“Until It Reaches You”: Screening Times and Production Process of the High School Students’ Work in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Projection Mapping

Since Friday, October 9, the new work “Until It Reaches You” has been part of “TOKYO Night & Light,” in which the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and others project images onto the wall of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1. It was made by 11 students in the video and broadcast production club of the Tokyo Metropolitan Sogo Geijutsu High School and takes “youth” as its subject. In October, it is screened from 18:00 and 19:00 on weekdays and from 18:00 on holidays, with viewing from Citizens’ Plaza.

Production began with a special lecture and workshop in February 2026 and was completed after test screenings in July and August. This article sets out how to find screening times, the production process, the content of the work and the scale of the projection mapping on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

Twice on weekdays and once on holidays in October; check the timetable from November

The press release asks viewers to check screening times from November onward on the official website. As of October 23, the top page and the work introduction page of the official website did not give this work’s screening times from November. The official website posts a timetable “from Sunday, November 1, 2026” as an image, so those who want to see it in November need to check the date and time in that table.

On the official website’s annual schedule, the start of screenings varies by month. In October the first screening is from 18:00, but in November, December and January screenings start from 17:30. Start times in this period are 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30 and 21:30. Screenings are held every day except in stormy weather and similar conditions.

From a lecture in February to the October premiere

The press release describes the production process as follows.

1. February 2026: Special lecture and workshop. The instructors were Shinichi Yamamoto (Omnibus Japan) and Shozaburo Oka and Yuki Kawakami (both of alumni)

2. July: Test screening of the video, with advice from the instructors

3. August: The revised video was checked at a second test screening

4. Friday, October 9: Screenings begin

According to the work introduction on the official website, the students each took charge of their own areas of strength and produced the work collaboratively. The result is staging in which hand-drawn animation and 3D animation overlap.

The building’s wall becomes a “stage of youth”

The subjects are high school crushes and after-school scenes, depicting the feelings and everyday moments of high school students. The work introduction explains that the entire face of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building turns into classroom windows, corridors, shoe lockers and the like, becoming a huge “stage of youth.” Music was produced by Junjiro Suzuki (special professional instructor at the school).

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building projection mapping in numbers

• Projection surface: the east wall of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1. The projection area listed on the official website is 13,904.956 square meters

• Record: according to the official website, it is certified by Guinness World Records as the largest permanent projection mapping on a building

• Screenings: every day except in stormy weather and similar conditions. Start times change with the seasons: from 19:30 in May to August and from 17:30 in November to January

• Project launch: February 2024

• Cumulative viewers: exceeded 1 million in October 2025, and 1.55 million according to materials dated August 7, 2026, posted on the official website

• Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Projection Mapping Executive Committee

How Guinness World Records certification works and records abroad are introduced in our article on Guinness World Records, and the other works currently screening in our TOKYO Night & Light guide. Permits and ordinances for projecting images onto outdoor buildings are summarized in our article on outdoor advertising rules.

Overview

Name: TOKYO Night & Light “Until It Reaches You”
Screenings began: Friday, October 9, 2026
Hours: In October, weekdays from 18:00 and 19:00, holidays from 18:00. From November, check the timetable on the official website
Venue: East wall of Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 (viewing area: Citizens’ Plaza)
Address: 2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Production: Video and broadcast production club, Tokyo Metropolitan Sogo Geijutsu High School
Music: Junjiro Suzuki (special professional instructor at the school)
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Projection Mapping Executive Committee
Official website: https://tokyoprojectionmappingproject.jp/

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

*Top image: Projection mapping on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (from a press release by the TOKYO Night & Light PR Office announcing the release of “Until It Reaches You”)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on materials released by the TOKYO Night & Light PR Office (October 13, 2026), information on the official website (as of October 23, 2026) and materials dated August 7, 2026, posted on the official website.

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team