[2025 Tokyo Attraction] Travel Guide for WHAT MUSEUM (Updated Jul)

📍WHAT MUSEUM "WHAT MUSEUM" is a collector's museum operated by Warehouse Terrada that opened in 2020. It is a new art and culture dissemination facility aimed at introducing the value and appeal of valuable art works entrusted to the company by collectors. With the concept of "opening the warehouse and taking a peek at art that is not usually seen," the museum exhibits works by artists active in the contemporary art scene along with the thoughts of collectors. In addition, the Architectural Depot Museum, the forerunner of "WHAT MUSEUM," which has been storing and exhibiting architectural models since 2016, has changed its name to "Architectural Depot" and continues to hold architectural exhibitions and tours of the warehouse within the facility.

📍 Akihito Okunaka 'Synesthesia - The Intersection of the Five Senses through Art' Exhibition - WHAT MUSEUM 🏷️ 2-6-10 G, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 🚶♀️ Access Methods: Tokyo Monorail Tennozu Isle Station - 5 minutes walk Tokyo Rinkai Line Tennozu Isle Station, Exit B - 4 minutes walk JR Shinagawa Station, Konan Exit - 20 minutes walk 🚗 No parking available 🗓️ From October 4, 2024 to March 16, 2025 🕐 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM 🪧 Closed on Mondays 📝 Mr. Okunaka has been creating large-scale works themed around 'air, water, and light,' producing experiences that stir the senses of viewers. The exhibition title 'Synesthesia' refers to the phenomenon of synesthesia, but Mr. Okunaka has uniquely interpreted this concept and incorporated it into his works. He believes that sensing can connect nature, society, and people, and his works have transformed from traditional forms to more organic shapes. This exhibition features a specially created balloon-like installation with a maximum diameter of 12 meters. The installation fills the entire exhibition room and changes colors. Inside the installation, there is a large water pillow. By mediating 'formless' elements such as air, water, and light, it evokes and resonates with people's senses. It is enjoyable to touch and lie down on. Please consider visiting!

This time we will introduce the exhibition "Okunaka Akito's 'Synesthesia - The Five Senses Interacting Through Art'"! .The exhibition "Okunaka Akito's 'Synesthesia - The Five Senses Interacting Through Art'" will be held at WHAT MUSEUM from 2024.10.04 to 2025.03.16! 🎉.After graduating from the Faculty of Education at Shizuoka University, Akito Okunaka specialized in early childhood and art education and served as an art play instructor at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art and a facility for people with disabilities, and then studied modern and contemporary thought and became an artist. 🧑🎨.With the theme of pursuing the dynamism of people, things, and events through the properties and existence of water, air, and light, he has held numerous workshops at local art venues in various regions and has presented experiential, huge works both domestically and internationally! .At this exhibition, you can see balloon-shaped installation works with a maximum diameter of 12 meters, which were created specially for this exhibition! 🎈.The exhibition materials also introduce the background of the works born from Okunaka's philosophical thinking and part of the process of incorporating them into the works! 🎨.The exhibition provides an opportunity to feel a "connection" with nature, society, and others by actually touching the works, entering them, lying down, and experiencing the five senses! ✨.The exhibition will run until March, so please come and visit! ☺️✨.📍Okunaka Akito "Synesthesia - The five senses intersecting through art" ExhibitionAddress: 2-6-10 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002Period: October 4, 2024 - March 16, 2025Closed: Mondays. If the day falls on a public holiday, the museum will be closed the following Tuesday.) Opening hours: 11:00-18:00 (entry until 1 hour before closing) Admission: 1500 yen for adults, 800 yen for university and vocational students, free for high school students and younger Access: 4-minute walk from Exit B of Tennozu Isle Station on the Rinkai Line 5-minute walk from the central exit of Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Recommendation: This is an exhibition where you can actually touch the artworks, enter them, lie down, and experience interacting with all five senses! 🎈😴⚠Caution: You will be told what to be careful of when entering the artworks! ⚠️ . #tripDomesticTravel

We were invited by WHAT MUSEUM to attend Akihito Okunaka's "Synesthesia - The Five Senses Interacting Through Art" 🙌 Mr. Okunaka is an artist who has created huge works on the theme of "air, water, and light" and has created experiences that shake the senses of the viewer. This exhibition is an experiential balloon sculpture with a maximum diameter of 12 meters 🫢🎈 The exhibition provides an opportunity to feel a "connection" with nature, society, and other people by entering the work, lying down, and touching it 😊 Inside the balloon, you can experience the extraordinary in a different space, and by lying down, you can enjoy the work while relaxing 😌 [Event summary] Akihito Okunaka's "Synesthesia - The Five Senses Interacting Through Art" 📍 WHAT MUSEUM G, 2-6-10 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 🗓️ Period: Friday, October 4, 2024 ~ Sunday, March 16, 2025🕐Time: 11:00-18:00 *Last entry at 17:00 *Closed on Mondays💰Price: 1,500 yen for adults, 800 yen for university and vocational students, free for high school students and younger#WHATMUSEUM #arttour #museumtour #recommendedexhibitionsofthemonth #0yenautumntravel

The current exhibition at WHAT MUSEUM, "Sensory Structures", has taken us from Horyuji Temple to space 🙌 More than 100 valuable structural models of famous architecture have been collected from all over the country, and it was an exhibition where you can learn about various architectural structures! From famous Japanese architecture such as a 1/10 giant model (about 3.6 m) of the Horyu-ji Temple Five-story Pagoda and a wooden model of Matsumoto Castle's castle tower, to the latest life-size model of a "lunar structure" for humans to stay on the moon, developed by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Jun Sato, there was a lot of content from Horyu-ji Temple to space 🚀 There was also a collaboration between fashion and structural design such as HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE, which was irresistible for fashion lovers 🫢✨ There are also talk events, performance events, workshops, etc., so be sure to check them out ✌️ Sensory Structures – From Horyu-ji Temple to Space – 📍WHAT MUSEUM 2-6-10 Terada Warehouse G, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 Dates: Friday, April 26, 2024 - Sunday, August 25, 2024 Time: 11:00 - 18:00 (entrance until 17:00) *Closed on Tuesdays Admission: 1,500 yen for adults, 800 yen for university students, free for high school students and younger #art exhibition #art tour #museum tour #museum #art introduction #exhibition information #tennozu isle #architecture and culture

WHAT MUSEUM is an art museum with the concept of "opening the warehouse and taking a peek at art that you can't normally see." This time, from April 28th (Fri) to August 27th (Sun), the Ryutaro Takahashi Collection "ART de Cha-cha-cha (Exploring the DNA of Japanese Contemporary Art)" exhibition The open production was Masayoshi Nojo's "Surryo to Usui" The building is divided into the first and second floors, and many works were on display. This museum also holds workshop events (paid) such as "Suminagashi Experience and Museum Tour" on designated dates. This is a museum where you can experience art, not just look at it! Regular admission to WHAT MUSEUM requires a "date and time designation," so we recommend making a reservation before heading there. Rinkai Line "Tennozu Isle Station" 190m Tokyo Monorail "Tennozu Isle Station" 300m "WHAT MUSEUM" G-G Warehouse Terada, 2-6-10 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 #museum #Tokyo #TokyoTrip #TennozuIsle #Shinagawa #ShinagawaWalk #ShinagawaWalk #777 #TokyoTourism