STORIES
Snøhetta, the Architecture of Appetite
The ritual of eating, then and now.
Interview
Jacob Kear, lurraº Kyoto
Once the dish goes off the menu, it never comes back.
Interview
From the Archives
We don’t record in the studio where it is quiet, we record in the barn with a lot of noise… so we don’t feel the need to fill every single space with notes.
Interview
MORE STORIES
HOW
TOKYO SALONE
WORKS
Tokyo Salone operates as cultural infrastructure rather than a single event.
Throughout the year, a constellation of gatherings unfolds across Tokyo, bringing together architects, designers, technologists, chefs, artists, filmmakers, engineers, and cultural thinkers from Japan and around the world.
Some programs gather large audiences around shared questions.
Others are intentionally small.
Some are public.
Others are invitation-led.
Together they form a living platform designed to support long-term creative exchange.
Moments and Thirdspace Thirdweeks sustain a year-round rhythm of dialogue.
Friends Of presents exhibitions placing global and regional practices into conversation.
Speculative Futures convenes cross-disciplinary inquiry into emerging systems and responsibilities.
Nourish gathers around gastronomy, ritual, and ecological practice.
Each November the platform culminates in the Tokyo Salone flagship gathering, where this global community meets in person.
By then, relationships are continuations, not introductions.
OUR BRANDS
Semi Permanent exists to uplift.
To honor the artisans, craftspersons, innovators, and thinkers shaping Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region, ensuring their stories travel outward, return transformed, and strengthen the fabric of our shared cultural industries.
Each constellation experience is an offering.Carefully curated. Deeply felt.A reminder that creativity is both inheritance and horizon.
Nourish
An intimate gastronomic gathering exploring culture, season, and exchange at the table.
Moments
An intimate salon convening Japan’s creative vanguard for dialogue, discipline, and perspective.
Nightshift Shakedown
An after-dark cultural gathering merging JDM, sound, motion, and creative expression.
Speculative Futures
A cross-disciplinary forum examining climate, technology, ethics, and the systems shaping what comes next.
Friends of
A rotating exhibition platform connecting our global alum community with regional artists in immersive dialogue.
Future Of
A limited-edition publication mapping the cultural forces reshaping industry and imagination.
Thirdspace Thirdweeks, Tokyo Salone with Soho House
An invitation-led monthly gathering where acceleration is felt together.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
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STORIES
Snøhetta, the Architecture of Appetite
The ritual of eating, then and now.
Interview
Jacob Kear, lurraº Kyoto
“Junko's vision elevates craftsmanship, blending heritage with avant-garde design.”
Interview
From the Archives
We don’t record in the studio where it is quiet, we record in the barn with a lot of noise… so we don’t feel the need to fill every single space with notes.
Interview
Create and Destroy
Smoke. Micro-architecture. Gelatin. Rhythm. Pyrotechnics. Polymers.
interview
MORE STORIES
HOW
TOKYO SALONE
WORKS
Tokyo Salone operates as cultural infrastructure rather than a single event.
Throughout the year, a constellation of gatherings unfolds across Tokyo, bringing together architects, designers, technologists, chefs, artists, filmmakers, engineers, and cultural thinkers from Japan and around the world.
Some programs gather large audiences around shared questions.
Others are intentionally small.
Some are public.
Others are invitation-led.
Together they form a living platform designed to support long-term creative exchange.
Moments and Thirdspace Thirdweeks sustain a year-round rhythm of dialogue.
Friends Of presents exhibitions placing global and regional practices into conversation.
Speculative Futures convenes cross-disciplinary inquiry into emerging systems and responsibilities.
Nourish gathers around gastronomy, ritual, and ecological practice.
Each November the platform culminates in the Tokyo Salone flagship gathering, where this global community meets in person.
By then, relationships are continuations, not introductions.
OUR BRANDS
Semi Permanent exists to uplift.
To honor the artisans, craftspersons, innovators, and thinkers shaping Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region, ensuring their stories travel outward, return transformed, and strengthen the fabric of our shared cultural industries.
Each constellation experience is an offering.Carefully curated. Deeply felt.A reminder that creativity is both inheritance and horizon.
Nourish
An intimate gastronomic gathering exploring culture, season, and exchange at the table.
Moments
An intimate salon convening Japan’s creative vanguard for dialogue, discipline, and perspective.
Nightshift Shakedown
An after-dark cultural gathering merging JDM, sound, motion, and creative expression.
Speculative Futures
A cross-disciplinary forum examining climate, technology, ethics, and the systems shaping what comes next.
Future Of
A limited-edition publication mapping the cultural forces reshaping industry and imagination.
Friends of
A rotating exhibition platform connecting our global alum community with regional artists in immersive dialogue.
Thirdspace Thirdweeks, Tokyo Salone with Soho House
An invitation-led monthly gathering where acceleration is felt together.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
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© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
STORIES
Snøhetta, the Architecture of Appetite
The ritual of eating, then and now.
Interview
Jacob Kear, lurraº Kyoto
“Junko's vision elevates craftsmanship, blending heritage with avant-garde design.”
Interview
From the Archives
We don’t record in the studio where it is quiet, we record in the barn with a lot of noise… so we don’t feel the need to fill every single space with notes.
Interview
Create and Destroy
Smoke. Micro-architecture. Gelatin. Rhythm. Pyrotechnics. Polymers.
interview
MORE STORIES
HOW
TOKYO SALONE
WORKS
Tokyo Salone operates as cultural infrastructure rather than a single event.
Throughout the year, a constellation of gatherings unfolds across Tokyo, bringing together architects, designers, technologists, chefs, artists, filmmakers, engineers, and cultural thinkers from Japan and around the world.
Some programs gather large audiences around shared questions.
Others are intentionally small.
Some are public.
Others are invitation-led.
Together they form a living platform designed to support long-term creative exchange.
Moments and Thirdspace Thirdweeks sustain a year-round rhythm of dialogue.
Friends Of presents exhibitions placing global and regional practices into conversation.
Speculative Futures convenes cross-disciplinary inquiry into emerging systems and responsibilities.
Nourish gathers around gastronomy, ritual, and ecological practice.
Each November the platform culminates in the Tokyo Salone flagship gathering, where this global community meets in person.
By then, relationships are continuations, not introductions.
OUR BRANDS
Semi Permanent exists to uplift.
To honor the artisans, craftspersons, innovators, and thinkers shaping Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region, ensuring their stories travel outward, return transformed, and strengthen the fabric of our shared cultural industries.
Each constellation experience is an offering.Carefully curated. Deeply felt.A reminder that creativity is both inheritance and horizon.
Nourish
An intimate gastronomic gathering exploring culture, season, and exchange at the table.
Moments
An intimate salon convening Japan’s creative vanguard for dialogue, discipline, and perspective.
Friends of
A rotating exhibition platform connecting our global alum community with regional artists in immersive dialogue.
Future Of
A limited-edition publication mapping the cultural forces reshaping industry and imagination.
Thirdspace Thirdweeks, Tokyo Salone with Soho House
An invitation-led monthly gathering where acceleration is felt together.
Speculative Futures
A cross-disciplinary forum examining climate, technology, ethics, and the systems shaping what comes next.
Nightshift Shakedown
An after-dark cultural gathering merging JDM, sound, motion, and creative expression.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
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© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE
STORIES
Snøhetta, the Architecture of Appetite
The ritual of eating, then and now.
Interview
Jacob Kear, lurraº Kyoto
“Junko's vision elevates craftsmanship, blending heritage with avant-garde design.”
Interview
From the Archives
We don’t record in the studio where it is quiet, we record in the barn with a lot of noise… so we don’t feel the need to fill every single space with notes.
Interview
Create and Destroy
Smoke. Micro-architecture. Gelatin. Rhythm. Pyrotechnics. Polymers.
interview
MORE STORIES
HOW
TOKYO SALONE
WORKS
Tokyo Salone operates as cultural infrastructure rather than a single event.
Throughout the year, a constellation of gatherings unfolds across Tokyo, bringing together architects, designers, technologists, chefs, artists, filmmakers, engineers, and cultural thinkers from Japan and around the world.
Some programs gather large audiences around shared questions.
Others are intentionally small.
Some are public.
Others are invitation-led.
Together they form a living platform designed to support long-term creative exchange.
Moments and Thirdspace Thirdweeks sustain a year-round rhythm of dialogue.
Friends Of presents exhibitions placing global and regional practices into conversation.
Speculative Futures convenes cross-disciplinary inquiry into emerging systems and responsibilities.
Nourish gathers around gastronomy, ritual, and ecological practice.
Each November the platform culminates in the Tokyo Salone flagship gathering, where this global community meets in person.
By then, relationships are continuations, not introductions.
OUR BRANDS
Semi Permanent exists to uplift.
To honor the artisans, craftspersons, innovators, and thinkers shaping Japan and the broader Asia Pacific region, ensuring their stories travel outward, return transformed, and strengthen the fabric of our shared cultural industries.
Each constellation experience is an offering.Carefully curated. Deeply felt.A reminder that creativity is both inheritance and horizon.
Nourish
An intimate gastronomic gathering exploring culture, season, and exchange at the table.
Moments
An intimate salon convening Japan’s creative vanguard for dialogue, discipline, and perspective.
Speculative Futures
A cross-disciplinary forum examining climate, technology, ethics, and the systems shaping what comes next.
Nightshift Shakedown
An after-dark cultural gathering merging JDM, sound, motion, and creative expression.
Friends of
A rotating exhibition platform connecting our global alum community with regional artists in immersive dialogue.
Future Of
A limited-edition publication mapping the cultural forces reshaping industry and imagination.
Thirdspace Thirdweeks, Tokyo Salone with Soho House
An invitation-led monthly gathering where acceleration is felt together.
Partnering with tokyo salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.
To explore partnership alignment, please click the inquiry link below.
Founding partner inquiry
constellations
SPECULATIVE FUTURES
NIGHTSHIFT SHAKEDOWN
FRIENDS OF
FUTURE OF
THIRDSPACE THIRDWEEKS
MOMENTS
COLLECTIVE
yes,
Legal
Commercial Disclosure
Code of Conduct
privacy policy
Liability & Risk
Media Release
subscribe
© Semi Permanent / TOKYO SALONE