During NAFAS Tokyo, we invite you to discover the neighborhood, visit cultural events around the city, enjoy restaurants and bars we love …. This page will be in constant evolution, come back often to check new tips!
Cultural Events
Chikasui 地下水 » Isabelle Daëron / Institut Français de Tokyo / Until September 13
Chikasui is a solo exhibition by Isabelle Daëron, a french designer and artist, laureate of Villa Kujoyama. The practice of design is built on long and attentive research, reading, mapping, and drawing. It involves tracing threads, connecting them, and arranging them in the right order to sketch out forms that are coherent, narrative, and accessible. Here, the exploration consists of investigating Japan’s groundwater—its specific characteristics, its histories, the beliefs associated with it, and the systems that allow people to make use of it. After documenting and mapping Kyoto’s groundwater through the Water Calling project—in collaboration with Yoshiko Nagai—Isabelle Daëron is developing a body of work around objects that act as interfaces, providing access to these invisible waters. The Chikasui exhibition presents the first stage of this creative process, developed during her residency at Villa Kujoyama this year.
Tomorrow’s Dining Table / Top Museum / Until September 21
The TOP Collection exhibition series draws on the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s collection of some 39,000 photographs and moving-image works, presenting selections from a different angle each time. The theme for the second installment of the 2026 program is “food.”
Eating sustains the body, and “food” and “life” are inseparable. Photographs viewed through the lens of “food” elicit memories tied to meals and illuminate our connections with others, our current environment, and questions about social issues such as aging and solitary eating. The exhibition unfolds in four sections and features the work of 14 artists: Shimao Shinzo, Hara Mikiko, Noguchi Rika, Ushioda Tokuko, Kawauchi Rinko, Narahara Ikko, Yamada Minoru, Miyamoto Ryuji, Takeya Izuru, Miyazaki Manabu, Tsuchida Hiromi, Narahashi Asako, Iwai Masaru, and Orimoto Tatsumi. An occasion to reflect on what “eating” means, and what it means to “share our lives with others.”
Places to Eat, Drink, Meet…
BUoY Café
Normally, a café has a “correct” brewing recipe for each type of coffee bean. Staff are trained so that no matter who prepares the coffee, it will always taste the same. At BUoY Café, however, each barista begins every day with their own mood and physical sensations, using them as inspiration to create an original brewing recipe. More info / 詳細
鳥しげ / Yakitori Restaurant
Only 10mn walk from BUoY, highly recommended by Kako and Lucien
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寿家 / Soba Noodle Restaurant
5mn walk from BUoY, beloved local eatery, delicious tempura, only three tables.
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🏊 Aqua Field Shiba Park
Ready for a good swim? Beautiful olympic in Minato. Open to all. Lines to swim, and pool to relax… This is not to place for cocktails in the pool.
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The first edition of NAFAS Festival was created in September 2022 in New York City. 40 visuals artists were part of the exhibition and 17 events - cinema, theater, danse, music, talk… were offered to the public.
You can discover the full program here
Location
BUoY Arts Center
49-11, Senju-Nakacho, Adachi-ku,
Tokyo
Admission:
Free
Dates
September 4 - 26, 2026
Opening Reception
Friday September 4
6.30-9.30pm
Free Admission
Gallery Hours
Thursday & Friday: 2 to 7pm
Saturday & Sunday: 1 to 6pm
Tuesday - Wednesday: Private tours, groups, schools by appointment only
Closed on Monday