Toeizan Kan'ei-ji Temple was found in the Edo period and will celebrate its 400th anniversary in 2025. In addition to the main hall of Kan'ei-ji Temple, the Tokyo Biennale 2025 will make use of the Kiyomizu Kannon-do and Bentendo halls in Ueno Park, as well as the nearby Kaisan-do, as its base exhibition venues. Here, visitors will be able to experience exhibitions thoughtfully composed in dialogue with each site’s unique character. In addition, sound artist Akio Suzuki will be carrying out his signature project o to da te in various nearby locations.* Like the "nodate" tea ceremony, he will select outdoor spots where you can listen carefully and open up your senses.

*Akio Suzuki’s o to da te will also be set up in other areas.

The Billboard Architecture Project* will be held among the historic buildings that remain in Kanda, paying homage to Tokyo's foundational culture while considering the future. At one of these buildings, Ebihara Shoten, the International Collaborative Project will be carried out in partnership with Tenthaus, a Norwegian art collective, and The OVEN Network, a transnational group of artists from Bangkok, Seoul, Jakarta, and Singapore. The team will use the site as a base for translocal actions, workshops, and research. Artist Juri Akiyama, known for her beeswax works, will also take part in activities in the Kanda–Akihabara area. In the Sotokanda area, adjacent to Akihabara, the city of electronics and pop culture, sound artist Akio Suzuki will be carrying out his signature project, o to da te.*

*Billboard Architecture (Japanese: “Kanban Kenchiku”) refers to a Japanese form of architecture that spread during reconstruction after the Great Kanto Eearthquake (1923), made up of both living and business quarters, with a signature shopfront façade and billboard.

*Akio Suzuki’s o to da te will also be set up in other areas.

Suidobashi, home to Tokyo Dome City, is an area known for entertainment that attracts many visitors. Here, Tokyo Biennale 2025 will incorporate two art displays within Tokyo Dome City. On the digital signage over 100 meters long, visitors will be able to see a video work by Goro Murayama, and in the waterscape area, there will be a wall art piece by Hogalee. These will serve as part of the "Tokyo Dome City Art Project," that has been carried out by Tokyo Dome, Tokyo University of the Arts, and the Tokyo University of the Arts Art Creation Institute since 2022, under the theme of exploring the possibilities of combining Tokyo Dome City and art.

Tokyo Station is known as the gateway to Tokyo, where many different people come and go. A dynamic and detailed painting by Shun Yonaha will appear at the Yaesu Exit/North Exit (in front of the entrance to Daimaru Tokyo). Nearby, Kyobashi is known as a business district as well as a distinct antique and art district. Around the Artizon Museum, sound artist Akio Suzuki will carry out his signature o to da te project.* Like the "nodate" tea ceremony, he will select outdoor spots where you can listen carefully and open up your senses.

*Akio Suzuki’s "o to da te" will also be set up in other areas.

Nihonbashi is a town of commerce and culture that developed as the home of the Edo Shogunate. It is characterized by a rich streetscape in which long-established stores retaining their historic atmosphere coexist with new facilities. For the Tokyo Biennale 2025, the Sukima Project (tentative) will be held, in which participants will walk around the area to trace the art scattered throughout. Encountering works by nine artists that mimic potted plants in alleyways will allow participants to rediscover the area’s margins and potential for creativity.
The neighboring Bakurocho is an area where the activities of a historic wholesale district coexist with new trends in the fields of art and design. The Tokyo Biennale will make use of the long-established wholesaler Etoile Kaito Living Building as its base exhibition venue, offering artwork displays and project information.

Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho are the leading business districts of the Japanese economy, and are home to many museums and public art, as well as popular shops and restaurants. At the Tokyo Biennale 2025, works from Naoki Sato's series There, It Has Grown. will be exhibited at the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery and the 1st Floor of the Otemachi Park Building. The series, which involves drawing familiar plants on large plywood boards that are then connected, has been ongoing for over 10 years and has now reached a length of over 330 meters. Visitors can experience its continued growth within our city that is also constantly changing. In addition, a large-scale wall art piece by artist Fu Ouchi, who expresses that "drawing a picture is thinking about life," will be displayed on the wall of the Otemachi First Square Building.