Tokyo Autumn Shows: Sakamoto's Ambient Kyoto, Tanaka's Paper Archive, Hojoki Tiny Architecture

Key facts

• 'Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani: Ambient Kyoto' is at Azabudai Hills Gallery until 25 October 2026.
• The installation is based on Sakamoto's 2017 album Async and his concept of secchi-ongaku (installed music).
• A 26.4 metre-wide screen shows Takatani's visuals, which remain out of sync with the 14-track soundtrack.
• 'Yoshihisa Tanaka: Archive / Achieve' is at Ginza Graphic Gallery through 21 October 2026.
• Tanaka, 46, has created paper trainers with New Balance and a washi installation for Issey Miyake's spring/summer 2024 Paris show.
• 'Learning from "Hojoki": Tiny Architecture Reweaves Life' is at 21_21 Design Sight in Roppongi until 11 January 2027.
• The exhibition is directed by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, co-founder of Atelier Bow Wow, and draws on Kamo no Chomei's 13th-century essay 'Hojoki'.
• Yusuke Obuchi and Jun Nakamura refashioned an abandoned feed silo into 'walking architecture'; Yusuke Omuro and Kawacho-Gumi created a storage shed based on writings by the late novelist Chotaro Kawasaki.