RAN Picks

[Date]

Parade in various locations in Roppongi
9/28(Sat) 18:30 - 19:30
Performance at Roppongi Hills Arena
9/28(Sat) 19:30 - 21:00

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo; Tokyo Midtown; Roppongi Hills; other areas within Roppongi

[Participation fee]

Free
※ Advance reservations are required to participate in the parade.

A crowd of people will wear glowing flower-shaped innertube floats and parade from the National Art Center, Tokyo through Tokyo Midtown and to Roppongi Hills. The LED lights on the floats will change ...

Performance

[Date]

1. 9/27(Fri) 21:00 - 21:45
2. 9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 16:40
3. 9/29(Sun) 19:00 - 20:00

[Place]

1. In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower
2. Azabu Fire Station Temporary Government Building
3. Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor Canopy Square
Hinokicho Park

[Participation fee]

Free

Written by Switch Research Institute; Screenplay/Direction by Yubie Mitsuse
It has been about 10 years since 2015, when Switch Research Institute took part in this event with the slogan “the lo...

RAN Picks

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 11:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 11:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

The “Ephemeral Collection” is an immersive light and sound temporary environment that aims to capture the concept of ephemerality and transience as a visual form, the bubble. The fragility of the bubb...

RAN Picks/RAN Focus, Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 9/29(Sun) 20:00
9/30(Mon) - 10/14(Mon, holiday)

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk, 2nd Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

Tsai & Yoshikawa create sculptures that express the energies of water, light, and air, elements which are essential for all life on earth. Strange large aluminum flowers painted with fluorescent p...

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

[Date]

9/27日(Fri) 18:40 - 19:10
9/28日(Sat) 18:30 - 19:00
9/29日(Sun) 18:00 - 18:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

For this event, MeimageDance is to perform a special version of “New Paradise of Silent Island” (premiered in 2017), illustrating the encounter between Western and Eastern cultures in Taiwan. Blending...

Installation

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 9/29(Sun) 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills 66 Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free

The left and right canopies leading to Hills West Walk will be connected with pink ropes, creating an installation in the night sky. The pink represents the "warmth of people," and the insta...

Performance

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 18:00 - 22:00 Music: COMPUMA
9/28(Sat) 18:00 - 22:00 Music: MATERIAL
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00 Music: COMPUMA

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Hills Cafe / Space

[Participation fee]

Free

For this exhibition, I would like to do my work dealing with flowers in the midst of a chaotic crowd. Like the transient life of flowers seen in crossroads of our transient life, or the vitality of th...

Installation, Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 9/29(Sun) 20:00
9/30(Mon) - 10/14(Mon, holiday)

[Place]

Roppongi Hills West Walk, 2nd Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

We are pleased to announce the launch of “Hirayama Productions”. The members are painter Ryo and sculptor Takumi. With the theme of their brotherly relationship, Takumi has created clay sculptures of ...

Performance

[Date]

9/29(Sun)
1. 16:30 - 17:00
2. 19:20 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

Lured by the nostalgic sound of festival music played by old household appliances, you’ll come upon this bon dance! Originally intended to mourn the ancestors, this ritual has been reinterpreted as th...

RAN Focus

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 19:30 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

“Watermelon Love” (2017), by artist duo Watermelon Sisters (Yu Cheng-Ta and Ming Wong), is a video work to be showcased in an installation format this time. The video features the queer sisters - cele...

Performance

[Date]

9/28(Sat)
1. 17:30 - 18:00
2. 22:30 - 23:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

We are seasons. Who are you? The ticket to time is this one wheel. The changing weather is my turning point. Eventually it will go away, and then it will come back again. Ah! The wind is blowing! I ha...

Performance

[Date]

Details will be announced on the website.

[Place]

In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower

[Participation fee]

Free

It has been 10 years since the legendary “Carry In Project” at the 2014 Roppongi Art Night. The performance group Akumanoshirushi will return to Roppongi with a work in which they deliberately design ...

Open Call Project Selected Work

[Date]

9/29(Sun) 17:00 - 17:30

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

GA•GA•GA uses 70s radios and flip dot displays to relay visual information, and electromagnetic soundwaves that are not apparent to the naked eye/ear. Have you ever wondered if what you see is not eve...

Open Call Project Selected Work

[Date]

9/28(Sat)
1. 16:30 - 17:00
2. 21:30 - 22:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills Arena

[Participation fee]

Free

A contemporary circus performance themed to goldfish. When I came across records of goldfish cultivation in Roppongi in the late Edo period (1603-1868), I was a little surprised to find that there was...

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Hills North Tower Art Board

[Participation fee]

Free

A special project marking the 35th anniversary of the Praemium Imperiale. The public artworks of the laureates, captured by emerging photographer Rai Shizuno, offer a spectacular experience for those ...

[Date]

9/27(Fri)
1. 18:00 - 18:30
2. 19:00 - 19:30

[Place]

In front of Roppongi Hills North Tower

[Participation fee]

Free

Danceable readings, positive noises.
“HALF plugged” poetry reading music by human beings.

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 16:00 - 22:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 22:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00
* The event time is subject to change.

[Place]

Roppongi Hills O-YANE Plaza

[Participation fee]

Free
* Please note, food and drink will be charged separately.

The venue is adorned with a wide variety of matured whiskies, carefully nurtured over long periods amid the passing of the four seasons in the delicately changing natural environment of Japan. Our ble...

[Date]

10:00-22:00 (last entry 21:30)
* until 23:00 on 9/27(Fri) and 9/28(Sat)

[Place]

Tokyo City View (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 52nd Floor)

[Admission fee]

General, ¥2,000 (weekdays at window). For more details, check the website.
https://art-view.roppongihills.com/en/info/index.html

This indoor observation deck stands 250 meters above sea level and is located centrally in Tokyo. With views of metropolitan Tokyo landmarks such as Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Sky Tree, and visibility all ...

[Date]

2024/9/25(Wed) – 2025/1/19(Sun), 10:00-22:00 (last admission 21:30)
* Open until 23:00 on 9/27(Fri) and 9/28 (Sat)
* Open until 17:00 on Tuesdays (last admission 16:30)
* Open until 22:00 on 12/24 and 12/31

[Place]

Mori Art Museum (Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 53rd Floor)

[Admission fee]

[Weekdays] Adults ¥2,000 (¥1,800), Students (high school and university) ¥1,400 (¥1,300), Seniors (65 and over): ¥1,700 (¥1,500), Children (Jr. High Students and under) Free [Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays] Adults ¥2,200 (¥2,000), Students (high school and university) ¥1,500 (¥1,400), Seniors (65 and over): ¥1,900 (¥1,700), Children (Jr. High Students and under) Free
* Prices indicated by ( ) are online prices.

This is the first major solo exhibition in Japan in 27 years by Louise Bourgeois, the artist well-known for “Maman”, the giant spider sculpture that symbolizes Roppongi Hills. The exhibition introduce...

RAN Picks/RAN Focus

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 9/29(Sun) 20:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st floor

[Participation fee]

Free

A family of a large black reptile-like creature stand side by side, looking up at a building. Pu Chen, a Taiwanese artist, distinctively observes the forms of living creatures, draws imagined forms by...

Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 10/14(Mon, holiday) 11:00 - 23:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria, B1 Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

The blue creature seated in front of the bamboo grove is a fox made from windbreak nets and wire mesh, which are commonly used to protect fields from being damaged by animals and to cover building con...

Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 10/14(Mon, holiday)
Galleria 1st floor: 9:30 - 0:00
Galleria 2nd floor: 11:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 1st, 2nd floor

[Participation fee]

Free

In conjunction with Hiroko Kubo’s new work “Blue Fox” on the B1 floor of Tokyo Midtown Galleria, her other works inspired by urban landscapes and archaeology will be scattered throughout Tokyo Midtown...

Roppongi Future Talks Idea Realization Project #21

[Date]

9/27(Fri)
12:00-13:00(Public Rehearsal)
19:00-20:00 (Main Performance)

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor "Canopy Square"

[Participation fee]

Free

“ROPPONGI STREET THEATER” transforms the architecture and public art of Tokyo Midtown into a stage for performance. This marks the sixth time that ROPPONGI STREET THEATER will collaborate with the Shu...

Roppongi Future Talks Idea Realization Project #21

[Date]

9/28(Sat)
13:00-13:30
15:00-15:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor "Myomu"
* In the event of rain weather, Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor "Ishinki"

[Participation fee]

Free

Musician Shuta Hasunuma will perform with his band in the public space on the streets of Tokyo Midtown. Once more showcasing this blend of public art and urban environment.

Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

Radio program:
9/27(Fri)〜9/28(Sat) 19:00 - 22:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00
Exhibition:
9/27(Fri)〜10/14(Mon, holiday) 10:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor and other locations

[Participation fee]

Free

[Note]

Live streaming
https://www.instagram.com/donut_sand_station?igsh=ZG95ZzUxYW9xMGVv

This radio project was launched from “Sono Aida #TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD”, an art studio for past winners of the TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD, and will be broadcast during the prime times of Roppongi Art Night. Th...

Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 10/9(Wed) 6:30 - 0:30

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, B1 Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

The “TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD”, now in its 17th year, is a competition held in two categories – design and art – aiming to meet, support, and collaborate with talented designers and artists. The competitio...

Tama Art University TUB Collaborative Program, Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 10/6(Sun) 11:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 2nd Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

This work attempts to invert the mundane routine of “placing things on a shelf”.
By hanging a board diagonally on a shelf with the convenience of variable height, we make it into something that...

Concurrent Program

[Date]

9/25(Wed)〜10/1(Tue) 11:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 1st Floor ISETAN SALONE

[Participation fee]

Free

These trailblazers are opening up a new world of traditional craft while preserving the skills inherited from their predecessors. At this event, we will introduce a lineup of three companies, Kurosaki...

Concurrent Program

[Date]

9/20(Fri) - 10/25(Fri) 11:00 - 19:00
* Extended opening hours until 20:00 on 9/27(Fri) – 9/29(Sun)
* Open every day during the exhibition period

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Design Hub, Midtown Tower 5th floor, Tokyo Midtown

[Participation fee]

Free

This exhibition features numerous Japanese designs from the 1950s to the 2020s, interpreting the field from a new vantage point that transcends different eras and domains to search for inspirational d...

[Date]

9/27 - End date undecided

[Place]

Tokyo Midtown Plaza, 1st Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

[Date]

9/18(Wed)〜11/10(Sun) 10:00〜18:00 (10:00-20:00 on Fridays)
* Open until 22:00 on 9/27 (Fri) and 28 (Sat), and until 20:00 on 11/9 (Sat)
* Open until 18:00 on 11/5 (Tue)
* Last admission 30 minutes before closing
* Closed on Tuesdays

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art Exhibition Space

[Admission fee]

¥1,700 for adults, ¥1,000 for university and high school students, free for junior high school students and younger

Hanabusa Itchō (1652-1724) was a painter who was active mainly in Edo during the Genroku era (1688-1704). Although initially trained academically under Kanō Tan’yū’s younger brother, Yasunobu, he was ...

[Date]

9/28(Sat) 17:00 - 17:45, 19:00 - 19:45

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art, 6th Floor Hall

[Participation fee]

¥1,000 (separate admission fee required)

[Capacity]

80 people (reservations required, first-come first-served basis)

This is a story of friendship between Taga Chōko (later Hanabusa Itchō), who was exiled to Miyakejima Island because of a picture he painted, and “haikai” poetry master Takarai Kikaku, who waited for ...

[Date]

9/28(Sat) 13:00 - 20:00, 9/29(Sun) 13:00 - 18:00
* Only participants are allowed to enter during the workshop.

[Place]

Suntory Museum of Art, 1st Floor Lecture Room

[Participation fee]

Free

Visitors can experience the digital content “2D Viewing System in Cubic Interface” for an enhanced guide of the exhibition. Workshops will also be held with advance reservations to further the experie...

[Date]

2024/9/27(Fri) - 2025/2/16(Sun) 10:00 - 19:00 (last admission 18:30)
* Extended opening hours until 22:00 on 9/27(Fri) and 28(Sat) (last admission 21:30)
* Closed: Tuesdays (open on 2025/2/11), year-end and New Year holidays (2024/12/27 – 2025/1/3)

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 1 & 2

[Admission fee]

General ¥1,400, University students ¥800, High school students ¥500, Junior high school students and under may enter for free

This exhibition looks at our environment, from close surroundings, to outer space, focusing on all manner of “waste and excrement.” We define the world's various circulations as a "pooploop....

[Date]

9/20(Fri)〜10/14(Mon, holiday) 10:00 - 19:00
* Extended opening hours until 22:00 on 9/27 (Fri) and 9/28 (Sat)
* Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

21_21 DESIGN SIGHT Gallery 3

[Admission fee]

Free

Michele De Lucchi, an internationally acclaimed, cutting-edge architect, will present six houses (Sei Case) from his sculptural series (Loggia) that explores the concept of “Space-in Between” in archi...

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 9/29(Sun) 10:00 - 20:00
* Open until 18:00 on 9/29(Sun)

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo and other locations in Roppongi

[Admission fee]

Free

Sota Kodera, who has been presenting unique works using his own body under the name of “Iru-ha”, will debut a new piece. This work will take place not only inside the National Art Center, Tokyo, but a...

RAN Picks, Long-term Exhibition Program

[Date]

9/25(Wed)〜10/7(Mon) 10:00 - 18:00
* Open until 20:00 on 9/27(Fri), 9/28(Sat), 10/4(Fri), and 10/5(Sat)
* Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, 1st Floor Atrium

[Admission fee]

Free

“Untitled – Ink Rhythm” is a black-painted, enormous paper sculpture. The visual engagements of this work lead to its strong presence while blending itself well into the venue; with the shape creating...

[Date]

8/7(Wed) – 11/11(Mon), 10:00 - 18:00 (last admission 17:30)
* 10:00 - 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays (last admission 19:30)
* Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

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

[Admission fee]

Adults ¥2,000, college students ¥1,400, high school students ¥1,000

This exhibition is the first major retrospective showcasing the internationally acclaimed artist Keiichi Tanaami (1936‐2024). Tanaami is known for vivid, color-drenched works that intensely reflect hi...

Concurrent Program

[Date]

9/26(Thu) – 9/29(Sun), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
* 9/27(Fri) and 9/28(Sat), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)
* Special website will be available from 9/9(Mon) – 9/29(Sun)

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, 3rd Floor Auditorium, Lecture Study Room

[Admission fee]

Free

The Inter College Animation Festival (ICAF), which represents the forefront of student animation, will be held for the 22nd time with 33 educational institutions from all over Japan, screening over 20...

Concurrent Program

[Date]

9/18 (Wed) – 9/30 (Mon), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
* 9/20 (Fri) and 9/27 (Fri), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)
* 9/30 (Mon), final day, open until 14:00 (last admission 13:30)
* Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Gallery 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, Open-air Exhibition Area A and B

[Admission fee]

¥800 for adults, free of charge for university students and younger, persons 65 years old and older, and persons with a disability certificate with up to one accompanying person.

Concurrent Program

[Date]

9/18 (Wed) – 9/30 (Mon), 10:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
* 9/20 (Fri) and 9/27 (Fri), open until 20:00 (last admission 19:30)
* 9/30 (Mon), final day, open until 14:00 (last admission 13:30)
* Closed: Tuesdays

[Place]

The National Art Center, Tokyo, Gallery 1C, 1D, 2C, 2D, Open-air Exhibition Area C and D

[Admission fee]

¥800 for adults, free of charge for university students and younger, persons 65 years old and older, and persons with a disability certificate with up to two accompanying persons.

RAN Focus

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Ignoppor, 1st Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

“Watermelon Love” (2017), by artist duo Watermelon Sisters (Yu Cheng-Ta and Ming Wong), is a video work to be showcased in an installation format this time. The video features the queer sisters - cele...

RAN Focus

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Giotto House, 1st Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

Goang-Ming Yuan, one of the most prominent video artists in Taiwan’s contemporary art world, will present “Everyday War” (2024) for the first time in Asia, a video work that attracted much attention w...

Open Call Project Selected Work

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Lapiros Roppongi Building

[Participation fee]

Free

A giant banana peel waiting to be stepped on. The work has several metaphors from the genealogy of comedy. First, as a symbol of slipping and falling, secondly, as a symbol of the history of bananas a...

RAN FOCUS

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

San Bldg. No.3, 1st Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

Ring is an installation in which a laser illuminates a large transparent circle. The laser light reflects off the circle and diffuses into the space. The circle and the light symbolize perfection and ...

RAN FOCUS

[Date]

9/27(Fri) 17:30 - 23:00
9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Ignoppor, 2nd Floor

[Participation fee]

Free

Using fluorescent-painted wires and metals with black light (UV light), Xin Qi presents a new installation, Under the Glowing Banyan Tree, filled with insects, plants, and other organisms indoors with...

Open Call Project Selected Work

[Date]

9/27(Fri) - 9/28(Sat) 16:00 - 23:00
9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Crossing

[Participation fee]

Free

We normally would not know about those who work and live behind Roppongi city to support its shininess. The artist tries to connect those locals to the audience by biological information of individual...

[Date]

(1) In-person Tour 9/29(Sun) 16:00 - 18:00
(2) Online Tour 9/28(Sat) 18:00 - 20:00

[Place]

Roppongi Art Night venues/online

[Participation fee]

Free / advance registration required
* For details on how to apply, please refer to the following page. (The form is in Japanese only.)
https://www.roppongiartnight.com/2024/inclusive.html

[Capacity]

Approximately 10 people per session

In this tour, a variety of people will gather to make the rounds of Roppongi Art Night. Let’s enjoy the artworks while engaging in conversation with the other participants.
* Participation is o...

[Date]

(1) 9/27(Fri), 17:00 - 18:30
(2) 9/28(Sat), 20:00 - 21:30
(3) 9/29(Sun), 14:00 - 15:30

[Place]

Roppongi Art Night various venues

[Participation fee]

Free / advance reservation required
* Further details on how to make a reservation will be announced on the official website.

[Capacity]

Approximately 15 people per session

English Guided Tour: In Dialogue with Roppongi

This is an English guided tour of artworks. Participants will walk through the streets of Roppongi, viewing works throughout the city and ...