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Sumida Art Festival
Japanese original:
すみだ五彩の芸術祭
A festival of the arts run by Sumida City, with exhibitions, participatory works, performances and workshops across the ward for four months; the executive director is Shingo Jinno, a professor at Chiba University. The name comes from a saying of ink painting, that ink holds five colours: ink that looks only black carries slightly different hues, an image for a district whose appeal shows only once you step into it. Programmes generally rest on Mondays and Tuesdays; there are information centres at Kotomachi Lab in Narihira and at the Chiba University Sumida Satellite Campus in Bunka.
1 / 4 Image: Sumida Art Festival venues (across Sumida City)
- Dates
- Sep 4 – Dec 20, 2026
- Address
- 東京都墨田区業平1-10-6（ことまちラボ）ほかKotomachi Lab: 5 min walk from Tokyo Skytree Station (Tobu Skytree Line); 7 min from Oshiage Station. For each venue, see the official area mapsOpen in Google Maps
- Closed
- Mon, Tue
- Admission
- Free (except some venues and events)Original: 無料（一部施設・イベントを除く）
Visit planning
The calendar entry covers the whole run of the exhibition. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
Entry notes
Open from September 4 to December 20; generally closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open when those days are holidays). Participation is free, except at some facilities and events.
- Open from September 4 to December 20; generally closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open when those days are holidays). Participation is free, except at some facilities and events. (Source: すみだ五彩の芸術祭：芸術祭について, 2026)
From the organizer's announcements and press reports. Arrangements can change; please check the official site before your visit.
About this festival
In Sumida's back streets, small workshops, old wooden houses, temples and shopping streets sit side by side, and many of this festival's works are shown in places like these.
The Sumida Art Festival is run by Sumida City, and 2026 is its first edition, from 4 September to 20 December, generally closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open on public holidays). Shingo Jinno, a professor at Chiba University, is the executive director, planning it with four other directors, and more than thirty artists and groups take part; the programme runs from visual art to theatre, dance, music, food and walks, and most of it is free. The information centres are Kotomachi Lab in Narihira and the Chiba University Sumida Satellite Campus in Bunka.
Many of the more than a hundred programmes are community events and workshops. We list only five long-running exhibitions worth a trip of their own: Meiro Koizumi, Sachiko Kazama, Kanji Yumisashi, Aiko Miyanaga and Yasuhiro Suzuki. The two in Tachibana are in neighbouring houses, and the two in Higashi-Mukojima are a few minutes' walk apart.
Below, grouped by the official areas, are these five exhibitions; for the other programmes and the area maps, see the official site.
By area
3 areas · 5 exhibitions
Narihira
1 exhibition · Sumida Park Gallery Sasaya
Higashi-Mukojima
2 exhibitions · Next to Hojo Construction, Tobu Museum
Tachibana
2 exhibitions · Tarohachi (former Suzuki house) and Suzuki Ironworks
Nearby, after this one
Same district · Sumida
Shows open on the same days as this one are listed first (regular closing days only).
Credits
- Artists
- 青い風よ石島銀雅いとうせいこうxlab〔東京大学筧康明研究室〕岡田裕子小村井読人
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- Curators
- 神野真吾, 青木彬, 荻原康子, 清宮陵一, 三田大介
- Organized by
- 「墨田五彩藝術祭」執行委員會, 墨田區
Knowledge cards
Triennials and art festivalsトリエンナーレと芸術祭Large contemporary art exhibitions held every few years, with works spread over many sites in a city or region; a triennial comes every three years.Read moreClose
01About
“Biennale” is Italian for “every other year”, and the Venice Biennale, first held in 1895, is the example most often cited; one that comes every three years is a triennial. The Yokohama Triennale began in 2001, and its ninth edition runs from 23 April to 12 September 2027, centred on the Yokohama Museum of Art. Its artistic directors are two curators, Cosmin Costinaş from Romania and Inti Guerrero from Colombia, who say that an international exhibition is “inherently local”. The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale in Niigata Prefecture began in 2000 and also comes every three years; its works stand in villages and parks across six districts of Tokamachi and Tsunan, and empty houses and closed schools are put to use as well. The Sumida Gosai Art Festival in Tokyo (4 September to 20 December 2026) invites visitors to walk among the works, and some of them are participatory works that visitors join.
02In the gallery
Pick up a map or guide first and see how many sites there are and where, then plan a route. At each site, read the introduction at the entrance before the works.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- トリエンナーレ
- Triennial
- ビエンナーレ
- Biennale
- 芸術祭
- Art festival
- アーティスティック・ディレクター
- Artistic director
03Notes
Triennials and art festivals scatter their works over many places, so you visit them one by one.
This time, at Sumida Art Festival —
After a few stops, which place made you want to stay longest?