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Nostalgic Edo Exhibition: Ukiyo-e Illuminating Edo

Nostalgic Edo Exhibition: Ukiyo-e Illuminating Edo
Wednesday, November 18 – Saturday, November 22, 2025 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Last admission: 8:30 PM Zojoji Temple Free of charge
Wednesday, November 18 – Saturday, November 22, 2025 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Last admission: 8:30 PM Zojoji Temple Free of charge

CONCEPT

History Meets Digital Arts
A Fantastical Projection Mapping

Floating in the Frosty Night technology

Zōjō-ji Temple, with over 600 years of history and known as the Tokugawa family's ancestral temple,
hosts a cultural event blending digital arts.
Featuring projection mapping displays themed around “Edo”
floating over the historic structures,
alongside digital hanging scrolls created by digital art pioneer Ak ira Hasegawa.
Experience beautiful moments that let you feel the passage of time,
connecting the past to the present. Zōjō-ji Temple, with over 600 years of history and known as the Tokugawa family's ancestral temple,
hosts a cultural event blending cutting-edge technology.
Featuring projection mapping displays themed around "Edo" floating over the historic structures,
alongside digital hanging scrolls created by digital art pioneer Akira Hasegawa.
Experience beautiful moments that let you feel the passage of time, connecting the past to the present.

CONTENTS

Projection
Mapping

Projection mapping work by zakuro

The Tokugawa shogunate of Edo built 260 years of peace and prosperity.
One culture that blossomed during that era was ukiyo-e—pictures of the floating world—which captured vivid moments of life, detached from the clamor of everyday existence.

This work uses the unique compositions and colors of ukiyo-e as motifs, unfolding its imagery across the canvas of Zojoji Temple, a place connected to the Tokugawa family.
It vividly brings to life the essence of beauty that transcends time, illuminated by modern light and technology.
Experience the aesthetic sensibility inherent in Edo culture through a visually immersive experience.

Digital
Kakejiku

Akira Hasegawa

Digital Kakejiku work by Akira Hasegawa

Digital art that transforms nature, buildings, and even passersby into canvases using multiple projectors "Digital Hanging Scrolls."
Created by Akira Hasegawa, also the founder of projection mapping.
The imagery, slowly changing in sync with the Earth's rotation, expresses the Japanese spirit of nature's transience and impermanence, much like a traditional Japanese hanging scroll.
His work has spread worldwide to countries like France and Germany, earning him international acclaim for fusing Japanese traditional beauty with innovative digital art.

ACCESS

Head Temple Zojoji

4-7-35 Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011

  • 10-minute walk from JR and Tokyo Monorail Hamamatsucho Station
  • 3-minute walk from Toei Mita Line Onarimon Station and Shiba Koen Station
  • 5-minute walk from Toei Asakusa Line and Oedo Line Daimon Station
  • 7-minute walk from Toei Oedo Line Akabanebashi Station
  • 10-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiyacho Station
OUTLINE

Nostalgic

Edo Exhibition

Ukiyo-e Illuminating Edo

at Zojoji Temple
Venue
Zojoji Temple
4-7-35 Shiba Park, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Event Dates
Wednesday, November 19 – Saturday,
November 22, 2025
Opening Hours
5:45 PM – 9:00 PM (Last admission: 8:30 PM)
Projection mapping first screening at 5:45 PM.
Screenings every 20 minutes after 6:00 PM.
Admission
Free of charge
Performances
Projection Mapping by TEAM FIRE
Digital Kakejiku by Akira Hasegawa
Organizer
TEAM FIRE
Inquiries
https://chronosense.teamfire.jp/zojoji/contact/
Sponsor
Minatoku
Minatoku KankouAnnai
Cooperation
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As a sub-event,On Saturday the 22nd only,
from 18:05–18:20 and 19:05–19:20,there will be a Japanese dance and hip-hopperformance.
This project is implemented with the support of the "Projection Mapping Promotion Support Project Grant" provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
and the Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation).

CONTACT

CONTACT US HERE
PARTNER SHIP

TEAM FIRE

TEAM FIRE is a creative group that produces events aiming to pass on traditional culture and the charm of historic architecture by fusing them with the latest technology.
Past events include Tokyo Station, Akasaka Palace, Kyoto City Hall, and Kodaiji Temple in Kyoto.

https://teamfire.jp/