BENTEN 2 Art Night Kabukicho
Business Overview
Exhibitions and performances are held in various spaces scattered throughout Kabukicho. Disseminate the individuality and attractiveness of the area. In addition to the sponsorship project, it also collaborated with the "Kabuki Chosai 2025" held in the neighborhood at the same time to enhance the tourability of the area and strengthen networking as an art district.
About 60 artists including Miwa Yanagi, Karagumi, Makoto Aida, DOMMUNE, ε Y _, Merzbow and Seiko Kikuchi participated. The curator is Chim↑Pom from Smappa! Group(Ryuta Ushiro, Erii, Yasutaka HAYASHI, Toshinori MIZUNO, Masataka OKADA, Tsutomu INAOKA), Yuko Yamamoto, Tomohito Wakui, Yoshiho Ikeda, and Aru Isomura each interpreted the theme of the event, “urban rewilding, ” and developed a diverse program that took advantage of the characteristics of each venue.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, November 1, 2025, Sunday, November 2, November 3 (Mondays and holidays)
- Venues
- The whole area around Kabukicho (Ojo Building, Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Stage, Decameron, WHITEHOUSE, Unica Vision, Tokyo Desert (former Arts Community Center), THE FOUR-EYED)
Profile
【 Kabukicho Art Night Executive Committee 】
It was established in 2024 by the members of "Kabukicho Art Center Planning Committee (from 2023)" for the purpose of holding an all night art event in Kabukicho. The members were Ryuta UJO (Chim↑Pom from Smappa! Group), Takashi HOYAMA (Auditor of the Kabukicho Shopping District Promotion Association, Managing Director of Daihoshi Shoji Co., Ltd.), Maki TEZUKA (Director of Kabukicho Shopping District Promotion Association, Smappa! Chairperson of the Group) and Yuko YAMAMOTO (ANOMALY).