Featured Exhibitions & Events

The year 2026 marks two major milestones: the 100th anniversary of the 1926 publication of the prospectus proposing the establishment of a museum dedicated to folk crafts, and the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan). To commemorate t...

“The 20th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition” will be held at the Paramita Museum in Mie Prefecture from June 4 to July 26, 2026.Established in 2006, the Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition aims to introduce the artists who represent the spirit of the times while...

“Lucie Rie: Elegant Vessels Fusing East and West,” the first retrospective in Japan in nearly a decade dedicated to Lucie Rie, will be held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum from July 4 to September 13, 2026.Lucie Rie (1902-1995), one of the most prominent British cerami...

“KO+GEI 2026,” an exhibition presenting the contemporary state of Japanese craft — rooted in tradition, climate, and aesthetic sensibility — to a global audience, will take place at the Tokyo Art Club in Shinbashi, Tokyo, from May 21 to 24, 2026.This exhibition serves as a platfo...

NPO Syuto Kanazawa, organizer of “GO FOR KOGEI” in the Hokuriku region since 2020, will present “Ethnography of the Body and Material — Slowness and Depth in an Accelerated Society” in Venice, Italy, as a concurrent exhibition of the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennal...

LOEWE FOUNDATION has announced the finalists for the 2026 edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. This year’s finalists were chosen by a panel of experts from more than 5,100 submissions by artists representing 133 countries and regions. The 30 finalists, representing 19 cou...

Japan House London, a cultural venue promoting the diverse charms of Japan, is holding the exhibition “Hyakkō: 100+ Makers from Japan” from December 3, 2025, to May 10, 2026. A version of this exhibition was originally presented in 2023 at ATELIER MUJI GINZA in Tokyo as a part of...

The “Craft Competition in Takaoka” was established in 1986 in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, a city famous for its production of copperware and lacquerware. As a rare comprehensive competition held nationwide, it does not restrict materials or uses. The competition gathers a wide ra...

“KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025,” Japan’s only art fair dedicated to crafts, will take place from November 28 to 30, 2025, at Hyatt Centric Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. Now in its ninth edition, the fair will welcome 40 Japan-based galleries specializing in contemporary art and...

The open factory event, “KITE MITE MII TOKUSHIMA” which started in 2023, will be held again this year from November 11 to 15, 2025.At this event, nine woodworking manufacturers born and nurtured in Tokushima will open their factories to the public, hosting exhibitions and worksho...

The special exhibition “Sensorium,” introducing works by artists who challenge new forms of artistic expression, transcending traditional boundaries between crafts and fine arts, will be held at Sennyu-ji Temple in Kyoto — an Imperial Temple known as “Mitera” and its close ties t...

“RENEW” is an open factory event that started in 2015 to create a sustainable region in Echizen Sabae, Fukui Prefecture, and will be held again this year from October 10 to 12, 2025. Last year, a total of about 48,000 visitors were recorded over the three days. This year, a total...