Towa Takaya: Descending to the Heights

Essentials

location

Ninna-ji Temple, Shiro-shoin and Kuro-shoin

period

October 25, 2026 (Sun) - November 8, 2026 (Sun)

Time

9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30; closes 16:00 on the final day)
・First half: Oct 25 (Sun) – Oct 31 (Sat)
・Second half: Nov 6 (Fri) – Nov 8 (Sun)
・Closed Nov 1–5

cost

The exhibition is free, but entry requires the Ninna-ji Goten garden admission (adults ¥800; high school students and under free).

Links

• Official Website

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access

About 3 minutes' walk from Omuro-Ninnaji Station on the Randen Kitano Line. From JR Kyoto Station, city bus 26 takes about 40 minutes.

There are 1 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Ninna-ji Temple, Shiro-shoin and Kuro-shoin, and 3 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.

Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.

NOTE

Layout:

• Shiro-shoin: Towa Takaya solo show "Descending to the Heights" (guest: Tatsuma Nakayama, Suzu ware)
• Kuro-shoin: group show "Entanglement and Circulation" of Oku-Noto crafts and contemporary art
• Curator for both: Hiroki Yamamoto

Group show artists: 中山達磨, 清水武徳 (Suzu ware); 山元健司 (Wajima lacquer); 竹中美幸, 白濱真理子, 南条嘉毅, 佐直麻里子 (contemporary art).

Sales: works are sold in the Shiro-shoin, Kuro-shoin and Takamatsunomiya Memorial Shoin; sponsorship and donations are also accepted, with use of funds to be published on the WHYNOT.TOKYO website.

Related program: opening talk on Sat Oct 24, 13:00–15:30, at Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus (Hirai Kaichiro Memorial Library). Speakers and how to join to be announced.

※Organized by Sora to Tsuchi Inc.; planned and run by WHYNOT.TOKYO; venue cooperation by Ninna-ji.

TAGS

Culture Art History Heritage Autumn Leaves Solo Trip Limited Time

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