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Hibiya Art Park 2026「Timeless Phenomena」
Part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Flower and Light Movement, this project in Hibiya Park is directed by the architect Nagayama Yuko under the title Timeless Phenomena. Works by Kuribayashi Takashi, whose subject is boundaries, the glass artist Sasaki Rui and the sculptor Yokote Taiki are scattered through the park, to be come upon on a walk; the flowers, too, are treated as a link between people, plants, insects, birds and the time of the seasons.
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- Dates
- Nov 13 – Nov 29, 2026
- Venue
- Hibiya Park (日比谷公園) · Chiyoda
- Address
- 東京都千代田区日比谷公園Right outside Exit B2, Kasumigaseki Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi and Chiyoda Lines), or Exits A10 and A14, Hibiya Station (Hibiya, Chiyoda and Toei Mita Lines); 8 min walk from JR Yurakucho StationOpen in Google Maps
- Hours
- 09:00–21:00
- Admission
- FreeOriginal: 無料
Visit planning
The calendar entry starts on the opening day and covers the whole run. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
Entry notes
The works can be seen 9:00–21:00, free and without booking. Changes due to the weather are announced on the official Instagram. Parts of the park, including the area around the Great Fountain, are fenced off for renovation.
- The works can be seen 9:00–21:00, free and without booking. Changes due to the weather are announced on the official Instagram. Parts of the park, including the area around the Great Fountain, are fenced off for renovation. (Source: Hibiya Art Park 2026, 2026)
From the organizer's announcements and press reports. Arrangements can change; please check the official site before your visit.
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Credits
- Organized by
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Flowers and Light Movement)
- Planning
- 永山祐子
Knowledge cards
Installation ArtインスタレーションThree-dimensional work that does not sit on a wall or a pedestal but changes how a whole space feels, and that visitors walk into.Read moreClose
01About
Installations are often made for one particular site, and visitors move through them, so where you stand is part of the looking. Materials range from everyday objects and natural materials to video and sound, and a work may be permanent or taken down when the exhibition closes. As the name of an art form, “installation” is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1969; in 1958 Allan Kaprow called the indoor spaces he transformed “Environments.” The events the Gutai Art Association staged in Japan from 1954 are counted among early installation art, and they influenced Kaprow. Some artists step inside their own installations: Aki Sasamoto builds spaces from string, tubes, household things and sound, then talks and moves within them, so that the work becomes an event that changes over time.
02In the gallery
Look from the entrance, from the middle and from a corner. Notice how the light, the sound, and the path you take change the work.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インスタレーション
- Installation
- サイトスペシフィック
- Site-specific
- エンヴァイラメント（環境）
- Environment
- 具体美術協会
- Gutai Art Association
- パフォーマンス
- Performance
03Notes
Installations are mostly made for a particular place, and where you stand is part of the looking.
This time, at Timeless Phenomena —
After moving to a few spots, where do you think the work begins, and where does it end?