Roppongi Hills is dotted with large-scale art installations by leading Japanese and international contemporary artists. And during Roppongi Art Night, the town will be energized by a variety of events including music and performances.
Roppongi Hills Official Website
- Kyota Takahashi's "Lighting Art"
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Covering the gateway plaza of Roppongi Hills in an aura of light, this unique "one night only" exhibition of the art of light will transport you to another world.
■Place: 66 Plaza
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 17:59 (Sunset) - March 29 (Sunday) 5:32 (Sunrise)
Fragments of Color Cubes 2008 Towada Art Center (Aomori Prefecture)
Photo: Mitsutaka Kitamura
* The above past works by Kyota Takahashi will not be exhibited on Roppongi Art Night.
Kyota Takahashi
- Takahiro Fujiwara's Giant Rotating Balloon
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Look up into the spinning blue balloon with a maximum diameter of 8.5m and you will feel drawn into a vortex of blue and light.
■Place: West Walk
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 10:00 - March 29 (Sunday) 18:00
into the blue 2008
Cooperation: City of Toronto, Inabata Fine Tech Co., Ltd.
Installation view : "Nuit Blanche" Toronto Eaton Centre, Canada
Takahiro Fujiwara
- Du Zhenjun's Interactive Art
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Step onto the white carpet and nude humanlike figures holding washrags and brushes appear, following the viewer and erasing all traces of the viewer's presence.
■Place: O-YANE Plaza
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 17:59 (sunset) - March 29 (Sunday) 5:32 (sunrise)
I Erase Your Trace 2001
Interactive multimedia installation
Du Zhenjun
- Fujiko Nakaya's "Fog and Light" Installation
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In Mohri Garden where the cherry trees are in blossom, Fujiko Nakaya will create a fog sculpture. The sight of cherry blossoms at night shrouded in mist beckons you to explore.
■Place: Mohri Garden
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 17:59 (sunset) ~ March 29 (Sunday) 5:32 (sunrise)
Foggy Forest 1992
Design Cooperation: Atsushi Kitagawara+ILCD, Yuji Morioka, Shiro Takatani
Project Planning: Takano Landscape Planning
Exhibition site: Children's Forest, Showa Kinen Park, Tokyo
Photo: Shigeo Ogawa
©Risaku Suzuki
Fujiko Nakaya
- Yoshiaki Kaihatsu's Styrene Form Installation
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Taking his polystyrene foam teahouse series to the next level, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu's Foam Garden in the Forest is a playful and lighthearted garden with a teahouse as its focal point that begs to be explored.
■Place: O-YANE Plaza
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 10:00 - March 29 (Sunday) 18:00
Happo-en in Winterthur 2006
Exhibition site: Winterthur, Switzerland
Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
- Chanchiki Tornade's Live Performance
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Parading through Roppongi Hills, the 12-member brass ensemble band will delight visitors with their unique live performance.
■Place: Various spots in Roppongi Hills
■Date: March 28 (Saturday)
■Time: To Be Determined
Malioboro Street Market Parade, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2008
Chanchiki Tornade
- Junko Maruyama's Flower Installation
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Using flowers made of used plastic bags, Junko Maruyama blankets and transfigures an urban space with falling water.
■Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 10:00 - March 29 (Sunday) 18:00
Silent Flower Field 2007
Exhibition site: BankArt1929 (Yokohama)
©yuko suzuki
Junko Maruyama
Art Night Café
Night of ART × MUSIC at Hills Café/Space!
Hills Café/Space will become more than an information center for Roppongi Art Night. It will be venue for talk sessions, video art screening and other art program events all night long!
Date/Time: March 28 (Saturday) 15:00 - March 29 (Sunday) 5: 00(tentative)
Place: Hills Café/Space
Cooperating Facilities, Shops & Restaurants in Roppongi Hills
Tokyo City View (Observation Deck)
For just a single ¥500 coin, you can enjoy the spectacular nightscape from the 52F. View the panorama of Tokyo from sunset to sunrise!
Only on March 28 (Saturday), hours will be extended until 6:00 a.m. the following morning! The admission fee after 24:00 will be only ¥500.
*Admission fee required.
■VENUE: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52nd floor
■ADMISSION: 1,500yen/Adult, 1,000yen/High School and college student (500yen from 24:00 on Sat, 28th, Mar)
■Tokyo City View Official Website http://www.roppongihills.com/tcv/jp/
Mori Arts Center Gallery
Hours of the currently featured "Tokyo Concours d' Elegance 2009" exhibition will be specially extended on March 28 (Saturday) until 23:00.
*Admission fee required.
■VENUE: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 52nd floor
■ADMISSION: 1,600yen (including the fee for Tokyo City View)
■Tokyo Concours d'Elegance 2009 Official Website
http://www.concours.jp/index.html
MADO Lounge
Special weekend events are planned for the lounge which will be open from 22:00 until 5:00 the following morning for this special night (tentative).
*Admission fee required.
■inquiry: 03-3470-0052 MADO LOUNGE
■MADO LOUNGE official website http://www.ma-do.jp/ http://www.ma-do.jp/
List of "Late Night" Dining in the Roppongi Hills
Many restaurants and cafes are staying open as late as 5:00 a.m. the following morning so you can enjoy a leisurely night of art and culture.
*The following closing times apply only to March 28 (Saturday), 2009.
| Closing Time | Zone | Floor | Restaurant/Café Name | Category |
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| -1: 00 | HS | B1F | Bali Café PUTRI (LO 0:00) |
Balinese-style cafe |
| -2: 00 | WW | 5F | Vegetable House yasaiya Mei (LO 1:00) |
Japanese cuisine |
| -3: 00 | WW | 5F | The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo (LO 2:00) |
Italian cuisine |
| -4: 00 | WW | 5F | Roppongi J (Xen) (LO 3:00) |
International cuisine |
| WW | 5F | Roppongi J (Bamboo Bar) (LO 3:00) |
Restaurant & bar | |
| WW | 2F | HEARTLAND (LO 3:30) |
Standing bar | |
| HS | 2F | Hong Kong Tea House Restaurant (LO 3:00) |
Hong Kong-style dim sum, Hunan cuisine and wine | |
| KD | 1F | STARBUCKS COFFEE Tsutaya Tokyo Roppongi Branch | Specialty coffee store | |
| KD | 1F | B bar Roppongi (LO 3:30) |
Bar | |
| -5: 00 | NT | 1F | TULLY'S COFFEE | Specialty coffee store |
| NT | 1F | Cold Stone Creamery | Ice cream | |
| NT | 1F | KOOTS | Japanese-style natural & organic café | |
| WW | 5F | Izakaya Rokuzo (LO food4:00 drink4:30) |
"Shochu" white liqour & seafood | |
| WW | 5F | RIGOLETTO BAR AND GRILL (LO 4:00) |
Casual dining | |
| WW | 2F | STARBUCKS COFFEE West Walk Branch | Specialty coffee store | |
| HS | 3F | Curtain Call (LO food3:00 drink4:00) |
Cafe dining and bar | |
| HS | B2F | Mohri Salvatore Cuomo (LO 4:00) |
JAPOLITAN | |
| HS | B2F | BUENA GARDEN CAFE (LO food4:00 drink4:30) |
Latin dining hall (multinational cuisine) | |
| KD | 2F | Il Mulino New York Lounge Comfy It extends to 5:00.(LO 3:30) |
Bar lounge | |
| -5:30 | WW | 5F | kushinobo It extends to 5:30.(LO 5:00) |
Japanese kushiage cuisine |
Timetable
Map of Event Venues
