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TOP 30th Anniversary Thoughts of a Distant Window: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 22

Sep. 30, 2025—Jan. 7, 2026

• Sep. 30, 2025—Jan. 7, 2026
• Closed Mondays (except when Monday falls on a holiday, in which case the museum is open and closed the following day), New Year’s holidays(12/29-1/1)
• Admission：Adults ￥700(560)／College Students ￥560(440)／High School Students, Over 65 ￥350(280) *Prices in parenthesis apply to groups of 20 or more. (Reservation is required.) *Free for junior high school students or younger, and holders of Japan’s disability identification cards (shogaisha techo) together with two caregiver. *Those over 65 years old receive free admission on the third Wednesday of every month by presenting proof of age at the ticket counter.

Since 2002, the Contemporary Japanese Photography series has been held regularly at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum with the aim of supporting the creative spirit to explore the potential of photography and moving images, discovering promising artists, and at the same time introducing new artistic activities. In this exhibition, the 22nd iteration of the series, we present the works of five up-and-coming artists who focus on the small stories that emerge from our connections with things such as people, the passage of time, places, and customs.
In this era, in which we strive to embrace greater diversity and achieve a more inclusive society, imagination is vital for us to communicate and live with people who have different values.
While walking down the street, you may have had the experience of suddenly being drawn to a window, and sensing something about the person who lives inside, prompting you to imagine something about the life they lead. The window is a mechanism that transports us from the here and now to a distant world. As with imagining a life that we catch of a glimpse of through a window, artworks provide us with an opportunity to consider an unknown landscape or narrative.
It is our hope that your encounters with the photographs and moving images made by these five artists will encourage you to examine someone or something at some remove in a manner that recalls a distant window.

Exhibiting Artists |
Terada Kento
Scripcariu-Ochiai Ana
Hokimoto Sora
Oka Tomomi
Oh Haji



Terada Kento, After playing in the park with my daughter from the series living with my imaginary wife and little girl., 2021, Collection of the artist ©Kento Terada



Hokimoto Sora, from the series Sceneries Outside the Window, 2023, Collection of the artist ©Sora Hokimoto


Oka Tomomi, from the series sakasagoto -Inverted Ordinary Life, 2023, Collection of the artist ©Tomomi Oka


Oh Haji, Seabird Habitatscape#2-Banaba, Nauru, Viti Levu, 2024, Collection of the artist ©Oh Haji Image courtesy: CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong

*The schedule is subject to change. Any further changes will be announced.

Organized by Tokyo Photographic Art Museum operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, The Tokyo Shimbun
Sponsored by the Corporate Membership of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum