A walking-style art event, "TOKYO ART DOTS," will be held from Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8, 2026, at venues in front of Tokyo Station, including Tofrom Yaesu Tower (Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo). It is organized by Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. and HERALBONY Co., Ltd., and lets visitors encounter art by HERALBONY's contracted artists while strolling through town.
The event takes place across Yaesu, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and Ginza, the districts spreading out on the east side of Tokyo Station. It is the first event for which HERALBONY uses the town itself as the venue. The theme is "Distinctive Brilliance Makes the Town Shine." Both art and towns gain color and shine when many individual dots, or personalities (DOT), gather together. The event is set in an area with a history and tradition that stretches back to the Edo period, and conveys that distinctive brilliance across the ages.
Event Overview
- Event name: TOKYO ART DOTS
- Dates: Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8, 2026
- Hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (November 5 only: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
- Admission: Free
- Organizers: Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. and HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
- Sponsor: BAG-Brillia Art Gallery-
- Official website: https://tokyoartdots.com/
Venues
- Tofrom Yaesu Tower (1st-floor event space 檜物町スクエア): 1-6-1 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- Nihonbashi intersection (building wall art): 1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- Tokyo Square Garden (B1 plaza): 3-1-1 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
- HERALBONY LABORATORY GINZA (Ginza store, 2nd floor): 2-5-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Only this venue is open from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
1. BAG@Tofrom Yaesu Tower
Venue: Tofrom Yaesu Tower, 1st-floor event space 檜物町スクエア
At the main venue, Tofrom Yaesu Tower, the whole event space is filled with art by HERALBONY's contracted artists. Art booths themed on four eras, "Meiji and Taisho," "Showa," "Heisei" and "Reiwa," are set up inside. Each one presents the daily lives of people in that era and the richness they cultivated through a single story inspired by the brand statement of Tokyo Tatemono's condominium brand Brillia, "私らしさ、それが豊かさ。" ("Being myself is richness."). Besides an art exhibition curated around the story, there are hands-on programs that let participants feel for themselves "What is richness?" and a performance using body expression. The gallery is held as part of the activities of BAG-Brillia Art Gallery-, a site-specific gallery with no fixed home base.
1896-2026: The 130-Year Story of Tokyo
Countless people have lived in Tokyo.
Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei, Reiwa...
In this painting, too, are people who lived through each era.
A shopkeeper carrying a pole on the shoulder, selling fish as they walk.
Someone pulling a rickshaw with a passenger, racing through town.
A cook frying tempura and serving it to people.
Young people running toward Otemachi, passing the relay sash from one to the next.
Office workers taking on new work with their colleagues in a high-rise.
Just as the people in the painting are full of life, the people of each era held their own feelings and lived their own lives, lighting small lights in this town.
Each light has a different color and shines differently. They met and mixed, and made the town of Tokyo as it is today.
That layering may be our richness.
Now, you set out on a journey through 130 years of Tokyo.
Across the ages, you meet people and touch the feelings they cherished and the moment their light was lit.
And at the end of the journey, what kind of light will you meet?
Meiji and Taisho, 1896: "Once the Gas Lamps Were Lit" (Performance)
Around 1896 (Meiji 29), the year Tokyo Tatemono was founded, lights were beginning to come on in the town. The excitement of that era is portrayed in a body-expression performance by Deaf actors.
- Program: A performance using body expression on the theme of "gas lamps"
- How to take part: Free viewing
- Duration: 10 minutes
- Cast: 奥村泰人, 山田真樹, 南雲麻衣, 小野花音
- Direction: 數見陽子
Showa, 1960: "The Invisible Flower Shop (見えない花屋), produced by HIBIYA KADAN" (Hands-on Program)
With their eyes closed, participants rely on senses other than sight to feel the shape, texture and scent of flowers, and choose a flower that suits them. Based on what they felt from the chosen flower and the scene that came to mind, they can also give it their own "flower language." The chosen flower can be taken home.
- Program: Choosing a flower by smell and touch while wearing an eye mask
- How to take part: First come, first served. Numbered tickets will be handed out if it gets crowded.
- Duration: 8 minutes per group
- Cast: 石井健介, 月森沙希, あさひ
Heisei, 1989-2019: "Obsessions That Never Stop" (Exhibition)
An exhibition that focuses on the richness of pursuing one's own "likes," which spread over the roughly 30 years of the Heisei era.
- Program: Viewing the exhibition
- How to take part: Free viewing
- Featured artists: 早川拓馬 (希望の園), 井口直人 (さふらん生活園)
Reiwa, 2026: "Giving Shape to the Light in Your Heart (MY ART DOT)" (Participatory Content)
This is digital content in which participants reflect on what richness means to them and discover what "being myself" means. Participants choose an artwork and think about the questions about "richness" that are presented. From the chosen work and the subtle bodily reactions that appear as they reflect, a "MY ART DOT" that mirrors the finer points of that person's heart is generated. The finished MY ART DOT can be taken home as a card. It is also accumulated on the screen in the venue, where the dots overlap and form one large "light." No reservation is needed, and participants can join freely during event hours.
Tour Guide: The 130-Year Story of Tokyo, 1896-2026
From 1896 to 2026. Visitors travel through 130 years of Tokyo with a guide, following the art and stories.
- Program: A tour through 130 years of Tokyo's art and stories
- How to take part: Free viewing
- Duration: 20 to 25 minutes
- Cast: 市川真也, 小林未往
- Direction: 大塚由祈子
The schedule for each program is available on the official website.
2. Nihonbashi Building Wall Art
Venue: Nihonbashi intersection
A giant building art wall appears at the Nihonbashi intersection. It is an original building art wall decorated with a variety of artwork by the artists.
3. Christmas Tree Aglow with Distinctive Brilliance
Venue: Tokyo Square Garden, B1 plaza
Tokyo Square Garden stages one of the largest illuminations in the Kyobashi area every year. This time, a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments featuring the artists' art appears there. The tree expresses the world of the artwork "20210425" by 時永 蒼生, a HERALBONY contracted artist. Combined with the green space 京橋の丘, which is about 31 m tall and about 3,000 m² and spans from the B1 floor to the 5th floor above ground in the building, it offers an experience as if stepping into a deep forest. An illumination lighting ceremony and a Christmas concert are planned for Thursday, November 5.
4. TOKYO ART DOTS Original Art Exhibition
Venue: HERALBONY LABORATORY GINZA (Ginza store, 2nd floor)
This gallery lets visitors learn about the artists' backgrounds and creative stories together with their art. It is a place to appreciate more deeply the art encountered at the event venues.
- Hours: 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Works on display (title / artist)
- GINZA / 鳥山 シュウ
- 東京駅前YNK / 鳥山 シュウ
- サイクリングロードⅢ / 伊賀 敢男留
- Town Red / 伊賀 敢男留
- 通過電車だらけのポーズ / 早川 拓馬
- ススキ / 福井 将宏
- コチョウラン / 福井 将宏
- ミックスベリージャム / SATO
- めだかの学校 / SATO
- 20260504 / 時永 蒼生
- 20210110 / 時永 蒼生
- 20210425 / 時永 蒼生
5. Roaming Puzzle Game "The Rookie Postal Worker and the Letter with No Address" (新人郵便局員と、宛名のない１通の手紙)
Venues: all of venues 1 to 4
This is a roaming puzzle game set across the four venues. Participants become a rookie postal worker dispatched to the town and travel around the art in the streets to deliver a letter with no address. Those who solve all the puzzles receive an original handkerchief, first come, first served each day. The handkerchief is handed over at the 1st-floor event space 檜物町スクエア of Tofrom Yaesu Tower.
About the Event
Since its founding in 1896 (Meiji 29), Tokyo Tatemono has worked on town development for 130 years, keeping in mind the lives of the people who live, work and gather in its towns. The people who made the history and traditions of a town were individuals who lived seeking their own richness in each era. In this event, the richness inside each of those individuals is seen as a "light." In an open space where many people come and go, visitors touch a different "being myself" in each person through HERALBONY's artworks, and take a fresh look at what richness means to them. It is a special four-day event in which visitors experience various lights while following the stories built up over 130 years. The four venues are all within walking distance, so visitors can stroll around town and visit the art of HERALBONY's artists scattered along the way, enjoying art and stories that glow like a collection of dots (DOTS).
Notes
- The event may be changed or canceled without notice because of weather or other reasons.
- Admission is free, but entry may be restricted if the situation inside a venue is judged to pose a safety problem.
- The organizers cannot take responsibility for accidents or injuries that occur during participation in the event.
- The event venues are non-smoking.
- For details on venue accessibility, see the official website.
