This free exhibition, part of the Tokyo Tokyo Festival Special 13, explores Tokyo through the eyes of Japanese manga artists. The original works by 20 mangaka – including Hiroya Oku (‘Gantz’), Io Sakisaka (‘Strobe Edge’) and Posuka Demizu (illustrations to ‘The Promised Neverland’) – will transport you to 20 imaginary Tokyo settings in the past, present and future.
The exhibition is divided into three parts across The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. In the basement auditorium, you’ll find 18 corners designed to look like manga panels. Each is dedicated to one artist and their illustrations of Tokyo. The wall of the museum’s courtyard, on the other hand, is dedicated exclusively to Shinichi Ishizuka’s work ‘Tokyo Sound’. To see Sumito Oowara’s work ‘East East’, head to the Water and Stone Promenade, an outdoor space that’s covered by water.
Note that you’ll have to make a (free) reservation in advance to visit ‘What if Tokyo’.