TOKYO BIENNALE 2025

TOKYO BIENNALE 2025
International Art Festival in Tokyo

October 17 (Fri) to December 14 (Sun), 2025

The Tokyo Biennale is an international art festival once every two years in which diverse artists and creators from Japan and abroad gather in the city of Tokyo, deeply into the city, and create it together with local people.

This time, the third time, under the theme of "Would you like to take a walk together?"

[Info of Chuo-ku (excerpt from the official website)] (As of July 31, 2025)

Yaesu / Kyobashi area

Tokyo Station, where a variety of people come and go as a gateway to Tokyo. At the Yaesu Exit / North Exit of the station (in front of the entrance to the Daimaru Tokyo store), dynamic and elaborate paintings by Shun Yonaha will appear. In Kyobashi, which is known as a business district, but also has a face as an antique and art district, sound artist Akio Suzuki will conduct a representative project "Otodate" near the Artizon Museum*. We select points that open your senses by listening outdoors, such as "Nodate" in the tea ceremony. ＊Akio Suzuki's "Otodate" will be developed in other areas as well.

[Participating Artist]

Yaesu / Kyobashi area

Shun Yonaha and Akio Suzuki

 

Nihonbashi / Bakurocho area

Nihonbashi is a city of commerce and culture that developed as the home of Edo shogunate. It is characterized by a colorful landscape where long-established stores and new facilities that retain the old-fashioned atmosphere are mixed. At the Tokyo Biennale 2025, a "Skima Project" will be held to walk around this town and follow scattered art. Encountering nine artists with works that mimic the potted plants of alleys will rediscover the margins of the city and potential creativity. Bakurocho is an area where the activities of the historic wholesale district and new movements in the art and design fields coexist. At the Tokyo Biennale, the long-established wholesaler Etoile Kaito Living Hall will be used as a base exhibition venue to display art works and project information.

[Participating Artist]

Nihonbashi area
Skima Project	Junko Iwaoka, Junya Kataoka + Rie Iwatake, Ryoaki Kurihara, 6lines Studio + Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Shingo Suzuki, Kika Terauchi, Shoko Toda, Milk Warehouse Zaconut, Yasushi Mori

 

Bakurocho area	Etoile Kaito Living Room　※A paid viewing ticket is required
ー	LPACK., Noboru Kubota, Cheon Quee Chi/Nguyen von Lin (Vietnam), Pyotor Buyak (Poland), Eiji Watanabe
Photo project 「Tokyo Perspective」	Mari Katayama, SIDE CORE, Risaku Suzuki, Yasuko Toyoshima, Masato Nakamura, Naoya Hatakeyama, Chihiro Minato
SOCIAL DIVE Project	Naraka Wijewardane (Sri Lanka), Camilla Svenson (Brazil), Mariam Tovmasian (Armenia), Elke Rhine Hoover (Germany), Adam Roy Gart (Sweden)

 

●Exhibition Period, Time, Closed Day
October 17 (Fri) to December 14 (Sun), 2025
Higashi Enryakuji Temple Kanei-ji Temple (some paid venues) 11:30 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00)
Etoile Kaito Living Room (paid venue) Mizuki Saturdays and Sundays 11:30-18:00 (last entry 17:00) / Friday 11:30-19:00 (last entry 18:30)
All of them are closed on Mondays and Sundays.

●Entrance fee
・Many public spaces exhibits are free.
・Part of the base exhibition venue requires a paid viewing ticket.

●Appreciation ticket
Ticket purchase is required for viewing at the following base exhibition venues. However, those who are under high school students can also view these venues free of charge.
・Etoile Kaito Living Room
・Kanei-ji Temple, Higashi Enryakuji Temple (partly)
※For more information, please refer to the official website.