Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture A new base opens in Harajuku. CCBT, a hub for art and digital technology, is back on the road!

[Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture] A new base opens in Harajuku. CCBT, the hub for art and digital technology activities, is back on track! ​
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Press release: October 15, 2025 To Members of the Press A new base has opened in Harajuku. CCBT, a hub for art and digital technology activities, is back on the road! “CCBT” reopens on December 13, 2025
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Teaser site URL:https://renewal.ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/ Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] (hereinafter referred to as CCBT), an activity hub that uses art and digital technology to bring people’s creativity to society, will relocate and reopen on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at a new location just a two-minute walk from Harajuku Station (1-14-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo). • Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), an activity hub for bringing people’s creativity to society through art and digital technology, will relocate from Shibuya to Harajuku on December 13th. • Opening events include an exhibition by the artist collective SIDE CORE and the launch of an experimental music project exploring the next generation of sound! • “Urban Ink” unveiled, inspiring everyone to see cities from a new perspective To celebrate the reopening in Harajuku, a variety of events, including exhibitions, performances, talks, and workshops, will be held as part of a project that explores CCBT’s annual theme, “The Commons of the Future,” from multiple angles. Under the tagline “Cities Demand Imagination,” the center offers proposals for reinterpreting the various things around us, including cities and technology, which are constantly changing every day, from a different perspective, stimulating the imagination that we all possess. We are also pleased to announce that as part of the core program of the opening event, we have decided to hold a special exhibition by SIDE CORE, a 2022 CCBT Artist Fellow, as well as a project exploring the future of “sound.” Furthermore, the 2025 Artist Fellows will continue to announce their activities and exhibit their works through March 2026. Program details and full details of the opening event will be released sequentially from November onwards. The program will be held until Sunday, November 30th on the second basement floor of the Shibuya Tobu Hotel, where the group is currently active. Please see the official website for details. Official website URL: https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/ From Shibuya to Harajuku, CCBT Relaunches in a New Town Since its opening in Shibuya in October 2022, CCBT has created a space where players with diverse expertise and perspectives, including artists, designers, researchers, and engineers, can come together. Through co-creation with people, CCBT has conducted a variety of creative experiments in the city of Tokyo. With its relocation to Harajuku, CCBT will embark on a new chapter, aiming to expand its activities further into the local community and globally.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-393d9eb5f8b51154010dfc4b96bae5bf-464×264.png Exterior image (B1F) *Due to relocation, the museum will be closed from Monday, December 1, 2025 to Friday, December 12, 2025. [New Location] 1/1 (ONE) HARAJUKU “K” B1F, 3F, 1-14-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 [Access] 2-minute walk from Harajuku Station on the JR Yamanote Line / 4-minute walk from Meiji-Jingumae Station on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line / 13-minute walk from Omotesando Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line [Total area] 337.27 square meters, [Ceiling height] 3.75 m (maximum) SIDE CORE JACKS CCBT The opening will be a special exhibition utilizing the entire CCBT building by SIDE CORE, the 2022 CCBT Artist Fellows. SIDE CORE is an artist collective whose work explores how individuals can communicate their message in urban and public spaces, drawing on the ideas and history of street culture. CCBT will develop new exhibitions and projects created through collaboration and connections that transcend differences, with “border crossing” as their keyword. Stay tuned to see how they will make full use of their new base in Harajuku. SIDE CORE The group began its activities in 2012 and is based in Tokyo. Members include Sakie Takasu, Toru Matsushita, and Futoshi Nishihiro. The video director is Kazuyoshi Haramoto. Their work explores the idea and history of street culture, exploring how individuals can communicate their message in urban and public spaces. Sometimes working in projects that involve artists from other genres, they create a diverse range of works in blind spots and gaps in the city. Recent exhibitions include “SIDE CORE Exhibition | Concrete Planet” (2024, Watari Museum of
Contemporary Art outdoor, Tokyo), “100 Years Later Art Festival” (2024, Chiba, Kisarazu City/Sammu City), “8th Yokohama Triennale ‘Wildflowers: Alive Here and Now'” (2024, Yokohama), “Living road, Living space” (2025, Kanazawa City), and others.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-e9652988bfefb2375d599dd430848b81-1950×1300.jpg Photo: Shin Hamada An experimental music project exploring the next generation of sound has launched On Saturday, December 13th, the first day of our reopening, CCBT will host its first music event, co-curated by musician, artist, and DJ Chihiro Komatsu. Through the use of experimental technology, interdisciplinary approaches, and
cross-disciplinary explorations, we will expand the possibilities of sound while also using sound as a starting point to connect diverse people and explore the next generation of sound. *Tickets for the music event will go on sale in November. Kazumi Komatsu | Musician, Artist, DJ Born in Kochi Prefecture in 1992. Currently residing in Kyoto City. He has released numerous recordings under various names on various labels and publishers, including angoisse, BUS editions, flau, Manila Institute, psalmus diuersae, and REST NOW!. He also regards vibrations/waves such as sound and light as his primary materials, and creates and researches works that focus on the material and
psychological transmission pathways of subtle information transmission found within society and individuals. His major solo exhibitions include “Osaka Directory 7 Supported by RICHARD MILLE Komatsu Chihiro” (2024, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka).
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-028c5ac8e568757b3f770297e4f8d2b8-979×979.jpg “Urban Ink” Released: Inspiring Everyone to See Cities from a New Perspective We’ve launched “Urban Ink,” a web browser-based tool that allows anyone to use the city as an art tool, on a teaser site leading up to the reopening. This tool allows you to turn any part of a photo or image taken with your smartphone into a brush and paint. It encourages you to capture your familiar environment and landscape from a new perspective and create something from it. Experience this tool, which reclaims the city as a commons and unlocks people’s creativity. The creative team NEW Creators Club is in charge of art direction for “Urban Ink” and the advertising communications leading up to the opening. “Urban Ink” image
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-f99b1d32d049d13da6c5e00d2673e4ad-3000×2004.jpg A tool that lets you play with cities as art materials ■Teaser site
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-9e0b33b1123528450fb7a8f77b732367-540×540.png URL: https://renewal.ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/ NEW Creators Club This multifaceted (full-stack) design organization is made up of members with diverse expertise and an insatiable spirit of inquiry. We establish originality by combining our respective areas of expertise, including graphic design, product design, print processing,
programming, chemistry, and strategic design. In an age overflowing with material and intangible things, we sincerely pursue “newness” that connects with human behavior and emotions. As a creative partner for people seeking to challenge new societies, cultures, and environments, we work on a variety of branding projects both in Japan and overseas. Our awards include the JAGDA New Designer Award (2024) and a finalist for the official logo of the Osaka-Kansai Expo (2020), among others.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/38211/926/38211-926-eeb6412b698dfac56dac6b471d3bef53-3509×2481.jpg [New Address] 1/1 (ONE) HARAJUKU “K” B1F, 3F, 1-14-4 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Opening: Saturday, December 13, 2025 [Current Address] Shibuya Tobu Hotel, B2F, 3-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Until Sunday, November 30, 2025 [Opening Hours] 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM [Closed] Mondays (open on public holidays, closed the following weekday), New Year’s holidays *The museum will be closed from Monday, December 1st to Friday, December 12th due to relocation. [Phone] 03-5458-2700 *There will be no changes due to the relocation. [Organizers] Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] (Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) [Official website] https://ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/ *The content may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your understanding. Press release attachments