Hibiki,” you’ll get to learn about th...

[Date]

Weekdays and Public holidays 10:00-23:00 (Last admission at 22:00)
* Fridays, Saturdays, days preceding holidays 10:00-25:00
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on May 26(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2019”

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52F Tokyo City View

[Participation fee]

Adults ¥1800, Age 65 and above ¥1500,
Students (high school, college, and university) ¥1200,
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...

[Date]

5/24(Fri) – 6/16(Sun)
12:00-20:00
* Hours extended until 21:00 on 5/25 (Sat) for Roppongi Art Night 2019.

[Place]

ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY(Roppongi Hills West Walk 3F)

[Participation fee]

Free

In this moment, this is what I myself feel here in this world. This device allows you to enjoy the sensation of use. The objects and instruments on display will express the qualities of different eras...

[Date]

in progress – September 16 (Mon, Public Holiday)
10:00-22:00 (Last admission at 21:30)
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on May 26(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2019”

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52F Tokyo City View

[Participation fee]

Adults ¥1800, Age 65 and above ¥1500,
Students (high school, college, and university) ¥1200,
Children (from 4yrs of age to Junior high school students) ¥600

The exhibition was first held at Museum of Science, Boston in 2015 and since that time has had more than 1.5 million attendees from both the United States and Canada through eight different venues.

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 11:00 – 5/26(Sun) 5:00, 11:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free

These artists don’t create for anyone in particular, but for the pure reason of their own living. Decades before the term “outsider art” began being used in Japan, institutions in Tokyo such as Yawata...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 11:00 – 5/26(Sun) 5:00, 11:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free

On March 28, 2009, Kenji Yanobe’s massive doll Giant Torayan stood before a crowd and spouted flames, captivating the audience and launching the history of Roppongi Art Night. Since then, prominent ar...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

①5/25(Sat) 21:00 – 22:00, ②5/26(Sun) 13:30 – 14:30

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free

Tsumune Project is a community-based art project that convenes people with various connection to Roppongi. The project promotes dialogue on the future of the city among the participants from different...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

①5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 21:00, ②5/26(Sun) 12:00 – 13:30

[Place]

Hills Café/Space, Roppongi Hills

[Participation fee]

Free

Navin Rawanchaikul’s OK no Matsuri, the beloved event that was originally held in Roppongi West Park in 2017, returns to Roppongi Art Night 2019. For this year’s iteration, a film screening of A Tale ...

Program chosen from “Open Call Project” / ROPPONGI ART NIGHT CAFÉ Supported by Seibu & Sogo

[Date]

5/25 (Sat) ①18:30, ②22:30, ③24:00, ④26:00
5/26(Sun) ⑤15:00

[Place]

Café/Space, Roppongi Hills, Roppongi Hills West Walk 2F, Roppongi Hills Roku-Roku Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free

In this artwork, two dancers will don inflatable clothing that enlarges as the wearer breathes, parading around the city of Roppongi in a performance. From the fluctuations in the clothing based on th...

[Date]

in progress – 5/26(Sun)
10:00 – 22:00(Last admission at 21:30)
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on 5/26(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2019”.
* 10:00 – 17:00 on Tuesdays(Last admission at 16:30)

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F)

[Participation fee]

Adult ¥1800, High school, College, and University ¥1200, Child (from 4yrs of age to Junior high school students) ¥ 600,
Senior (Ages 65 & over) ¥1500

The Roppongi Crossing series of exhibitions, launched in 2004 by the Mori Art Museum, provides an overall snapshot of the state of the Japanese contemporary art scene every three years. This sixth edi...

[Date]

in progress – 5/26(Sun)
10:00-22:00(Last admission at 21:30)
* Hours extended from 10:00am - 6:00am the following morning on 5/26(Sun) for “Roppongi Art Night 2019”.
* 10:00-17:00 on Tuesdays(Last admission at 16:30)

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 53F)

[Participation fee]

Roppongi Crossing 2019 admission ticket valid for entry

[Date]

5/26(Sun) 13:00 – 13:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Performer]

Saki Nakae, Soprano / Takumi Yogi, Tenor / Noriko Shimizu, Electone / Satoshi Asaoka, MC

[Participation fee]

Free
*Flash photography is not permitted during performance, video recording is not permitted at any time

[Organized by]

Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in focus, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan have developed together with the New National Theatre, Tokyo an international opera project ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 11:00～22:00

[Place]

Perotin Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free

Lee Mingwei creates participatory installations, highlighting exchange and gift between strangers through his work. “The Tourist” will reveal the secrets of various cities as the hosts guide the artis...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) – 6/20(Thu) 11:00 – 21:00
* Hours extended until 23:00 on 5/25(Sat) for Roppongi Art Night 2019.

[Place]

g GIFT AND LIFESTYLE(Roppongi Hills Hillside B1F)

[Participation fee]

Free

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Date]

TRI-SEVEN ROPPONGI, Roppongi Hills Metro Hat

[Place]

Free

Esther Stocker employs an optically complex spectrum of geometric sign and grid systems. These systems are kept exclusively in the colors black-gray-white. In her pursuit of “free forms,” she creates ...

Meetings in Town / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

Participatory installation and time-lapse recording: 5/25(Sat)10:00 – 17:00
Video installation exhibition: May 5/25(Sat) 18:00 – 5/26(Sun) 5:00
* After the conclusion of the installation, the video taken during the previous night will be on display until 5/26(Sun),18:00

[Place]

Tenso Shrine

[Participation fee]

Free

"Video installation (night) / Participative installation (day) During the day, spectators tie paper strips to the art piece like “Omikuji”, fortune-telling scrolls found at shrines. These acts ar...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:00 – 5/26(Sun) 5:00

[Date]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F

[Date]

Free

Artist/programmer/engineer, Mitsuru Takeuchi has worked on many projects that utilize light as the chief medium and has presented various works at illumination events and live music concerts. In rippl...

Town Performances

[Date]

5/26(Sun) 13:00 – 13:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F Canopy Square

[Participation fee]

Free

This street performance incorporates elements of the traditional parades of Spain’s Basque region. In accompaniment to Oreka TX’s lively music performed on the txalaparta, the traditional giant dolls ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 15:00 – 21:00
5/26(Sun) 15:00 – 21:00

[Place]

SEL Octagon Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free

[Note]

We will give you an admission ticket with 1 drink. (Limited quantity)

An overnight collaboration between artist Akira Wakita and a lighting specialist AIBA on the stage of Sel Octagon Tokyo, which opened in Roppongi in February 2019.
What kind of body sense and m...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:00 – 20:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Midtown Garden Grass Square

[Participation fee]

Free
* Limited to 700 participants (Admission may be limited if maximum capacity is reached.)
* Rain or shine. Will be canceled in case of Storm

[Note]

With the cooperation of NEBUKURO CINEMA

The Grass Square will transform into an outdoor theater. The screening will show legendary artist Banksy’s first directorial work “Exit Through the Gift Shop”.
Movie synopsis: Thierry Guetta, a...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26 (Sun) 5:00, 10:00 – 18:00 Performance 5/25(Sat) 21:30 – 23:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F

[Participation fee]

Free

In August 2018, a plot was uncovered where Medical Universities had curved down the entrance examination scores of female applicants across the board in order to reduce the number of women attendees, ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

*Kindly understand the exhibition of work has now been cancelled.

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 22:30 – 23:00 *TBD

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria B1F Atrium

[Participation fee]

Free

Enra is a performance company that wholeheartedly pursues the fusion of moving images and live performance. Enra’s greatest appeal is its sense of free expression that has never before existed, throug...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free * While materials last

In this workshop, participants will experience the working process of Unravelling Intentions, which questions the relationship between designed objects and their intent. Similar to a game of “telephon...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

Through works such as Stand Up!, where commonplace seated dog figurines are reassembled into new forms, this artist expresses concepts such as the sparks of life and notion of freedom itself. Within t...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free * While materials last

Street Art Performances《Workshop: A Nail that Sticks Out Still Lives and Thrives》
This workshop will display the “things and goals I am striving for,” written on paper in the artist’s work curr...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

For this performance, the artist, who believes that “the ability to move people emotionally comes from people,” will further apply her touch to her work currently on view, Significant Coincidence. Wha...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Place]

Free * While materials last

The artist, whose work on display Ordinary Day reconsiders everyday life, will carry out this workshop. Participants will reflect on the spaces of their everyday life and draw a floorpan of the rooms ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30

[Date]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Date]

Free

The artist reconsidered the act of “painting” to create the work Tracing Back the Flow, currently on exhibit. Through the artist’s living painting, the artist will further apply her brush to the displ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 5:00, 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F Metro Avenue

[Participation fee]

Free

The TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD competition focuses on the discovery, support, and collaboration of designers and artists who represent tomorrow. Six award winners from the 2018 art competition have gathered ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 21:00, 5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Midtown Garden

[Participation fee]

Free

Web magazine Roppongi Future Talks (6mirai.tokyo-midtown.com) has created the project Six Art Trees, where six trees of art will be planted in Roppongi. The first tree in this project is Tree of Tree,...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 22:00, 5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Date]

Tokyo Midtown Midtown Tower B1F

[Date]

Free

Introducing Tokyo Midtown’s twentieth public artwork, away from painting [Mountain of Stones]. We hope you’ll appreciate this new public work, which carefully considers the use of light.

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 21:30 – 22:30

[Date]

Tokyo Midtown Midtown Tower B1F

[Date]

Free

In commemoration of the installation of away from painting [Mountain of Stone], we present a talk with the artist Kazuhiro Ishiyama. We welcome as guest speaker the architect Shingo Masuda, while Naok...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 4:30, 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza B1F

[Participation fee]

Free

[In Cooperation with]

Appliances Company , Panasonic Corporation Game Changer Catapult

A video work that is an updated version of the 2006 motion graphics work “motion texture”. After 10 years since the birth of the concept of the previous piece, “video that exists”, it is a fusion of t...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:30 – 23:00, 5/26(Sun) 11:00 – 14:00, 15:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria Gate (Gaien-higashi Avenue)

[Participation fee]

Free

In “Gachamuraya II”, you must answer a question posed by the master before turning the Gacha (capsule vending machine). How do you define the world? mankind? society? Confronted with questions of endl...

[Date]

in progress – June 2 (Sun)
10:00 – 18:00(*Friday and Saturday 10:00 – 20:00)
* Hours extended until 24:00 on 5/25 (Sat) for Roppongi Art Night 2019.
*Last admission: 30 minutes before closing

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art

[Admission fee]

Adult ¥1300, College and High school students ¥1000, Elementary, Junior-High school students and under are free.

When we encounter something beautiful, we usually experience two kinds of reactions.
One may be moved by learning the background of the work or the artist, while the other one is an emotional e...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 18:00 – 23:00

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art 1F Lecture room

[Participation fee]

Free * We may have the entrance regulation due to peak moment

[Supporter]

KOKUYO Co.,Ltd.

GLOO is a brand of adhesive products designed by the design office nendo to make the process of pasting a more creative act. In this program, you can experience the simple joys associated with using g...

[Date]

in progress – June 30 (Sun)
10:00-19:00
* Hours extended until 23:30 on 5/25 (Sat) for Roppongi Art Night 2019.
* Last admission: 30 minutes before closing

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 1&2

[Admission fee]

General ¥1100, University Students ¥800, High School Students ¥500, Junior High School Students and under may enter for free

Katsumi Asaba, an art director who continues to lead the times, serves as exhibition
director. This exhibition introduces documents and found objects that have inspired Asaba, along with the wo...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) ①18:00 – 19:30, ②21:00 – 22:30

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery3

[Participation fee]

¥4000 (Includes complimentary ticket to SENSE OF HUMOR exhibition. )
* First 40 arrivals for each time (booking required)

[Organized by]

Mouvement, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

[Supporter]

The Chaplin Society of Japan

[Note]

* No photography permitted.

Buster Keaton was regarded as one of the three “Kings of Comedy” in the first half of the 20th Century, and his masterpiece in slapstick comedy, “SHERLOCK JR.,” 1924, epitomized his talent. Two voice ...

[Date]

in progress – Aug 5 (Mon)
5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 22:00, 5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Gallery 1E

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥1600 / College Students ¥1200 / High school students ¥800

[Note]

* Photography is not permitted except in designated photo spots.

From the late 19th Century to early 20th Century in Vienna, a movement emerged seeking new art across all fields, from painting to architecture, crafts, design, and fashion, leading to the glittering ...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 18:00 – 22:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Atrium

[Admission fee]

Free

[Note]

* Photography not allowed

The 2010 documentary film “Les vies possibles de Christian Boltanski” (running time 52 minutes), introduces Boltanski’s various pursuits. The film will introduce artworks that will be on display in th...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) ①16:00 – 17:30, ②19:30 – 21:00

[Place]

various locations in The National Art Center, Tokyo

[Participation fee]

Free * registration required (The tour is conducted in Japanese only)

[In Cooperation with]

NIHON SEKKEI, INC.

As a special program for the Roppongi Art Night 2019, tours introducing the features of the striking NACT building and outlining the various activities will be on offer. Tours of the iconic NACT build...

[Date]

5/25(Sat), 5/26(Sun)
* For more information; http://www.tokyo-anima.com/

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, 3F Auditorium

[Participation fee]

Free * Numbered tickets will be distributed in the lobby of the auditorium.

This screening program of short animation works is a showcase of current Japanese young animation creator. These animation works on the big screen will bring you a more amazing experience than you see...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 22:00、5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

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

[Admission fee]

Adults and College students ¥700, High school students and younger: free

[Organized by]

The General Incorporated Association The Taiheiyo Art Association

Artworks genre: Western Painting, Print, Sculpture and Textile

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 22:00、5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

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

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥700 / College Students and younger: free
* On the occasion of the Roppongi Art Night 2019, on May 25 (Sat) entry is free after 15:00

[Organized by]

Sankikai

Artworks genre: Painting, Sculpture, Craft and Photography

[Date]

5/25(Sat), 5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Exhibition Galleries 3A-3B

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥700, College students, High school students, visitors over 65 years old ¥400, Junior high school students and younger free
* On the occasion of the Roppongi Art Night 2019, on May 25 (Sat) admission is free

[Organized by]

The Japanese New Art - Craft Artists Association

Artworks genre: Crafts

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Reine Building 1F

[Participation fee]

Free

In “KYO-ZO”, Shohei Tsuda fills a dark abandoned space of a former restaurant with countless vertical and horizontal laser beams and audio images. Like an image scanner, the sharp and diffracted red l...

Town Installations

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Lapiross Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free

New York-based Aozaki choreographs playful performances that are inspired by everyday commodities and interactions with people. Using such quotidian materials, his works demonstrate how today’s social...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Various locations in Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free

In this work, Nao Uesaka paves tiny tiles and places tiny versions of everyday objects to create fictional miniature corners on actual streets of Roppongi. Seeing the city as a space where countless s...

Town Installations / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

“Sleep” is an outdoor installation that consists of a global jungle, a tricycle, and a sand castle. Bright balloons connected to the equipment gently inflate and deflate as if they are breathing, and ...

Town Performances / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) ①19:00 – 19:10, ②21:00 – 21:10,
5/26(Sun) ③11:00 – 11:10, ④13:00 – 13:10, ⑤15:00 – 15:10
* Outside of the times designated above, automated performances will occur intermittently.

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

Soap bubbles and sound harmonize to compose an immersive sound installation. In March 2019, this became the first work in the world to program together immersive sound with live electronic music and s...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 15:00 – 24:00

[Place]

Tour starting location: Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

This year we will once again offer tours led by volunteers. Rather than reciting general information about the artworks, guides will engage in dialogue with participants to better understand the appea...

Meetings in Town / Program chosen from “Open Call Project”

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 19:00 – 5/26(Sun) 4:00

[Place]

TBD

[Participation fee]

Free

In the midst of the Roppongi night, invisible people begin to emerge. For one night only, this theatrical drama absent of actors will take stage throughout the entirety of the city. This production ut...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/25(Sat)
①「#1703」 23:00 – 23:20 / 26:00 – 26:20
②「#1936」 20:00 – 20:20 / 20:30 – 20:50 / 21:00 – 21:20 / 23:30 – 23:50 / 26:30 – 26:50
③「#1945」 21:30 – 21:50 / 24:00 – 24:20 / 27:00 – 27:20
④「#2009」 24:30 – 24:50 / 27:30 – 27:50
* ①~④will each consist of different content.

[Place]

Roppongi-nishi Park

[Participation fee]

Free

Taking place on the streets of Roppongi, various stories and narratives will emerge in this excursion-type speech performance. This work will use a smartphone based “Speech AR” system to add new audit...

Meetings in Town

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 23:00、5/26(Sun) 10:00 – 18:00

[Place]

Mikawadai Park

[Participation fee]

Free

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(Sun) 18:00

[Date]

Near Roppongi Crossing

[Place]

Free

At Roppongi Art Night 2019, groovisions designed special lanterns and illustrations will decorate the Roppongi crossing, the clock tower and the columns on the Shuto Expressway, creating an art festiv...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 10:00 – 5/26(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.

[Date]

5/25(Sat), 26(Sun) 10:00 – 19:00 (Admission is until 18:50)

[Place]

FUJIFILM SQUARE Mini Gallery

[Participation fee]

Free

The 11th Roppongi Photo Contest was held under the theme of "Please take a picture of the real face of Roppongi that you found freely.". This time, we received many unique works with the int...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) ①20:00 – 20:15 ②21:00 – 21:15 ③22:00 – 22:15
5/26(Sun) ④14:00 – 14:15 ⑤15:00 – 15:15 ⑥16:00 – 16:15

[Place]

Lapiross Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free

[Date]

5/26(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 26 from 10 A.M., anyone can...

[Date]

5/25(Sat) 17:00-23:00, 5/26(Sun) 10:00 - 16:00
*Talks introducing the contents of the festival in English will be held every hour, on the hour. English/Chinese/Korean speaking staff will be present at all times.

[Place]

Roppongi Hills North Tower 1F

[Participation fee]

Free
* No reservation Needed.

[In Cooperation with]

Art Translators Collective（Kanoko Tamura, Kyle Yamada）

English talks full of information useful for enjoying the artwork – the Japanese cultural background, history of Roppongi area, etc. – will be held every hour, on the hour.
Staff fluent in Engl...