A new projection mapping work based on art by four artists from HERALBONY will begin screening on the wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on Friday, November 20, 2026. Titled Expanding distinctiveness -拡張する異彩-, it joins "TOKYO Night & Light," the year-round projection mapping program that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government presents on the building as a nighttime tourism attraction for Tokyo.
The work pairs colorful, powerful artworks with the visual effects unique to projection mapping, expressing each artist's individuality and new appeal on the walls of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
About the Work
- Title: Expanding distinctiveness -拡張する異彩-
- Screening start date: Friday, November 20, 2026
Highlights
Art born from the rich sensibility of each artist spreads across the walls of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building through light and video.
Vivid colors and original brushwork are combined with the three-dimensional, dynamic staging that only projection mapping can offer, bringing out new appeal in the artworks. Visitors can enjoy a video work in which each artist's individuality spreads dynamically across the large wall of the building.
Screening Times in November
- Weekdays: 5:30 PM / 6:30 PM
- Weekends and holidays: 5:30 PM / 6:00 PM
Screening times from December onward can be checked on the official website. Other works are also shown at times other than those listed above.
About HERALBONY
HERALBONY is a creative company whose mission is 「異彩を、放て。」 (literally, "radiate distinctive brilliance"). It aims to change the image of disability and create new culture. The company has signed IP licensing agreements with artists with disabilities in Japan and overseas, operates its own brand "HERALBONY," and runs a variety of businesses that deliver distinctive brilliance (異彩) to society in many forms.
The Four HERALBONY Artists
Artworks by four HERALBONY artists are used in this work.
marina (Tokyo)
marina enjoys sushi, games, cooking and drawing, and has continued creating since the age of 12. What marina is most passionate about is a unique "something like letters" densely written across notebooks. The typography evokes ancient inscriptions, cosmic codes and future languages, and the flowing, scrawled brushwork invites a different interpretation from each viewer. As many new stories are spun as there are imaginations of people searching for meaning.
伊藤大貴 (あいアイ美術館, Saitama Prefecture)
He grew up looking at Mt. Fuji from his family home in Kawagoe. After his father passed away, he began to see his father's image in the moon and to paint himself as Mt. Fuji. When he paints Mt. Fuji, he faces the mountain for four hours without moving at all, and only begins to create once the sun has set and darkness has settled in. He is also a skilled swimmer who boldly takes on long-distance swimming. Perhaps for this reason, colors burst out like water spray in the natural landscapes he paints.
工藤みどり (るんびにい美術館, Iwate Prefecture)
Her work has a boundlessness that seems to be born from meditation. Rather than aiming for a finished form, she finds something in the accumulation of dots and short lines she places as she pleases, and immerses herself endlessly in that world. At times she speaks to someone nearby with a dreamy, fluffy smile, and at other times she sinks deep into her own inner world alone. Her gaze drifts, following something that appears only in her heart. A mysterious atmosphere surrounds her and her work.
岡部志士 (希望の園, Mie Prefecture)
The artist paints a surface with crayon, scrapes the color away with a needle, and gathers the crayon shavings, playing with them like clay while creating. Recently the working methods have broadened, such as scraping with a needle a surface colored with crayon and poster paint on boards and canvases. In fact, the lumps formed from the gathered shavings (which the artist calls コロイチ) are the true works for the artist, while the resulting paintings are merely leftover scraps that hold no interest.
Planning and Direction
C&
C& (シーエンド) is a digital art production company launched in 2022. It handles a wide range of creative work, including digital art and digital content production, projection mapping, stage direction and video production. By teaming up with various professionals, it produces content in the form best suited to each work.
田中 葵 (Director)
She encountered digital art while studying in the music department at Ferris University (フェリス女学院大学音楽学部音楽芸術学科). From 2014 to 2019, she belonged to teamLab Inc. (チームラボ株式会社), where she worked on various art exhibitions and corporate projects and served as main director and on-site supervisor on large-scale projects. She founded C& in 2022.
About "TOKYO Night & Light" at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
- Dates: Screened daily except in severe weather. If screenings are canceled due to typhoons or other conditions, announcements are made on the official website and on X.
- Projection surface: East wall of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government First Building
- Viewing location: Tomin Plaza (2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
- Screening times: 5:30 PM / 6:00 PM / 6:30 PM / 7:00 PM / 7:30 PM / 8:00 PM / 8:30 PM / 9:00 PM / 9:30 PM (each screening runs about 15 minutes; see the official website for the detailed schedule)
- Official website: https://tokyoprojectionmappingproject.jp
- Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Projection Mapping Executive Committee
- Other:
- The project promotes environmentally conscious initiatives, including the use of green electricity.
- It is certified as a Guinness World Records™ title for "Largest architectural projection-mapped display (permanent)."
TOKYO Night & Light has received the Travelers' Choice Awards 2026 from Tripadvisor, one of the world's largest travel information platforms. Based on traveler reviews, it ranks in the top 10% of about 8 million listings on the platform. It is recognized as one of Tokyo's leading tourist attractions.
