Across Japan Through Art
At the same time as Aichi Triennale 2025, a number of other art festivals will be held across Japan, showcasing a wide variety of works by artists from Japan and abroad while highlighting each region’s local culture and history. If you have the opportunity, we invite you to visit these festivals too, to experience the exhibited artworks, discover new viewpoints, and take in the unique atmosphere across different parts of Japan.
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Setouchi Triennale 2025
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Spring: Fri 18 April - Sun 25 May
Summer: Fri 1 August - Sun 31 August
Autumn: Fri 3 October - Sun 9 November - Main Venues
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All Seasons: Naoshima / Teshima / Megijima / Ogijima / Shodoshima / Oshima / Inujima / Takamatsu Port Area / Uno Port Area
Spring: Seto Ohashi Bridge Area
Summer: Shido・Tsuda Area / Hiketa Area
Autumn: Honjima / Takamishima / Awashima / Ibukijima / Utazu Area
The Setouchi Triennale takes place every three years across numerous islands in the Seto Inland Sea, spanning one hundred days across spring, summer, and fall sessions. Guided by the theme “Restoration of the Sea,” the Setouchi Triennale brings visitors together with local residents and volunteer supporters, and offers opportunities to engage with the region’s nature, culture, and way of life. Now in its sixth edition, this year the festival expands its scope to include three new coastal areas and introduces a special Vietnam Project focused on Vietnam.
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Tokyo Gendai
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Vernissage
Thu 11 September 2025 17:00-20:00
General Admission
Fri 12 September 2025 11:00-18:00
Sat 13 September 2025 11:00-18:00
Sun 14 September 2025 11:00-17:00 - Main Venues
- PACIFICO Yokohama
Tokyo Gendai is an international art fair that brings together leading contemporary art galleries from Japan and around the world.
Held at PACIFICO Yokohama, Tokyo Gendai serves as a cross-cultural platform for artistic, intellectual, and commercial exchange and features a vernissage, an extensive VIP program, and a wide range of programs and accompanying events. -
Okayama Art Summit 2025
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- Fri 26 September - Mon 24 November, 2025
Closed: Closed on Mondays (10/13, 11/3, 11/24 opening, 10/14, 11/4 closing) - Main Venues
- Okayama Castle, Around Okayama Korakuen (multiple indoor and outdoor venues within walking distance)
Held once every three years, the Okayama Art Summit takes place in the center of Okayama City, near Okayama Korakuen Garden and Okayama Castle, and allows visitors to experience contemporary works by leading international guests while strolling around the city. This year’s theme is “The Parks of Aomame,” inspired by a mysterious character in Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84, with French artist Philippe Parreno serving as artistic director. To make the festival more accessible than ever, this edition offers free admission to all venues.
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Performing Arts Festival: Autumn Meteorite 2025 Tokyo
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- Wed 1 Octorver - Mon 3 November, 2025
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- Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, GLOBAL RING THEATRE, etc.
The Performing Arts Festival: Autumn Meteorite Tokyo, will be held mainly at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku. The Artistic Director is Toshiki Okada, who is active both in Japan and overseas as a playwright, theater director, novelist, and leader of the theater company chelfitsch. With our core missions―“Creation of new art,” ”Promoting artists and works internationally,” “personnel development in the performing arts”―, we will present a variety of performing arts works from both Japan and overseas, and implement initiatives to develop performing arts artists and production staff to be active in the world.