TOKYO CREATIVE SALON 2026 (TCS2026) will take place over ten days, from Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 22, 2026, across nine of Tokyo’s leading districts. As one of Japan’s largest creative festivals, the event is free to attend and will unfold throughout the city, spanning fashion, design, art, craft, and a wide spectrum of creative disciplines.

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What Is TCS? — A Comprehensive Arts Festival Showcasing Creative Tokyo
Launched in 2020, TOKYO CREATIVE SALON (TCS) was established to share Tokyo’s creative energy with the world. Held during cherry blossom season, the festival transforms the entire city into an exhibition space, bringing together diverse forms of expression including fashion, art, technology, and craft. To date, the event has welcomed more than 1.25 million visitors in total and continues to attract attention both domestically and internationally.

The 2026 theme, “FUTURE VINTAGE — Passing the Memory of the Past into the Future,” proposes an exploration of the cultural layers accumulated within the city. By reinterpreting traces of the past and historical contexts through a contemporary lens, the festival seeks to reconstruct them as future culture. In doing so, it presents a vision of creativity emerging from Tokyo and extending outward to the world.


City Wide Program — Nine Districts, Nine Expressions of Urban Creativity
At the core of TCS2026 is the “City Wide Program,” in which nine Tokyo districts develop initiatives rooted in their respective identities and contexts.

• Akasaka

A district where history and social culture coexist, Akasaka presents experiential programs that blend traditional values with contemporary sensibilities, revealing new creative dimensions of the area.

• Ginza

In Ginza, a range of initiatives energizes the district, including “GINZA QUEST 2,” which reinterprets the traditional practice of ginbura (strolling in Ginza), fashion snap experiences, flower-based social actions, Noh performances, watch-focused events, and denim-related programming.

• Shibuya

Currently undergoing once-in-a-century redevelopment, Shibuya collaborates with Shibuya Fashion Week to stage urban fashion events, markets designed to foster community exchange, artist collaborations, and experiential programs with major commercial facilities.

• Shinjuku

Under the title “FUTURE VINTAGE SO/ME/RU SHINJUKU,” the district focuses on dyeing and vintage culture. Programs include sustainable and creative works by fashion students, a vintage market curated by stylist Manabu Harada, and hands-on dyeing workshops.

• Nihonbashi

With the theme “Nihonbashi Open Craft,” the area spotlights craft traditions where longstanding techniques intersect with contemporary perspectives. Visitors can experience Japan’s manufacturing heritage while walking through the district.

• Haneda

Under the theme “FUTURE BLOOM JAPAN — Japanese Beauty and Craft Through Sakura,” Haneda reinterprets regional Japanese techniques and culture through a modern lens, presenting exhibitions and experiential programs that launch new narratives of travel and creativity from Japan’s aerial gateway.

• Harajuku

Known as a crossroads of street culture, Harajuku offers programs such as “Urahara Fes,” music festivals, and participatory initiatives, creating opportunities to encounter new fashion and cultural expressions with every step.

• Marunouchi

Where business and creativity intersect, Marunouchi introduces sustainability-focused experiential programs such as “LIVE STOCK MARKET” and the “Zan-Tan Bag STAMP RALLY.” (Marunouchi’s program runs from March 18 to March 22.)

• Roppongi

Home to numerous museums and design institutions, Roppongi presents large-scale art installations set against streets lined with approximately 100 cherry trees, creating dialogue between natural and urban landscapes.


Tokyo Vintage Fashion Week
As a new fashion-focused initiative, “Tokyo Vintage Fashion Week” will be held from Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 15 at Sankaku Hiroba in Shinjuku Sumitomo Building. Approximately 100 vintage retailers will gather for a large-scale market, alongside fashion shows that express the narratives of vintage culture through styling. The program offers a contemporary perspective on the cultural value of vintage fashion.

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Tokyo Trace
“Tokyo Trace” is an exhibition centered on the idea that Tokyo continuously inscribes memories of creativity into its urban fabric. By focusing on specific brands or designers, the exhibition explores the traces of Tokyo embedded within their creative practices. In its inaugural edition, the spotlight turns to NOMARHYTHM TEXTILE, a brand with a strong global following. The exhibition will run from Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 15 at Sankaku Hiroba in Shinjuku Sumitomo Building.

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TOKYO CREATIVE SALON 2026 offers ten days to encounter creativity while walking through the city, experiencing the memory of the past and the value of the future simultaneously. By carefully unraveling accumulated histories and reconnecting them to contemporary sensibilities, the festival presents the evolving potential of Tokyo as a creative metropolis. Across the city, programs and experiences stimulate the senses, encourage dialogue among cultures, and generate new forms of value.