At IMMERSIVE JOURNEY, one of Japan's largest VR experience facilities, the VR work "Tonight with the Impressionists Paris 1874" (印象派画家と過ごす夜) has been on permanent display since July 2025, and its cumulative number of visitors in Japan has passed 30,000. IMMERSIVE JOURNEY is operated by CinemaLeap and has opened in Yokohama and Nagoya, with Osaka opening in December and Hiroshima scheduled for March 2027.
2026 marks 100 years since the death of Claude Monet, and retrospectives and special exhibitions are being held at museums around the world, not only in Japan. In this anniversary year, the work lets visitors enjoy pieces by leading Impressionist masters, including Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Cézanne, and Pissarro, while experiencing the streets of Paris 150 years ago in VR.
About IMMERSIVE JOURNEY
IMMERSIVE JOURNEY is one of Japan's largest VR experience facilities. It opened in Yokohama in December 2024 and has welcomed more than 350,000 visitors in Japan. Wearing a head-mounted display, visitors walk freely around a spacious area on foot, with an immersive experience that feels like traveling through another world. Groups of up to 4 people can take part at the same time, and VR works from around the world can be experienced on a scale that goes beyond the limits of time and place.
In January 2026, IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Nagoya opened as the first large-scale permanent VR experience facility in the Tokai area. In December, IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Osaka, the third location in Japan, will open in Umeda, Osaka, as the first in the Kansai area. A Hiroshima location is also scheduled to open in March 2027.
Official website: https://immersivejourney.jp
About "Tonight with the Impressionists Paris 1874"
This VR work was created jointly by the Musée d'Orsay in France, the French XR production studio Excurio, and GEDEON Experiences. It had its world premiere at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris on March 26, 2024.
The story is set in Paris in 1874, at the former studio of the photographer Nadar on Boulevard des Capucines, the venue of the "first Impressionist exhibition," where about 30 painters gathered to present 165 or more works. Visitors can tour works by Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Cézanne, Pissarro, and others, who later became leading Impressionist painters, with commentary. The story starts from the exhibition and extends to the places where the painters created their works and to moments of friendship and passion that intersect, taking visitors to the birth of Impressionism.
The painters are voiced by a cast of well-known voice actors, including Yuki Kaji (梶裕貴) as Claude Monet, Daisuke Namikawa (浪川大輔) as Paul Cézanne, and Takehito Koyasu (子安武人) as Edgar Degas, creating a sense of having wandered into the first Impressionist exhibition.
Voice Cast
- Claude Monet: Yuki Kaji (梶裕貴)
- Auguste Renoir: Shinichiro Kamio (神尾晋一郎)
- Edgar Degas: Takehito Koyasu (子安武人)
- Camille Pissarro: Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏)
- Paul Cézanne: Daisuke Namikawa (浪川大輔)
- Rose: 伊駒ゆりえ
- Japanese script translation supervisor: 袴田紘代 (Chief Researcher, The National Museum of Western Art)
IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Facility Information
- IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Yokohama
- Hours: 9:30 AM to 8:00 PM (last entry 7:00 PM)
- Access: Directly connected to the Minami-East Exit passage of Yokohama Station, a 2-minute walk from the East Exit of Yokohama Station
- IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Nagoya
- Hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (last entry 7:00 PM)
- Access: Right by Sakaechika Exit 7, from Sakae Station on the Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line and Meijo Line, or Sakaemachi Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line
- IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Osaka: Scheduled to open in late December 2026
- IMMERSIVE JOURNEY Hiroshima: Scheduled to open in March 2027
For business days and hours, prices, ticket sales methods, and other details, please see the official website: https://immersivejourney.jp/
