ARTE TOKYO Adds “teamLab: Hama-rikyu Gardens” for Nights at Hama-rikyu, Plus masayume and Evening Openings at 39 Museums

On October 23, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee announced three special programs to be added to the ongoing arts festival “ARTE TOKYO.” At Hama-rikyu Gardens, “teamLab: Hama-rikyu Gardens” will open in the evenings from Wednesday, November 25 to Thursday, December 24, and tickets went on sale the same day. The art team mé will float its work “masayume” in the sky over Okutama Town and Yoyogi Park, and on Fridays, November 6 and 20, 39 art and history museums in Tokyo will all open in the evening. The festival continues until Thursday, December 31.

Many of the core programs in the waterfront area, which the September 15 announcement said would start in early November, were shown in an October 13 announcement to begin on Saturday, November 7. Works will be in place from mid-November in Hibiya-Marunouchi and in December in Yoyogi-Shibuya. Based on the released materials, this article sets out the prices and reservation methods for the added programs and the main schedule through the end of the year.

“teamLab: Hama-rikyu Gardens”: hours, prices and reservations

The September 15 announcement set out the planned dates and hours of the nighttime program at Hama-rikyu Gardens and stated that it would be paid and require advance reservations, with details to be announced on the official website in due course. The October 23 announcement confirmed that it would be an exhibition by the art collective teamLab. It runs from Wednesday, November 25 to Thursday, December 24, from 18:00 to 21:15 (last entry 20:30). Both the start and end times have changed from the 18:30–21:30 planned as of September.

Admission is 2,500 yen for adults, 1,500 yen for junior high and high school students, 900 yen for elementary school students and 1,250 yen for people with disabilities; preschool children are free. Entry requires advance reservation for a specified date and time, and tickets are not sold on site. If not sold out, tickets can also be bought on the day through the official ticket website. Depending on the weather and other conditions, some works may not be viewable, and opening hours may shift.

The venue, Hama-rikyu Gardens, is designated a national Special Place of Scenic Beauty and Special Historic Site. Works that change with the wind and rain, shifts in the woods and the presence of visitors will be placed in the garden at night, and five work titles have been announced, including “Pillars of Constant Flux,” “Resonating Trees” and “Spherical Crystallized Light.” The organizers are the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee, and the producer is Ou Sugiyama (SHINRYOIKI, Inc.). The project is supported by the FY2026 “Japan Cultural Expo Subsidy Program for Creating Region-Specific Cultural Content.” teamLab’s permanent venues are introduced in our guide to teamLab venues in Japan.

“masayume” in Okutama Town and Yoyogi Park

“masayume” is a work by the contemporary art team mé. One face is chosen from the faces of real people collected from around the world, turned into a giant three-dimensional object and floated in the sky. According to Tokyo Metropolitan Government materials, it was carried out in 2021 as “Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Special 13,” and later in places including Lisbon, Portugal in 2023 and Madrid, Spain in 2024.

The September 15 announcement said it would be raised in December at the Central Square of Yoyogi Park as a core program of the Yoyogi-Shibuya area. The October 23 announcement set the dates and added a presentation in Okutama Town.

• Okutama Town: Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22, 13:30–17:30 (backup date: Saturday, November 28). The work is raised at Okutama Sports Park, and the viewing area is the schoolyard of Okutama Town Hikawa Elementary School (free, no reservation required)

• Yoyogi Park: Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6, 5:30–11:00 (backup date: Saturday, December 19). The work is raised at the Central Square of Yoyogi Park

Both presentations are canceled in stormy weather. For safe operation, there are also periods when the work is lowered.

39 museums open in the evening on November 6 and 20

“ARTE TOKYO × NIGHT MUSEUM,” held for the first time, has 39 art and history museums in Tokyo open in the evening together on two days, Fridays, November 6 and 20. Twenty-four take part on both days, nine on the 6th only and six on the 20th only. Opening hours and prices vary by museum. Some museums will also hold mini concerts in collaboration with “Classic Live for One Million People.”

Museums taking part on both days include the Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the Mori Art Museum, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum and the Artizon Museum. Those taking part on the 6th only include Tokyo Station Gallery and the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum, and those on the 20th only include the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Evening openings at Tokyo museums are also summarized in our guide to evening openings at Tokyo museums.

Core program schedule: Odaiba from November 7

In the three core areas, works go on view at staggered times. The main schedule, based on materials released by the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee (September 15 and October 13) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s announcement (October 23), is as follows.

• Now on: At Symbol Promenade Park, Seiichi Saito’s “JIKU #024 TELEPORT BRIDGE” is lit (until Thursday, December 31, planned for 17:00–23:00)

• From Saturday, November 7: At Odaiba Beach, “Alloscape” by Daito Manabe and Kyle McDonald (produced by Rhizomatiks) and Yuko Nagayama’s “Sea Hammock”; on the West Promenade, “Balloons and Chairs” by Ryosuke Yuasa + GROUP. From the same day, Yasuhiro Suzuki’s “Zipper Ship” also begins sailing

• Saturday, November 14: The contemporary circus “ARTE TOKYO CIRCUS” is performed again around the Odaiba observation deck. On the following day, Sunday, November 15, a street performance program by Heaven Artists licensed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is planned

• From mid-November: In Hibiya-Marunouchi, magma’s “Spirits of the City” and Asako Fujikura’s “A Bed of Red Tiles and Sun-Dried Bricks” (both at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya), Kanon Sasahara’s “High Break Series #3” (Tokyo Innovation Base), and Kanta Mochida + Kazuki Takakura’s “Hibiya-Marunouchi Art Vision: Tokyo Avant-Garde News”

• From late November: exonemo’s “Kiss, or Dual Monitors 2026” at Tokyo International Forum, and Yasuhiro Suzuki’s “Aerial Being” and Tetsuo Nishizawa + Jumpei Mori’s “Marunobenchi” on Gyoko-dori Avenue

• December: In Yoyogi-Shibuya, Shinji Ohmaki’s “Gravity and Grace” at the United Nations University, Masamichi Shimada’s “Birds fly around with you” at the former site of the National Children’s Castle, and Sou Fujimoto’s “Sky Pavilion” and Takuro Tamayama’s “100 Fluorescent Lamps, a 64-Meter Straight Line” around Panorama Square in Yoyogi Park, among others

• Friday, December 4 – Sunday, December 27: In Yoyogi Park, the newly added ALTEMY “UNPROGRAMMED | A Forest That Unravels Conformity” (around Panorama Square) and Yuko Nagayama + Natsuno Nakamura’s “Urban Sign as a Desire Path” (the bridge at Shibuya Gate)

Approximate periods such as “from mid-November” follow the wording of the September 15 materials. The materials note that the images of each program are for illustration only and that display locations and content may change.

How the festival works: 128 partner programs

ARTE TOKYO is organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee and co-organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture. The executive committee is chaired by Masanori Aoyagi (Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Chair of Arts Council Tokyo), the general producer is Seiichi Saito (founder of PANORAMATIKS) and the general scenographer is Yuko Nagayama (founder of Yuko Nagayama & Associates). Its catchphrase is “Tokyo: connect it, open it up, play in it.”

There are three types of program. The central “Core Program” unfolds in three core areas: the waterfront, Hibiya-Marunouchi and Yoyogi-Shibuya. The international art exhibition “TOKYO ATLAS” (until December 20) and others are positioned as the “Highlight Program,” and outside events that share the festival’s aims join as the “Partner Program.” The number of partner programs was 75 when announced on July 2, 113 on September 15 and 128 on October 23. The breakdown by genre is as follows.

• EXHIBITION: 33

• PUBLIC ART: 9

• MUSIC & PERFORMANCE: 36

• MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT: 14

• CITY EXPERIENCE: 36

MUTEK.JP 2026, which begins in Takanawa on November 20, is also one of the official partner programs. “ASAKUSA CULTURE & LIGHTS 2026” (until November 3, free to view), which projects images onto the Main Hall and Hozomon Gate of Senso-ji, was also certified as a partner program on October 28 (see our article on the Senso-ji projection mapping). The highlights of TOKYO ATLAS are introduced in our article on TOKYO ATLAS.

The opening act “ARTE TOKYO CIRCUS,” performed in Odaiba on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, drew about 2,500 people over the two days. “ARTE TOKYO CRUISE,” which links Odaiba Seaside Park and Tennoz Pier by boat, is co-organized with Shinagawa City and runs mainly on weekends and national holidays until December 20.

Overview

Name: ARTE TOKYO (Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival)
Dates: Saturday, October 10 – Thursday, December 31, 2026
Venues: Waterfront Area, Hibiya-Marunouchi Area and Yoyogi-Shibuya Area (core areas), and other locations across Tokyo
Special programs: teamLab: Hama-rikyu Gardens (November 25 – December 24, Hama-rikyu Gardens [1-1 Hamarikyu-teien, Chuo-ku, Tokyo], paid, advance reservation for a specified date and time required), masayume (Okutama Town, November 21 and 22; Yoyogi Park, December 5 and 6), ARTE TOKYO × NIGHT MUSEUM (November 6 and 20, 39 art and history museums in Tokyo)
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee
Co-organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
General producer: Seiichi Saito (founder, PANORAMATIKS)
General scenographer: Yuko Nagayama (founder, Yuko Nagayama & Associates)
Official website: https://artetokyo.jp/
Tickets for teamLab: Hama-rikyu Gardens: https://hamarikyu.tickets.teamlab.art/

*Information as of October 23, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: An image accompanying the introduction of “JIKU #024 TELEPORT BRIDGE” (Seiichi Saito) (from a press release by the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on materials released by the Tokyo International Culture and Arts Festival Executive Committee (September 15 and October 13, 2026), press releases from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (July 2 and October 23, 2026) and materials released by SHINRYOIKI, Inc. (October 23, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team

A note from the publisher

*Disclosure: “ASAKUSA CULTURE & LIGHTS 2026” (projection mapping on the Main Hall and Hozomon Gate of Senso-ji, and special viewing of Denboin Garden and the Emado), introduced in this article, is an event planned and produced by HITOHATA, INC., an affiliate of HITOHATA ASSOCIATION, the general incorporated association that operates TOKYO ART SPHERE (About us).