A new dimension of immersive experience that engages your senses

'HOKUSAI : ANOTHER STORY in TOKYO' offers a next-generation immersive adventure combining "visuals, sounds, and sensations". It's a journey back in time to the Edo world that Katsushika Hokusai lived in. Using ultra-high-definition image data and Sony's Crystal LED displays, this experience vividly brings Hokusai's iconic works, which are familiar to many, to life in stunning detail. Enhancing the immersion further, Sony’s tactile technology (haptics) creates sensations such as stepping on puddles or sandy beaches, so that you can feel the scenery and sensations that Hokusai himself might have encountered. Exclusive collaborations with brands representing Japanese craftsmanship will also be available during the exhibition. Additional updates on ticket details, exhibition content, and the advanced technologies that will enhance this experience will be announced soon.

Exhibition Details

Exhibition:
HOKUSAI: ANOTHER STORY in TOKYO

Venue:
TOKYU PLAZA SHIBUYA 3F

Address:
1-2-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, 150-0043

Exhibition Period:
Saturday, February 1, 2025 - Sunday, June 1, 2025

Organized by:
HOKUSAI: ANOTHER STORY Production Committee
GEEK PICTURES INC./ TOKYU LAND CORPORATION/ RED/ Sony PCL Inc./ The Asahi Shimbun Company

Original Work Collector:
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art

Support and Image Courtesy:
Ars Techne co.

Supervised by:
Iwao Kubota

Access to the venue

Address:
1-2-3 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, 150-0043

Directly connected to the JR Lines Shibuya Station West Exit walkway "Shibuya Fukuras Pedestrian Deck".
Approximately a 3-minute walk from Shibuya Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line, Den-en-toshi Line, Keio Inokashira Line, and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line, and Fukutoshin Line.

For more details, please refer to the Tokyu Plaza Shibuya Access Map:
https://shibuya.tokyu-plaza.com/access/

About Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎)(1760–1849, Hōreki 10-Kaei 2 in Japanese Hepburn)

Born in 1760 in Edo Honjo Warigesui (Sumida-ku, Tokyo), Hokusai trained as a carver of ukiyo-e woodblock prints from he was 14, and later became an apprentice of Katsukawa Shunsho aiming to be an artist. He published his first his nishiki-e prints in 1779. Following Shunsho's death, he left the Katsukawa school and worked on illustrations for kyoka (comic poetry) books and surimono decorative prints. In his late 40s, he collaborated with Kyokutei Bakin on illustrated books: New Illustrated Edition of the Suiko Garden (Shinpen Suiko den) and Strange Tales of the Crescent Moon, (Tsubakisetsu Yumiharizuki), which brought him widespread recognition.

In his 70s, he published a series of representative nishiki-e prints one after another in a few years, including some of his most iconic series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, (Fugaku Sanjūrokkei), which established landscape ukiyo-e as a new trend. In his final years, he focused on painting. As he brought innovation to the art of illustrated books and published many drawing instruction manuals including Hokusai Manga (Hokusai Manga), he contributed significantly to popularizing drawing techniques and educating the public. He is the founder of the Katsushika school, and it is said that he trained nearly 200 disciples there.

By the time he died in 1849, he had created over 30,000 works in a variety of genres, and it was said that he had "drawn everything in the universe". His works were later highly regarded overseas and inspired Impressionist painters, craftsmen as well as musicians. In 1999, Hokusai was the only Japanese selected in the American magazine Life's project '100 Most Influential People of the Second Millennium' and ranked 86th.