Light Art Park

Shinjuku Chuo Park will host its first-ever “Light Art Park,” an event that imagines and creates visions of future cities and ways of living.
By presenting light-based art in a public space—something still rare in Japan—the park will be transformed into a Light Art Park. The project aims to visualize the “Invisible Tokyo,” such as memories and emotions accumulated in the city, as well as the flow of wind and subtle atmospheres, through the medium of light.
In this open, park setting, the space will be reimagined as a “place of experience” where the city and its people can reconnect.

Works

  • GAIA
    GAIA
    Courtesy of Light Art Collection
    Luke Jerram
  • Visible TOWER
    Visible TOWER
    V_T
    YAMACHANG / Kenji Kohashi / Naoya Murayama
  • Embrace
    Embrace
    Beamhacker
  • Frozen Spire
    Frozen Spire
    Tokyo Lighting Design
  • TOKYO百花繚乱
    TOKYO百花繚乱
    MEGU
  • リキッドユニバース：蒼氓蟲譜 / Liquid Universe: Sōbō Chūfu — An Unclassifiable Entomologia of the Luminous Swarm
    * This image is for illustrative purposes only.
    リキッドユニバース：蒼氓蟲譜 / Liquid Universe: Sōbō Chūfu — An Unclassifiable Entomologia of the Luminous Swarm
    Yoichi Ochiai
  • Hydrangea Lights
    Hydrangea Lights
    Oshima Elec Sogyo
  • Seeds of Light 光の卵 — Egg of Hope
    Seeds of Light 光の卵 — Egg of Hope
    TOSHIAKI UCHIKOSHI
  • INTER-WORLD/Cocooner: Apparent motion of celestial bodies
    INTER-WORLD/Cocooner: Apparent motion of celestial bodies
    Akihito Okunaka
  • Photosynthesis
    Photosynthesis
    FLIGHTGRAF
  • BOKETTO
    BOKETTO
    YUMEO NAKAYAMA
  • Fractal Forest
    Fractal Forest
    Mona Kawanabe / Student Work

Artistic Direction of the Light Festival

Kenji Kohashi

CEO, The Human Miracle Inc.

Debuting as an actor in 1988, he appeared in numerous popular television dramas, including NHK’s morning serial drama "Churasan". Later, while traveling around the world and drawing inspiration from these experiences, he began producing films and events.
In 2012, he made his directorial debut with the feature film “DON’T STOP!”, which won both the SKIP City Award and the SKIP City D-Cinema Project Award at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival.
He has also served as the Creative Director of ULTRA JAPAN and the Executive Producer of STAR ISLAND, a Singapore-based countdown event supported by the Singapore Tourism Board, representing the nation on a major international stage.
He was the Creative Director of the Tokyo 2020 NIPPON Festival, organized by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee.
For the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, he served as Event & Planning Producer, overseeing the opening ceremony and all events throughout the Expo.