Feel the Sound, the immersive sound exhibition first staged at London’s Barbican Centre, will open in Tokyo on 20 November at MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives, the JR East-backed culture venue at the new Takanawa Gateway City development.
The exhibition, co-produced by MoN Takanawa and the Barbican and supported by the British Council, runs until 22 March 2027. It will include works first shown in London, new adaptations and three works created specially for the Tokyo run, its first in Japan. The London show ran from 22 May to 31 August 2025.
Built around installations that combine sound, vibration, light and spatial design, the show invites visitors to feel sound with their whole bodies rather than only hearing it. Participating artists include Ryuichi Sakamoto and Daito Manabe, Max Cooper, Evelyn Glennie, Holly Herndon, Yuri Suzuki, Ei Wada and Miyu Hosoi.
“Through 12 unique environments visitors can explore sound as something beyond the audio, they can see it, feel it and touch it,” said curator Luke Kemp. “It is hugely exciting to bring this new edition of the exhibition for visitors to experience in Tokyo for the first time.”
Tickets went on sale on 30 October. Pre-sale general admission costs JPY2,300, rising to JPY2,500 during the exhibition, with discounts for visitors aged 25 and under and school students.
MoN Takanawa is operated by the East Japan Railway Foundation for Cultural Innovations under the theme “Transporting Culture for the next 100 years”. Its spiral, greenery-wrapped building was designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates and sits six minutes’ walk from Takanawa Gateway Station on the JR Yamanote Line.
Japan’s cities are leaning on culture and entertainment to draw visitors, with K-pop concerts lifting flight bookings across Asian cities and Southeast Asian travellers looking beyond Tokyo to Fukuoka.
