Tokyo Architecture Festival

Name of the organization or individual

Tokyo Architecture Festival Executive Committee

subsidy category

Grant for Creating Attractive Art and Culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2024 (Phase 2) Grant for Creating Attractive Arts and Culture

Key Visual

A special public exhibition

A guided tour

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Business Overview

You can feel people and get to know the town through architecture.
The Tokyo Architecture Festival is a festival that provides a wide range of people with an opportunity to experience Tokyo's diverse architecture and to enjoy it by coming into contact with the various thoughts of those who make it, those who use it, and those who preserve it. It is important for the festival to be built not only with the organizers but also with many people, including donations, sponsors, builders, guides, general recruitment staff, and local residents.
By opening up and familiarizing the general public with the act of enjoying architecture, the purpose of this project is to spread and expand architectural culture and to rediscover the charm of Tokyo.

implementation period

Saturday, May 17, 2025 to 25th (Sun)

Place of implementation

127 buildings and areas located in Taito-ku, Bunkyo-ku, Chiyoda-ku, Chuo-ku and Minato-ku, Tokyo

Profile

[Tokyo Architectural Festival Executive Committee]
The Tokyo Architectural Festival Executive Committee is an industry-academia-government collaborative organization established by members from various perspectives, including architecture experts, companies, government, and the media, who agree with the significance of architectural events in Tokyo. Shunsuke Kurakata (Architectural historian and professor at Osaka Metropolitan University), chairperson of the executive committee, has been actively engaged in activities to open up specialized knowledge of architecture to the public through his books, architecture festivals around Japan, and many other projects he has been involved in since its inception. Other members of the committee are also engaged in activities aimed at fostering civic pride through building experiences for the general public.